Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, book review. (J. K. Rowling)

I suppose, ten years after this book was first released, everyone knows everything there is to know about it, so if you've seen the films and read the reviews, there's not much point in my continuing . . .

WRONG!!!

These book have so much more depth than the films (although the last two films did portray this one extremely well) and there's no substitute for sitting down with your beverage of choice and sampling one of the greatest books you will ever read, is there?

Of course, getting there might put some people off, this is after all the seventh book, and not forgetting the seven hundred and sixty seven page leviathan that is book five, but I'd encourage anyone who asked to just go for it - because without reading the other books, you'll never have the pleasure of this one, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Harry, Ron and Hermione aren't returning to Hogwarts to finish their seventh year, instead they have Horcruxes to find, pieces of Voldemort’s soul infused in magical objects, and once found, they'll have to destroy them. With the Minister of Magic overthrown, the Order of the Phoenix in taters, Severus Snape as headmaster at Hogwarts, Dumbledore dead, Harry's face plastered all over the magical world as Undesirable No 1, our intrepid trio have their work cut out, but with growing skill and confidence, a little help from a house Elf, they steal a Horcrux from Dolores Umbridge, escape the ministry - albeit not unscathed - find the sword of Gryffindor, escape Voldemort in Godric’s Hollow - Harry's birthplace – rob Gringotts bank, escaping on a Dragon, enter Hogwarts, virtually undetected, (freeing it of Snape's tyrannical rule), and all before the battle for Hogwarts has even begun.

My Harry Potter Collection, so far! I know, I'm mad aren't I?

Despite knowing what's around the corner, this book still had me on the edge of my seat, because you forget don't you? The little intricacies, the little differences to the films, and however good a film is, re-reading this thrilling book again, underlines just what a stunning story the author has created.
Concluding such a series can't be an easy thing for any author, let alone one who became so famous before she was even halfway through the overall story, but this book is handled with both care, passion and the seriousness that death, destruction, murder, and a battle to rival even that of Tolkien's, Battle of Pelennor Fields, needs, and with such skill, that it makes me want to go right back to the beginning, for what won't be the last time I'm sure, and start them all over again.

For twenty years we've been enjoying the ups and downs, twist and turns of Harry and his friends, and I see no reason why I won’t still be re-reading these truly astonishing books in another twenty.

Need I say it? FIVE BIG FAT GIANT GOLD STARS.