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Goodbye Harry Potter

// July 22nd, 2007 // fun

No, that title isn’t meant to give anything away from the final chapter of J.K. Rowling’s amazing world she created. It’s just intended as a tearful wave goodbye to characters and a story I will miss.

The Deathy Hallows was…a brilliant conclusion. I had tears in my eyes a few times, which is so rare for me when I read that I don’t even know if a book as ever brought that out of me before. The book is long, but you don’t want it to end. The message endures throughout all these books: love and friendship and doing what is right and not what is easy. This book echoed all of that and then some. There are scary moments, nail-biting situations where my heart actually started beating faster and the rest of the world vanished. I was there alongside the characters.

And there are incredibly sad moments, and triumphant moments and everything is just ended so perfectly that I don’t see how could have ever concluded any different. The way Rowlings was able to weave a story like this is amazing. Things from previous books, as far back as the first or second, find their way here and make it evident she knew all along how this would go. It was a masterpiece in writing. Seven books that tell such a great story and never miss a beat, and even give you clues along the way to figuring it out on your own.

I will miss Harry Potter and his army of Dumbledore, and the Weasley’s and Hermoine and Ron…and even old Voldermort.

It was quite a journey.