Deathly Hallows: Things I liked

A thousand and hundred bucks richer. Yay!!! But more than the fact that Snape was actually good (which was quite obvious), my theory about his feelings for Lily looked like she wrote the entire chapter with my blog as the reference. This book has certainly a lot to offer. With practically all the characters from the previous six books, and some usual characters showing unusual sides to them, the book had a mix of the expected and the unexpected. But as my friend put it, you'll definitely be surprised by certain revelations. Reading this book makes you realize how many clues Rowling had intentionally placed in her previous books, which went unnoticed by us till now. That's her magic. And that's what makes the readers want to read it more than once. She has craftily knotted all the loose strings that were hanging from the previous books and packaged the entire series as an independent entity. Bringing in the goblins, elves, centaurs, dragons, giants etc. she has tried to combine what all her previous books offered. Though the book started with a drag, the action started when you least expected it. Once the three leave the Wedding in a hurry there's no looking back and it's all explanations, revelations and realisations of what is in store for them and how they must prepare for the final showdown. I liked the fact that she told the readers all about Dumbledore's and Snape's pasts which was absolutely necessary since they were two of the few Central characters throughout the series. Kreacher's role in this book, explains a lot, not only about major plot details like how Voldemort had placed his locket in the cave, but also minor ones like how house-elves could apparate and disapparate inside Hogwarts. The Battle at Hogwarts was truly a fitting description of the Battle that is actually expected to take place for all the build-up given about the Dark Side and the Order Of the Phoenix. With a plethora of mythical creatures fighting both the sides, it created the defining atmosphere of a Global War of Good against Evil. When fans couldn't help wondering how Harry, who could not cast even a Cruciatus, would survive a Battle with the most dangerous Sorcerer of all time, she provides the ultimate solution in the form of the Deathly Hallows, the Elder Wand and the Blood of Harry in Voldemort. The dramatic final encounter of the two with an abrupt end, made it feel like Rowling took you on a roller-coaster ride which ended right at the bottom of the highest fall. She has made sure no one else writes sequels to Harry Potter, with her epilogue set 19 years later. But it would have been a better epilogue if she had explained what the characters went on to become, rather than just how many kids they had.