Disappointed with the final Harry Potter book?

Question

Was anyone else or is it just me. Personally I thought the ending was crap. A pathetic and lazy ending to a battle which has been anticipated for 10 years!!! Voldemort's wand kills him. God, how stupid!!

Answer 1

The ending was crap. In fact the whole book was quite crap. The battle was just weak and stupid with so many deaths but not knowing how they died. In fact the battle at the end of the 7th book was weaker than the battle at the end of the 5th book. At least that one had some meaning. The whole book had holes in it all over the place. Like who was the person that J.K. said would perform magic who wasn't supposed to. That never happened. The nineteen years later chapter was just a lot of rubbish because although there did need to be a chapter saying what happed to everyone it should have been sooner after the battle. J.K. rushed that chapter snd it wasn't thorough enough. It didn't mention the rest of the main characters and it didn't say whsy everyone does for jobs or where they are living. Like I said and like you said, CRAP.

Answer 2

Yeah, the book was disappointing. All those merciless killings and to add to it all, Voldemort (the DARKEST and MOST POWERFUL wizard of all time) dying surrounded by his enemies. I wonder why JKR put Voldemort in the storyline at all. In book 1, he is living like a parasite in another man. In book 2, we get to see a shadow of his past. Voldemort is virtually forgotten in book 3. He finally makes a dignified appearance in book 4, but for the shortest possible time. The ONLY time he shows his power is against Dumbledore in OOTP. He's again on the run in book 6 and comes back in book 7 to be killed by his own wand. Is this what the darkest sorceror meant to be? Even the muggle world Voldemort, Laden, is more impressive! Again, all those killings!!! MadEye Moody, the 'best' Auror of the Ministry is killed by Voldemort as if he were shooting a bird! Lupin and Tonks die unseen; Snape, working against Voldemort for seventeen long years, is bitten by his snake and dies in two minutes (he could have at least duelled for SOME time against Voldemort, the man who killed his beloved Lily). Umbridge (I was thinking that she might be kidnapped by centaurs, or roasted by house-elves, or maybe shut in a Gringotts vault by goblins) is virtually unheard of since that Ministry fluke. At least, JKR has killed the emotional characters like Fred, Hedwig, Dobby and Colin with some dignity.
Again, after the battle is over the story leaps 19 years forward and Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione have loads of kids. There is no mention of important characters like the Weasley family (at least George), the Dursleys, Luna Lovegood, Cho Chang, Kreacher and all. I don't know JKR messes it all in the end, but maybe she will reveal it all in the encyclopedia thing, if she writes it in the future. All in the all, the book was good and not great.

Answer 3

I didn't have a problem with that really. It goes back to her main premise/theme that goes through all of the books. When it comes to fate vs. choice, it is the choice that matters and what makes us who we are.

In the first book, Harry chose to get the remembrall from Malfoy, to help rescue Hermione from the troll, and chooses to go after Quirell. He chose to see his family in the mirror...which was his greatest desire. He chose to find the stone and not use it. He faces similar choices through all the books. Some get him in trouble like when he defies Umbridge in book 5. So, we are made aware that some choices have consequences.

Now book 7 comes along and he has even harder choices to make, but the choices are still his to make. He faces life's challenges straight on and stays with the high road most of the time, and it benefits him in the long run.

But the other side of things doesn't pay. It often backfires. This is seen with Harry when he goes into Hogsmead without permission and is virtually caught by Malfoy.

But we see this even more in Voldemort. He could choose to repent and save his soul, but doesn't. He chose to split it into 6 pieces...going beyond repair. Some of the deatheaters abandon their master, like RAB and the Malfoys in the end. Or maybe it is someone who is savy like Snape that sneaks in and takes over your rule (not that he did, he is just that sort in my mind). His fate is clearly based on the choices he makes.

So, although it may have been predictable and seen before; I think that this ending to Voldemort is very fitting. Harry took the higher road and chose not to use the killing curse. Voldemort chose his usual ways with the killing curse. Choosing the low road literally backfires on Voldemort once again.

I think that it was great. After reading the book, I wasn't sure about it either for a day or two. But the more I think about it the more I appreciate it and love it. I hope this helps.

Answer 4

I think maybe you should reread the book! It wasn't Voldemort's Wand - it was the Elder wand and Voldemort wasn't the master.
I thought it was a really good ending to the Harry Potter series. Try reading it again to understand what actually happened and why!!

Answer 5

Not so much dissapointed as Grieving.

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How could she kill Snape like that?

I actually really enjoyed the story of the Hallows and the elder wand and in turn, how voldemort was defeated without harry having to use an unforgivable. the Thing that made it all so confusing was the fact she spent so long making sure harry was pure, not having to use avada kedavra yet he was throwing around imperios in gringotts like there was no tomorrow!

Answer 6

I thought that the instead of the spell being deflected back to voldermort, I thought it would like dissolve and then the wand would fly to Harry. Once Harry united the Hallows it would be Harry and the elder wand vs. a wandless Voldy.

I was wrong.

Answer 7

No way! I loved it! It was a big showdown like JKR promised, but it wasn't the predictable sort of showdown that occurs alarmingly often. She tied some of these little details together that gave it this sort of irony that you don't find in a lot of fantasy novels. It was those details that we knew were important, but we just didn't know how they were important.

I liked her epilogue. I knew she was going to have one, but it wasn't what I expected. I thought she would just write about what had happened to everyone over the next twenty or so years, but she left a lot to the imaginatation and at the same time really hit home with a deeper meeting.

So, I know that a lot of people were disappointed in it, and that's fine with me if you are, but I liked, so there's what I think.

Answer 8

I wasn't so much bothered by the battle as I was the last chapter. All this time we have "watched" the characters grow and talk about what they would do after school. I was dissapointed that the last chapter didn't say anything about what anyone did after Voldy was gone. I know they showed who married whom, which was good to know (though most figured it out after the third book or so), but they talked for three books about work and nothing was said. :(

Answer 9

No I enjoyed the final book. I thought JK rounded all the loose ends off marvellously. The only bit I thought was drawn out was when Harry was taking himself off to the forest as a sacrifice. She laboured on that too much about him going to his death..

Answer 10

although it wasnt the most exciting ending, JK thought it out really well...the whole idea of the elder wand was really clever as it allowed harry to be a horcux yet to live...

mind you...an epic battle would've been good...