Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Harry Potter Series Final Review


It is HERE! The final review of the Harry Potter Series T.T
The FINAL BOOK: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS!
I pre-booked the book (cool) before the release and I was glad that it was MONEY WELL SPENT.
For this novel, I will try not to review too much so that I won't spoil the thrill of reading it. This review will be a summary of the book and my take on the WHOLE series.

As we enter the 7th year of the Harry Potter chronicles, Voldemort has finally wrest control of the Ministry of Magic and completed his rise to power. Harry and his friends drop out of school to hunt for the Horcruxes. They isolate themselves from their family and friends so that they will not bring them any harm. However, they only know amongst the remaining Horcruxes that they are the locket of Slytherin, the cup of Hufflepuff and the snake familiar of Voldemort. The remaining are presumed to be an object belonging to Rowena Ravenclaw or Godric Gryffindor. The locations of the artefacts are unknown by the trio and that Nagini is supposedly at Voldemort's side. As the trio searches for the Horcruxes, they learn the truth about Snape's motives and Dumbledore's past.

The trio successfully retrieves the locket of Salazar Slytherin when the infiltrate the Ministry of Magic. They somehow manage to retrieve the Sword of Godric Gryffindor, through a stroke of good luck. The third Horcrux is successfully recovered and destroyed. Through their travels, they discover a sign which they learn symbolises the Deathly Hallows. The three Hallows are the Elder Wand, wanted by Voldemort, the Stone of Resurrection and the Cloak of Invisibility. However, the trio decides that the Elder Wand is not important now and that they should divert their attention towards their search for the Horcruxes. They recover the cup of Helga Hufflepuff when they break into Bellatrix Lestrange's vault in Gringotts (wizard bank). They then discover that another Horcrux is hidden within Hogwarts. They enter the school and manages to locate and destroy both. The cup of Hufflepuff and the diadem of Ravenclaw.

This is the prelude to the most exciting part of the novel. THE BATTLE OF HOGWARTS! Students and wizards alike join forces to defend Hogwarts from Voldemort and his army of Death Eaters and magical creatures. Many major characters are killed in the first wave of attack. Harry finds out that a fragment of Voldemort's soul is within him, from when Voldemort tried to kill him when he was a child. He has to die to destroy Voldemort and willingly surrenders himself to Voldemort. Voldemort attacks Harry with the Killing Curse and Harry is sent to a state of Limbo, where he sees Dumbledore. Dumbledore explains that since Voldemort used Harry's blood to gain his full strength, Harry has a protection like no other. Regardless of what Voldemort throws at Harry, it will be useless on Harry. Harry returns to his body where he duels Voldemort for the final time. Voldemort has possension of the 'Elder Wand' and he thinks that he is the full master of it. However, Harry knows that he was actually the full master (Read the book to understand) and when both parties launch into a curse, Voldemort's curse rebounds as Harry has the Elder Wand and Voldemort is finally dead.

There is an epilogue at the end of the book but that part is not so important.

Here is my take on the series. THIS SERIES IS A MUST-READ FOR ALL FANTASY FANS. PERIOD. The series was what started my love for reading and I have read the books over and over and over without feeling bored. I know that some devout Christians are unable to read this due to religious views and I pity you for your loss. Therefore, read the books as soon as you can and you will never regret it.

This is the end of the review of the Harry Potter series. Hope you enjoyed the many words.

zyle;

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