Harry Potter and The deathly Hallows?

Question

how did you enjoy the book. i jusy finishes reading it. and OMG!! it was awesome i csnt believe Fred, Lupin and Tonks die. that was so sad. i think i cried the most when Hedwig and Dobby died. rowling did a very good job with the series. but what i was thinking is not continue harry potter series but make a new series that has their children involved. so it would sort of be a continuation but a new generation continuation. know what i mean. my fave part was .... i dunno liked it all too much to have a fave part. what was your fave part of the book. and who were you sad to see die? and one more thing i cant beileve Snape had been spying on both sides the whole time. and what do u think that thing was at King's Cross Station with Harry and Dumbeldore?

Answer 1

my favorite part was page 74 where george lost his ear and mrs. weasley was like " how do you feel?" and george said "saintlike" "you see...i'm holy. holey, Fred, geddit?" haha i loved that part. its so stupid but my friend and i laughed for like 5 minutes
i was sad to see dobby and hedwig die. but i love kreacher he is so cute now!!
and im sooo glad snape was good... all along i knew he had to be protecting harry but he had to hide it
the thing at kings cross was the part of voldemort(horcrux) that used to be in harry

Answer 2

I am now enjoying it for the 3rd time. But this time, though, I don't read all but scan through until I find the parts I liked. The 1st and 2nd time I really devoured the book!

All the deaths were sad deaths except for Bellatrix's and Fred's. I was even sad for Voldemort in a way. You know he'd die at the hand of Harry anyway. But Bellatrix was really one crazy babe. For me, she was even worse than Voldemort (if that's even possible). I mean, Voldemort is evil, yes, but he also plans ahead, has a strategy, and can command. While Bellatrix is just a follower who acts impulsively and crazily. And power at the hands of that sort is always dangerous. As Voldemort's most ardent Death Eater, I knew she'd die in the end (they always do!). It was just a question who would have the honors? And was it such a wonder that it turned out to be Molly Weasley? Brilliant touch, that. For the first time we see Mrs. Weasley showing her duelling prowess and with swearing to boot!

I was not sad that Fred died. I was upset (still is!). Why did she have to kill Fred? Why not just Percy the prat or Charlie since he's the least talked about Weasley?

As for Snape, it was kinda expected too. Personally, I refuse to believe that Dumbledore was hoodwinked by Snape from the beginning and he was wrong in trusting Snape. Dumbledore was seldom wrong! He was Dumbledore. So the spying part was really not that hard to believe.

My favorite part? The Prince's Tale chapter especially the part when Harry was in Hogwarts alrady. It made me reminisce the parts in the previous books which Snape's memories mention. And his dying line of "look...at...me..." was touching, wanting to look at Lily's eyes through Harry's for the last time.

The creature at King's Cross represents the maimed soul of Voldemort that was in Harry (being the unintentional 7th Horcux) and what Voldemort will become once he die.

As for another series focusing on their children, I think that however much we love Harry Potter, it is best to just let it go at that. Now that Voldemort's gone, I can't think of any more adventures they could do that would be worthy of another book. The ultimate wizarding evil has already been defeated, who'll they come after but petty criminals engaging in the Dark Arts. That would be boring.

The series was great. JKR already gave 7 wonderful books that would surely become classics. Let's be satisfied with that. If she'll come up with same theme books in the future, it might just fail in comparison since we're all agog with HP. I think I wouldn't like that scenario.

Answer 3

I really liked the book i think it was brillant i was sad that dobby died and tonks and lupin and fred i wasnt really borthared when hedwig died but i agree rowling did do a very good job with the series.
My fave part was when snape handed harry his memories that was like a flood of information and when it showed 19 years later and i thourgth it was soo sweet when harry and ginny named there children after his mum and dad and dumbledore and snape, and that ron got togther with hermonie, and i was also shocked snape was spying on both sides but only because dumbeldore had told him to and at kings cross staintion the crying child was suppost to be the part of voldamorts soul that was in harry and it was crying and in pain because voldamort had killed so many people.

Answer 4

I was disappointed with the final book. I thought JKR allowed too many of the good guys to die and not enough of the bad guys. Over 50 Hogwarts' residents died. Yet JKR did not tell us who at least some of them were. For example, did more members of Dumberdore's Army die?

I suppose Fred Weasley, Tonks, Lupin, and Dobby dying were the saddest parts for me. I'd like to have known more about how George Weasley was coping with his twin brother's death. Did he go back and continue the joke shop? They were so very close. If JKR just had to take a Weasley, why not Percy?

Like I said, too many unneccesary deaths.

I think JKR would make a huge mistake to try and continue the Hogwarts legacy through Harry's and his friends' children. The story is over. So let it be. Besides, because I believe she ended the book so badly, I, for one, would never invest another penny or time into anything else she writes. And I'm sure I'm not alone in that feeling.

The creature baby thing at King's Cross Station was Voldemort. When Voldemort used the killing curse on Harry, he killed his bit of soul that was in Harry. So the killing curse knocked both Harry and Voldemort unconcious. Harry and Voldemort's bit of soul that was in Harry both travelled, only in Harry's head of course, to the King's Cross Station.

Voldemort looked that way because 6 bits of his soul had now been destroyed. Like Dumbledore said,there was no hope for him now.

If I had to pick my favorite part of the book, it would have to be the epilogue. I'm glad Harry found love in Ginny, who has cared deeply for him since day one. And I glad Ron and Hermione finally hooked up. JKR had been toying with that idea all throughout the series.

Overall, I thought the book left more questions unanswered than answered.

Answer 5

I just finished reading it, and it was great... I think JKR did a great job, and I am happy with the outcome... sort of anyway... I figured Ron & Hermione would get married, although I am kind of disappointed that Harry married Ginny. I have no idea why, but I just never saw Ginny being able to measure up to Harry, and the fact that they had 3 kids, named after various characters, I thought was a bit overkill.. Overall though I think the book ended the way it should... maybe the series could have had a slightly different ending. I don't think another series should be made about their children, but a book telling readers more about Lily, James and the other adults would be cool.

Can't wait for 2008!! Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in theaters!!

Answer 6

I liked the book. I thought a good deal of the stuff at the beginning was filler. Some of it was just so unnecessary. Just my opinion.

I was rather shocked at the deaths of Remus and Tonks. Just because they were such big characters - with a new baby, and they died so... randomly in the back drop. I have theories that Teddy might be her next books, with Harry as the Godfather. Could be possible... (She seems to like the orphan type.) Or perhaps I'm just wanting there to be something more to the deaths of Tonks and Remus.

As for my favorite part. I loved the Snape flashbacks. I've always really loved Snape's character. He's a good guy who no one likes. That's just... awesome. To create a character that's not bad but everyone loves to hate him. I thought she was going to ruin it with the death of Dumbledore, but I should have held more faith.

Harry coming back from the dead in general was kind of odd. I understand the idea... just gave me flashbacks to Narnia and Jesus, ect... Put associations in my head that were never there before. Just my two cents.

Answer 7

One of my friends is a big Harry Potter fan, and she, too, thinks that a new series featuring the next generation might be a good idea. I can see it has possibilities, but I don't know if JK Rowling would be thinking along those lines.

Believe it or not, I was kind of sad to see Snape die--he was one complex character, and, in my opinion, a hero with a tragic flaw in the tradition of Sophocles and Shakespeare. He loved Lily, but hated James, and couldn't overcome that hatred to see that Harry was Harry, not James.

Being a double agent, too, is a game that calls for courage by the boatload, and Snape did it well enough to fool Voldemort--and a lot of other people. Harry recognized that quality in him at the end, and described him to young Albus Severus as "The bravest man I ever knew"--and worthy of having his name perpetuated in one of his own sons.

I was really sorry to see what happened to the Weasley twins, and Remus and Tonks as well, but I absolutely LOVED it when Molly got rid of Bellatrix--proof again (as if anyone needed it) that the most dangerous place in the world (Muggle or Magical) is between a mother and her children.

King's Cross? Well, the thing looked like a skinned baby, as I recall--what might have happened to Harry as a one-year-old if Lily hadn't used the oldest magic of all to protect him.

I think my favorite part of the book was the epilogue. It was nice to see that Ron ended up with Hermione and Harry with Ginny--the Weasleys had really been a surrogate family to him, so I was happy to see that he ultimately became a member of it.

One thing, though, no one has addressed--Hermione's choice. She put a spell on her parents to make them go to Australia under different names and made them forget she'd ever existed. That must've been a wrench--for their safety, she paid the price of, in effect, making herself as much of an orphan as Harry was. Sometimes the cost of loving is separation from those one loves, and Hermione did just that. I wonder if she ever reversed the spell after the danger was past?

Answer 8

OMG i loooooooooooooooooooooved this book! i was so sad when dobby, hedwing, fred, lupin, and tonks died! and i think that the thing at King's Cross Station when Harry and Dumbeldor was the part of Voldemort that was living in Harry. i dont think that i really have a favorite part, now that i think about it. i really wish that there was another book coming out but theres not a lot to really write about. i mean sure she could write about Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermiones kids at Hogwarts but that wouldnt really be to much about Harry Potter now would it?

Answer 9

The thing at Kings Cross with Harry and Dumbledore was the part of Voldy's soul that was in Harry... it looks a lot like Voldy did at the beginning of Goblet of Fire and Harry says later to Voldy that he should be a man because Harry has seen what he becomes otherwise.

I think one of my favorite parts of the book was when Molly steps between Bellatrix and Ginny and says "NOT MY DAUGHTER, *****!"

I was really disappointed to see Lupin and Tonks die... apparently Jo was going to kill Arthur Weasley in book 5 but couldn't do it so decided that Lupin and Tonks would die instead. And then she just killed them... she just said that they were lying in the great hall dead... the don't get any scene to show them die... they just get a sentence where she says they're dead. I was really pissed off about that. I think they deserved better.

Answer 10

I think, since it's magical and all, Fred's hand would disappear from the clock - having his hand there for all that time after his death would be disturbing, if not upsetting, for the Weasleys, wouldn't it? Besides, if every dead member of the Weasley family was still on the clock, it would be overcrowded with hands. But, then again, it could have been only the Weasleys we know. And I don't think there's a part labeled 'Dead', to be honest - that's just weird and unnecessary. For the disappearance of the hand (if it did in fact disappear), I think it would just vanish or quickly fade away: that's what magic can do, after all.

Answer 11

J K Rowling has done a gud job by placing twists and unexpected turns in the narrative and the scene with dumbledore is a epiphany kind of moment, telling you what harry's choices are and dumbledores flaws and strengths have been. The book has been the climax of the series (for obvious reasons) but she did this to close the series and no people are left wondering and make up their owns versions.