- Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:55 pm
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4 hours after the store closed I finished this eagerly anticipated “final?” Harry Potter book. So did it live up to my expectations? Did it answer all those unanswered questions? Did it grip me as much as I wanted, no, needed it to? Well…..
The boy wizard becomes a man, it was an interesting bridge for J.K Rowling to cross but I think she did it admirably. Harry, having left us at the end of the last book vowing to hunt for Voldemort’s horcruxes without help from anyone except his trusted friends Ron & Hermione, sets off determinedly to do just that. No longer cosseted by the safety of either Hogwarts or Dumbledore, Harry shows amazing skills and unimaginable strength of character surviving in the wizarding world, chased by Death Eaters & Voldemort with nothing but his wand, his wits and his 2 friends.
The Ministry of Magic is being infiltrated at every turn, there are murders and wizarding injuries galore but intermingled by a humour that belongs to J.K alone. The pace of this book astounded me, Harry is now obviously a man and in this story he needs to be just that to survive. The desperation and isolation Harry is feeling comes across in every word.
I was hooked from the first paragraph, gripped to the bitter end. I cried, laughed, sobbed and shouted in equal measure. Without a doubt in my mind this is J.K Rowling’s most exciting and amazing book, it gave me everything I was looking for and more. Does it leave you wanting more? Absolutely. Could Harry reappear in a new book? Now that question only you can answer once you’ve read the book yourself