personally I really think that there is some injustice done to Harry, he has always been deprived of love and care. I mean comeon he deserves some what papering. He never got to know his father, mother or even god father properly, I was very disappointed when i read that Sirius died but was hoping that lupin lives and will tell harry about his father and mother but unfortunately even he dies before harry gets to learn any light things abt his parents from lupin.
Furthermore, harry has to fufil his duty as father but we don't know at the end all these quesions remained unanswered......... what did harry, ron and hermione did after Voldmort was gone!!!!!!!! ? i mean did they tell everyone where they were and how they finished Horcruxes? who is the next headmaster/headmistress of Hogwarts? What is harry's profession after killing Voldmort? did harry finish his last year at Hogwarts? what about George and other Weasleys; what did they do? where is Harry living at Siruis's house or at his parent's house at Godric Hallow?
who was next minister of magic? Did harry ever contacted his Aunt, uncle and dudley? did he tell them he was safe now? did they change their way of thinking?
RE:expected more
by Hank Schmidt on Feb 05, 2008 03:10 PM
as for what Harry, Ron and Hermione do- * Harry becomes an Auror for the Ministry of Magic, and is later appointed head of the department. He keeps Sirius's motorcycle, which Arthur Weasley repaired for him, but he can no longer speak Parseltongue after the destruction of Voldemort's soul fragment within him. * Ginny Weasley plays for the Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team for a time, leaves to establish a family with Harry and later becomes the lead Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet. * Ron Weasley works at George's store for a time, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, then joins Harry as an Auror. * Hermione finds her parents in Australia and removes the memory modification charm she had put on them for safety. She initially works for the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, greatly improving life for house elves and their ilk. She later moves to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and assists in eradicating oppressive, pro-pureblood laws. She was also the only member of the trio to go back and complete her seventh year at Hogwarts. * Dumbledore's relationship with Gellert Grindelwald extended beyond mere friendship; indeed, Rowling has revealed that "Dumbledore is gay, actually"[8], and harboured romantic feelings for Grindelwald.[9]
Rowling also explained the fates of several secondary characters:
* George Weasley continues his successful joke shop. He married Angelina Johnson and has two ch
RE:RE:expected more
by Hank Schmidt on Feb 05, 2008 03:11 PM
* a son named Fred, in memory of his late twin brother, and a daughter, Roxanne. * Luna Lovegood searches the world for odd and unique creatures. She eventually marries Rolf, a grandson of the famed naturalist Newt Scamander.[7] They have twins called Lorcan and Lysander. Her father's publication, The Quibbler, has returned to its usual condition of "advanced lunacy" and is appreciated for its unintentional humour. * Firenze is welcomed back into his herd, who finally acknowledge the virtue of his pro-human leanings. * Dolores Umbridge is arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned for crimes against Muggle-borns. * Cho Chang went on to marry a Muggle.[10] * Neville Longbottom eventually marries Hannah Abbott and lives in a flat above the Leaky Cauldron, when she becomes its new landlady.[11]
There have been transformations in the wider wizarding world:
* Kingsley Shacklebolt is the permanent Minister for Magic, with Percy Weasley working under him as a high official. Among the reforms introduced by Shacklebolt, Azkaban no longer uses Dementors. Consequently, the world is now a "much sunnier place". Harry, Ron, and Hermione have also been instrumental in reforming the Ministry.[citation needed] * At Hogwarts, Slytherin House has become more diluted and is no longer the pureblood bastion it once was, although its dark reputation lingers.[citation needed] * Voldemort's jinx on the Defence Against the Dark Arts position is broken with his death.
Following the stories of Harry Potter, reading and re-reading all the books, looking for the tiniest mundane details of the story, I find myself disappointed with the final installment of the series.
There were so many unanswered questions left swimming in my head once finishing "the Deathly Hallows" such as, why were the kids still being sorted into different houses after the Sorting Hat had been supposedly burnt to a crisp? Wasn't the point of sorting supposed to cause diversity between the students? I would have thought this practice to be abolished. What became of Stan Shunpike, Xenophilius Lovegood, and Harry's being godfather to Teddy Lupin? Who became Minister of Magic, head of Hogwarts? What happened to the remaining Death Eaters and Dumbledore's brother? The list of questions goes on and on.
The story was well-written up until the last few chapters; I was disappointed at the abrupt end. It seemed to be quickly finished, under the demand of a deadline and many details were skipped or forgotten. I was apalled at Professor Lupin's attitude, normally with such a kind and quiet disposition, he seemed like a jerk in the 7th story. I was also pleasatly surprised to find that Severus Snape turned out to be not such a bad guy after all, but sad to find that Professor Dumbledore ended up to have such a murky past.
By the time I finished the book, I was left thinking, "Did I miss something?" I can only hope that Rowling will answer my questions in future.
RE:Utterly Disappointed
by Meenakshi Anand on Jul 26, 2007 10:48 AM
Oh! and I utterly forgot to add somemore to what I wrote yesterday. To add to that review that I wrote and all the questions I've asked, I'd also like to add to the questions that you've asked. Why or What was that stupid Trace about. If there was something like that, why didn't the stupid ministry realise that it wasn't Harry who did the Hover charm in his second year. Likewise, why didn't those idiots realise that a bunch of underage wizards and witches were using curses / magic in the Ministry of Magic itself towards the end of the fifth book. Atleast, by trying to find out why their stupid Trace was activated, they could have come to apprehend the misdemeanour and in the process could have found out that Voldemort was back and that they were battling his Death Eaters. Or was this stupid Trace just thought upon before writing the 7th book to explain some stupid stuff.
Another redeeming point of the story was that of Severus Snape. That atleast was very touching and worth the pages it covered! And those of you who think you can get away with abusing me for writing such a review as per my message posted below, save the words for yourselves. They are my feelings after reading the book and spending two nights to get to the end of it! If you got the same feeling I did after spending two nights reading it, I guess you too will be writing the same stuff that i'd written here!
By now most of us would have read the book and only a few would still be struggling through the pages. I finished it yesterday and the feeling was not that of a great epic come to an end or an exhilarating feeling.
Being a true Potter fan, I can't delude myself that the book has not disappointed me! The fan fiction that was in circulation had more exhilarating moments and magic in it than the original. It looked more like an attempt to please the directors / an attempt aimed at the visual modicum. The scenes changed too fast and and the explanations of the situations were too cinematic / dramatic. Even the language was very different from the previous books. The whole book, the language, the narration, let me down!
It was not the fitting finale to an epic in the making! A bit of an anti-climax, so to speak.
For starters, when did Voldemort become friendly enough to let his Death Eaters sit around him, as though they were some bunch of cronies plotting Dark Deeds. Always, throughout the books, it's been made very clear that the Death Eaters were only servants (not confidantes) of the Dark Lord and that they always were in awe and fear of him. Never sat in his presence, and always stood in front of him with a bowed back. So, from when did Voldemort become soft? Soft in the head! eh?
RE:Anti Climax to an exceptional series until the last book!
by sundar on Aug 02, 2007 11:08 AM
I could rebutt most of the points easily as there are clear explainations. Except a few valid ones like killing of Tonks&Lupin.
However like Harry it is for you to find how to enjoy what is there in the book rather than what you expect to see in there.
On the the point being on voldemort being invincible. He met the same fate at the beginning of the book. Only this time there was not Horcrux to save him and make him soul available for regenration.
RE:Anti Climax to an exceptional series until the last book!
by on Jul 24, 2007 06:22 PM
Well Written. However after reading the insipid 5th and 6th books, this book was a welcome change with action from the word go and plots. Some of them were pretty far fetched and some silly but overall a satisfying read. There is also a sense of 'actually no more books' hanging around!
RE:Anti Climax to an exceptional series until the last book!
by Meenakshi Anand on Jul 24, 2007 04:15 PM
to continue....
Secondly, I had always understood from the subtle way the book explained the relationship between the three protagonists to be very clear. So, from when did Ron engender the delusion in the relationship between Harry and Hermione. And, from when did he start deserting Harry in his moment of risk and pain? That was too cheap and lowly! Definitely not upto Rowling to show Ron in such sub-standard feelings, for that's what it was to cast a doubt on the relationship between Harry and Hermione in the mind of Ron.
Throughout this book, we've been seeing Harry read Voldemort's mind with Voldemort, apparently, not privy to the fact that Harry was seeing his thoughts. This is the first since the Goblet of Fire! Overnight, Voldemort couldn't have become a wizard with lesser powers to not know Harry's incursions into his mind. This was definitely not so in the past - ever since his rebirth and the strong incursion during the attack of Mr.Weasley in the ministry, he's always been privy to Harry's incursions to his mind and always tried to use it to his benefit.
RE:RE:Anti Climax to an exceptional series until the last book!
by Meenakshi Anand on Jul 24, 2007 04:15 PM
On the whole, to show that he's not invincible, suddenly and unexplained, in a very subtle way that can be only concentrated upon by people who understand the nuances, Rowling has made a joke of the evil Lord Voldemort. His evilness, and his power was what made him to be what he was. To make him some kind of a joke where his cronies sit around him, where people deny what he asks for, and to show as not capable of knowing Harry's incursions into his mind, in short, to show him as the weak guy that he's been shown in this book, only makes him some sort of a cheap thug and not the Evil Lord Voldemort that we've come to fear. Even the fight at the end, where we expected some great and wonderful magic, was more of a war of words and less of an action! What a pity for someone like me who expected more action!
On the up-side, liked the action between Bellatrix and Molly. So's the case with McGonagall and the school statues, the elf's revolt et al. But again, to kill of Remus and Tonks without even explaining what happened and how it came by, why, it looked like they were total non-entities in the book. And why-oh-why had to Remus keep shouting at every possible opportunity he got in the book. We understand that he was jubilant and happy, but what was the need to shout? It was totally unlike him and his character that we've so come to love for the calm composed way of looking at things and deep understanding that he normally evinced.
RE:RE:RE:Anti Climax to an exceptional series until the last book!
by Meenakshi Anand on Jul 24, 2007 04:16 PM
But again, what was the necessity to kill Moody without even a proper fight for him. All along he's been told to be the best auror ever, and to kill an auror without giving him a chance to fight and prove his might?
Most of all, there were quite a lot of gaping holes in the plotline, towards the end. The epilogue just jumps 19 years, which is fine if the story had prolonged long enough to explain what Harry did with the wand of Draco's. Coz, if he was to return the wand to Draco, then obviously, the Elder Wand would belong to him?
Moreover, what was the necessity to bring in this hence unfolded and unsavoury side of Dumbledore and make him also a somewhat despicable person by bringing in this new angle to his personality is impossible to comprehend. Well! teh fan fiction of Melinda had a better idea of dealing with Harry as a horcrux than Ms. Rowling so to speak, as her story atleast retained the original flavour / essence of the characters as we've come to know them. Most of them are totally unknown and new to us in this seventh book, which shows us what, that all the previous books were not upto scratch / this last one isn't? Personally, I would say the last one isn't up to the effort that had been infused in the previous ones.
RE:RE:RE:RE:Anti Climax to an exceptional series until the last book!
by Meenakshi Anand on Jul 24, 2007 04:16 PM
If I had to go one step further, for the disappointment that i've suffered after reading this book, I'd even go one step further and accuse Ms. Rowling of not having written the book herself and given it up to somebody else to do it and maybe, only occassionally oversee it.
Overall, a disappointment to read the book with loads more of gaping holes at the end of it than at the beginning! What happens for instance to the Dursley family that went into hiding, and after all these years of pretending that a world apart from theirs exists, why take the protection of the people of the world that they've so far believed does not exist. On the whole, I wasted two nights sleep to get to this review!
RE:Anti Climax to an exceptional series until the last book!
by Irshad Ali on Aug 03, 2007 03:25 PM
Good reveiew. Keep it up. I hope Ms. Reowling sees this reveiew and bring an 8th part specially to clear the doubts. ("Harry Potter & Clearing of the Doubts" haa haa Just kidding)
I don't think JKR said 2 main characters would die...she said that 1 character was supposed to die, but then she changed her mind and 2 others die instead
RE:Why people are craze on this movie ?
by chiranjib prasadi on Jul 24, 2007 11:22 AM
Dont just poke ur nose in between. When you dont like this kind of story then dont just read them or watch them. why do you need to coment on that.
RE:abt horcrux
by Soumya Chatterjee on Jul 23, 2007 08:06 PM
Neville did. With the sword he pulled out of the Sorting hat, which Voldemort had put on his head to torture him.
RE:abt horcrux
by Susan Krishnan on Jul 24, 2007 02:39 PM
did you read the book....? , neville did it Gryffindor's Sword always reappear in the Sorting hat when a true Gryffindor (Neville) needs it.
