It did NOT disappoint! It was very well done with really good plot twists! I loved it!

I got the book after midnight. After eight hours of reading I finished it. I am not disappointed in the ending. It is time that Harry has a rest.
Now what about other adventures in the Wizarding World?

i like cried every time there was a happy part but i love how they made it!

I wasn't too disappointed. However, I felt there could have been more closure between the "ending" and the epilogue. And I was upset with who died but I can see that it probably had to happen.

I hope they killed Harry Potter off. Reading these books goes against everything God teaches in His word, the Bible.

But mark my words, when HP is done with, something else will take it's place. The devil always has another plan.

Thankfully, Jesus wins. I've read the end of that book!!!

The book had a "let's just get this over with" feel. It seems like the book series should have ended perhaps a while ago. I believe that the final installation was poorly written with several loopholes and unexplained events, with others going completely unnoticed. The entire book was not stitched together well in my opinion. The ending was extremely predictable, in fact, most everything was cast exactly how I imagined. many of the big things explained in the book had no apparent significance in the storyline overall. Also, the book seemed rushed at parts and boring slow in between. Overall, the last book was a great disappointment to me and I feel sorry that such a great series ended in such a mediocre manner.

For the life of me I will never understand why the world is making such a big deal over Harry Potter. Please people, grow up.

America get a hold of yourself! Our schools are suffering from sub-standard education all over the United States and we are all wrapped up in the Harry Potter Series! Yes, it's necessary for our children to read in order to better educate themselves but lets stop making such a huge deal over these books and encourage more intelectual reading that will better educate our children/adults. There is nothing wrong with reading these fantasy books, but to focus so much energy into this particular book(s) is to me telling our children that these are the only types of books worth reading!

I loved every bit of this book. I am on my second reading of it now. J.K. did a great job with this series. I love how all the characters were so complex, none were perfect, but good won out. Harry put others first throughout the stories. He cared for those he loved and did right even to those who had been cruel to him. His standards and morals were high, even though he endured such hardships and loneliness in his life. This book series was such a gift to the literary world and I, personally, am so grateful for it!

I listen to (Jim Dale is great!) as well as read HP, over and over. (By the way, I'm 62.) I think this series has been good for children; I'm sure most will view it as a fun reading adventure and it won't warp their lives. This last book answered a lot of questions, especially about Harry's connection to Voldemort, and the wands, and Dumbledore's insistence on mercy in Harry's various encounters with 'bad guys'. I liked the ending--Harry having a normal life, and even not knowing what his job was (though obviously not head of Hogwarts), and he and Draco still not liking each other. There are so many levels of complexity in these books; every time I re-read/re-listen I discover more. J.K. did an excellent job here, and I'm glad Harry popped into her head on that train ride!

Posted by: Terri at July 23, 2007 04:49 PM

"I hope they killed Harry Potter off. Reading these books goes against everything God teaches in His word, the Bible."

Ummm, so does murder - you hypocritical boob!

Why? Why, are so many so-called-Christians raging idiots? Can someone please answer that for me?

Actually, I do have a few more questions regarding all those people (including so-called-Christians) that are so down on these books.

Where has your inner child gone? Why are you so quick to judge books that you've obviously never read? Why do you think Harry Potter is "anti-Christian"? Are you so incapable of breaking away from the lemming pack you belong to that you can't see how very "Christian" the values are that are put forth in this series?

Not once in all of Rowling's books does she have her characters worshiping anything; as a matter of fact, they celebrate Chistmas and Easter in the books.

Nay-sayers: please remove your heads from so deep within your bum cheeks, wake up, and realize this is just really good fiction that happens to be filled with many positive messages concerning the choices and paths people have to make and choose throughout their lives.

I have a question about the ending.....Something I did not get......IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE ENDING YET, PLEASE DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER!!!!!!

What happened when Dumbledore died that ending up making Draco the master of the Elder Wand? If Severus killed him, how did Draco end up with the wand? And if Harry ended up with the Elder Wand in his hand, what wand was Dumbledore buried with????

To Anicyle....

You'll have to reread the section about Dumbledore's death in book 6. Draco became the master of the Elder wand because he used the Expelliarmus charm and the wand flew out of Dumbledore's hand and over the balcony railing. At that point Draco was the new master of the Elder wand. The wand was retrieved after Dumbledore was killed and then it was buried with him. Draco never actually ended up with the wand, but the wand "knew" Draco was its true master. Voldemort broke open Dumbledore's tomb and stole the Elder wand, but it never worked properly for him. The reason that Harry became the master of the Elder wand is because he disarmed Draco at the Lucius mansion. Even though Draco didn't actually have the Elder wand in his possession at the time, the Elder wand knows all and knew it's master had been disarmed. So, it became loyal to a new master, Harry. Harry finally held the Elder wand in his hand after he disarmed Voldemort.