Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

CAUTION: DO NOT READ THE LAST CHAPTER. IT WILL BE GOOD IF YOU ACTUALLY TORE OFF THE LAST 5 PAGES AND NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THEM.

The saga ends finally. I no longer will have to put up with irritating email forwards that purportedly contained the 'pre-release' version of the Seventh Harry Potter book.

J.K Rowling must have faced a tough task when she would have started writing the final book. So many loose ends to tie, so many characters to take care of, and then there were fans who wanted harry alive, but someone must die because it is the Dark Lord who is coming to power. Prophecies, horcruxes and hallows; patronouses, curses and charms; elves, gnomes and goblins; death eaters, werewolves and dragons. They're all there, fitting in a surprisingly seamless story. This is a great achievement. The author has not only explained everything that was a mystery in the previous books but has managed to keep the fans happy too ( but then whenever the story seems like losing steam or teetering over the line of rationality, there is always 'magic' to help). The book is a neatly bundled 'theory of everything' in the Potter universe. Why Dumbeldore trusted Snape so much? or Who is RAB who took the Horcrux, the weird behavior of Harry's wand. All the answers are in there. It is fast paced; a one night read like all other Potter books. But that's not all there is to it, there are times when you are actually 'in' there, other times you are just marvelling at the sheer imaginativeness of the writer.

There are instances where the reader is faced with the death of a character just because otherwise it would have seemed too unrealistic; meaning Mrs. Rowling has been a tad more bloodthirsty in a couple of chapters.

But nevertheless, the book makes a nice read. And i know that everyone of you who assert themselves as adults and conissuers of 'good' writing will read this 'children's' sooner or later, so take my word for it ai'nt that bad.