I LOVED IT !!!! ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT

No surprise there! Wonder how many of those copies were sold to people who stood in line for HOURS to get it at 12:01?

holy SHIZ!!!! but then again why wouldnt it, its thee best book ever....ahhh

Well, now, it's over. my initial reaction? This lady is super talented! It's a gift when you convey the heart felt loss to the reader when a character dies. it's a gift when your reader flips the last page with mixed emotions. Happy that good won out, sad that you may never hear from this world, this amazing world, again. I loved this book, this ride, this adventure. What I especially loved is that there is a bit of Harry, Ron, and Hermione in all of us, isn't there? they are each bits of a human psyche. Bravery, brains, humor, angst, loyalty, love, sadness, loss, guilt, failure, triumph. We were hitched on their back and taken for a whirlwind of a ride. Anyway, since we are talking about what we liked in the books, I wish to say that all through out the story I loved the dynamic between Harry and Dumbledore. My favorite character was, in fact, Dumbledore. Maybe because somewhere, I long to have a Dumbledore in my life. Someone who has been there, done that, wise, immensely skilled; Unassuming, yet deadly if you cross him. I especially loved the way JK humanized him in the last book. Her point? Even the most spectacular of us are flawed. We are human, we are not perfect, not even Albus Dumbledore. I love the redemption of Severus Snape and admittedly choked back tears when Harry knelt down to his 11 year old son, and said "Albus Severus" A man he, long ago, loathed with every fiber of his being, a sign that even the most stubborn of us can change...can learn. I also loved that JK dared to kill Harry, if even only for a brief time. I believe her message was simple. Death is not to be feared. It is just a gateway to something else. And for those who think it hokey or corny that Harry and Ginny started a family, I ask you this: What in this life is more rewarding, comforting, then family, which includes the truest of friends? And, let's be serious, has Harry earned the right to have a family? Can't you give him that? :o)

WOW! i cried, not during the book, but right before i started it, and after i finished it. all in one day! what will we do without harry potter?????????? i hope jo writes more!

that book was amazing! It deserved to have had soo many books sold. It was like 4 in the morning and right after moody died I was like " wow I have to continue" and I did. some of it was a let down but it was great! i Have to say that she MUST tie up all the strindgs that she still didn't pick up.

Naturally, the Deathly Hallows sold more copies...Not surprising. It's still amazing how much money they make off these books! @_@

JK you rock! It was the best ride ever ... Book 7 the most thrilling and bumpiest of all. I live in Chicago, but bought my first Harry Potter and the Philosphers Stone while on vacation in Eton, England and saw JK Rowling at a book signing in Naperville, IL many years ago. I treasure both. As everyone, I cried/laughed simultaneously, cried again, laughed out loud, felt lost and depressed during campers on the run pages, then had to put the book down because it felt heavy and get some sleep. Next day, the adventure continued to the end. It was sooo exciting to have the 3 lonely Horcrux hunters reunite with soooo many old freinds and loved ones for the last battle. The reuniion reminded me of the end of "It's a Wonderful Life". Also, the Kings Cross white room with the baby reminded me of the end of "2001 - Space Odyssey", and Mrs. Weasly rising up in all her fury against Bellatrix reminded me of "Alien" and Sigorny Weaver's character, and when Harry was facing off with Voldy talking about who had the Elder wand - it reminded me of the movie "Dirty Harry" - "you gotta ask yourself one question - do I feel lucky? well do you punk?" I guess I have seen to many movies!!! Bring em on ......

I'm so glad I got to be part of this! The local bookstore's events were crazy crowded, so we just watched those from a distance. But promptly at midnight I went to a nearby grocery store where I assumed I'd be virtually alone, but there were hundreds there. I'm saving my receipt stamped 12:16 am. I'm so delighted Jo Rowling has become a rich woman by encouraging the world to read more and dream big dreams. But what she did to Fred does really break my heart.

I definitely liked it... not like the 6th! I'm still re-reading all the stuff about the wands, which I do not find very clear. And the mysterious appearence of the Sword on the Hat... But it should give us a very good movie, all those fights and fires ... The epilogue was a waste of paper (I think JK missed what we all wanted to know, their careers (we only get to know about Neville) and i found it weird that the school is still sorting ... I thought that in the last chapter it was very clear that everybody seated mixed up and since the Hat got burned, it was easy to assume that all the Houses became one (I really liked that idea and then I read the epilogue!) Still very satisfing book!

of course it did .... :D

OMGOSH. amazing. yet that saddest book i have ever read in my life. defiantly a weeper. but amazing.. im mostly sad its over.. hopefully JK continues writing. she has an outstanding tallent.

I liked it, ilovehp2much, you said defiantly, or in defiance, as opposed to definately, or in certainity.

Great book!!! I thought that the plot left unanswered questions. There seems to still be large questions (Lilly & James' occupations for instance). The epilogue was quite frankly crappy. I was hoping for what the characters became. Maybe there will be another series on the next generation of Potters and Weasleys? Hopefully :)

it was the best book!

I LOVED IT!!! definitely my favorite. and for those of u who said the epilouge was dissapointing...i think the opposite. course it was cheesy. but what do u expect? considering the whole book, or pretty much the whole series, i think a lil cheesiness is ok. i think JK covered it well with all the deaths...

Nice! Congrats Jo!

I thought it was AMAZING! totally nothing like I had expected though! But at the end I wanted to know what happened to George, Luna, etc. and also what everyone's jobs were! LOVING THE WEASLEY FAMILY

that's cuz it's the bestestestest book JKR ever wrote! FRED LIVES ON IN MY HEART (RIGHT NEXT TO BESIDE GEORGE'S EAR)

What about the pages though..........it was 759.........if I ever talk to JK, she owes me 25 more pages...grrrrrr..........

Awesome!!!! Although I counted 28 deaths of people and characters I thought that it was a well written book.

i can understand a lot of people not liking the ep it still left a lot of unanswered questions.....but i thought it was very fitting....she gave harry the one thing he longed for most .......a family,being able to feel free normal,and just able to be with friends with out having to worry or look over his shoulder. this book made every emotion come from me. im very sad that its over....maybe....there is still room for several different stories. it was the best book i have ever read i have read all the hp books at least 4 times each.....i feel like a piece of me is gone now

its overrrrrrrr! noooooooo. y does it have to b this way??????

its overrrrrrrr! noooooooo. y does it have to b this way??????

I loved the book, and it's probably my favorite one, especially because of King's Cross (Dumbledore's quote from the end of that chapter is perhaps my favourite of the series), but I have, particularly, one MAJOR PROBLEM: I just can't believe that Fred's death was necessary. It may be because I'm not over it yet, but it just doesn't seem right... I've never went against any of Rowling's decisions before, but.... well... I'm looking foreward to discussing this in the forums...

Best book every. I cried, I laughed, I cried some more. I was getting ready for work this morning, reading the final chapter, trying to tie my shoes, with tears streaming down my face. While the names of most of the dead did not surprise me, some did. I'm truly glad that the one spoiler I accidentally came across turned out to be untrue. Jo, on a personal note ~ if you're reading these ~ Thank You from the bottom of my heart. You've put a fire under my soul and I'm so grateful. Please continue to write, even if it's not about Harry and Hogwarts (altho, I think many of us would agree that it would be nice to maybe continue with further adventures of Hogwarts).

I can not believe I just finished Harry Potter and the Deathy Hallows!! It feels like I waited forever for it to come out!! I was so excited to read it and now that I did am Happy yet Sad!! Happy because the book was AMAZING!!, Sad because I just can not believe it is over!! I really enjoyed this book, I even cried while reading the last few pages(I know I am a Harry Potter dork, but proud to be one!!) And I was Happy to come here and see that so many others feel just like I do!! Just want to thank JK so much for the greatest books it has been my pleasure to read!! Thank you for sharing Harry with us!! Thank you for letting us Muggles(although I am still hold out that I am a late blooming witch!!) jump on the Hogwarts Express and share this thrilling ride with you!! CHEERS MATE! TinaJ;-)( Magic coin carrying member of D.A. and proud Harry Potter Geek) P.S. Looking forward to starting at the very begining to enjoy the magic all over again !!

WOW. I cannot rationalize the idea of not having any more new Harry Potter adventures to look forward to in my life. It cannot sink in that it is over... I cannot believe those deaths...so heartbreaking. I must admit that I did cry my eyes out when I finished it at 2 a.m. I had difficulty at times reading because tears clouded my eyes. I would have finished earlier but at the last 3 chapters I took my time to allow my eyes to feast upon the last time they would read new Harry Potter chapters.... I felt still wanting more at the end--such as "what does Harry, Hermione and Ron work as now? What became of Luna? Who is the new Headmaster/mistress?"-- but my heart rests easy now that "all is well" for Harry and his family.

Really does this fact surprise anyone? There are millions of Harry Potter fans around the world who had been waiting for this moment for how long now? Honestly I'm surprised the number wasn't higher. Way to go Jo!

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! Probably my favorite book yet!! Although I'm still a huge fan of 3. She managed to kill all my favorite characters in one fell swoop.. =((( RIP Lupin/Tonks/Fred/Snape Dobby and Mad-Eye too *sobs*

i cried when neville got the sword. that was awesome. LOVED the battle of hogwarts . best harry potter book but was the epilogue necessary? it just makes want to read sorcerer's stone over again to make the gang kids again. and albus Severus is touching but its such a weird name

I loved it but I hated to finish it :0( No more Harry, Ron, and Hermione adventures. I thought the epilogue was perfect. A loving family is all Harry ever really wanted and i'm glad he got it. Maybe little Albus Severus could grow up to be a title character one day.

DH I think was the best book in the series so far. OotP is 2nd, and HBP is 3rd. I finished the book in one day. The book was sooo awesome. It had sad parts, happy parts, ones that made me laugh, and parts that were surprising. to Jimmer- I think you're right. I wish she would have given more info. It made me wonder what happened to the other characters who survived, but weren't at the train station. I hope Jo writes more to the epilouge!!! That would be fantastic!!! Otherwise, an encyclopedia would be cool too. I could look up things I am confused about, or want to find out more about when I'm re-reading the series, AGAIN!!!! Thank you Jo, for making a world we could escape to, and having the best ending to the series. I couldn't have imagined a better way to end it than DH.

GENIUS!!! no wonder sold 8.3million in 1 day! the BEST one of the series...but i must admit that as a fan of HP i couldn't prevent feeling sad when i finished it...no more HP after all these yrs?!!! but the 7th book was awesome...everyone has to READ 'em. i can't wait 4 the movies and hopefully they won't let us down for the last one!

it is he best book ever no suprise it sold so many

i think that this book was a fantastic installment. i think J.K pulled it off. I will miss Harry and his adventures greatly, they have made a huge impact on my life. I'm glad that Harry finally defeated Voldemort, he really had it coming. It's ironic how his own spell killed him in the end, theres karma for you. I thank J.K for creating another world, a world im sure people would love to be in. Thanks for making Harry someone we could call relate to. I think Victorie was bill and fluer's daughter. I like the way she added that last chapter, 19 years on, because it gives us a sense of closure and we know that harry was ok in the end and found true happiness and a family. Im so glad ron and hermione got together...took them long enough. I wish harry named albus' middle name sirius.. All in all a great book

i absolutely LOVED, LOVED, LOVED!!!!!!!!this book. its dark and intense and exhiliarating! one minute all is calm.....but u know something's going to happen, then, all of a sudden, something even BIGGER happens, kept me on my toes the entire way through. i laughed, contemplated, and cried....i cried a ton! when dobby diedi was on the verge of tears, when fred died i actually had to close the book while I cried and clutched it, when mrs. weasley killed bellatrix and called her a b!#%h, i cheered out loud(to the fascination of my mother), then i was laughing, then crying in bewilderment when harry was going to ***die****, and then i smiled and screamed and was ecstatic. then, i was furious at dumbedore for leaving harry to die. my dad asked me how it ended, and all i could say was...you just have to read the books. and, really, that's the only way to try to comprehend the seven-hundred different plots going on at once. the deathly hallows were/was kind of a let down, i was kind of thinking that harry might go back around voldemort and take the wand somehow, and then have voldemort begging for death, but then i realized that harry would never do such a cowardly thing. i really loved how you could see what voldemort would become in the king's cross chapter. i also loved that you learned about dumbledore's past. i really thought it fit for snape to give harry his memories, for harry to see them, and yet, sad that the great wanna-be villain;snape, was a good guy, and that we never found that out until after he died. i really LOVED the hermione-ron get together, but it seemed too-late to me, that they only first kissed right before the battle. i cried my eyes out when hermione was tortured, but especially when ron left, but i knew he would prove himself and make a spectacular re-appearance. i just LOVED how dumbledore really understood all of them. and percy coming back? brilliant! i just wish we knew if luna and neville ever got together...they really seemed to fit well...

to josi who wrote 9 hours ago and said such despicable things about my hero jk rowling....shame on you, you death-eater! you are nothing but an angry loser, go read lord of the rings, will you? and leave jk alone! you traitor! long live harry!

holy bal*s

I don't write here often. In fact, I think it's been about a year since I've commented. I come here today to say that the book was wonderful. I cried, I laughed, and in the end I was happy. Never before has a book ever felt complete to me. Usually when I read, there is a sense of wanting more and that not enough was given for an ending. I think what really made it end for me, was the blank pages at the end. When I saw those, my heart skipped a beat. It was time to move on. Life was to move on. On the slim chance that Miss J.K. Rowling is reading these comments... Thank you.

this was and excellent book!!!!!!!i felt like crying at the end of the epiloge though.its really over.i guess its just sad because we've watched him grow up and now hes a full adult with a happy life, it just proves that its over and several people,including myself,dont want that to be which is quite selfish.poor george,first his ear and now fred. How can he live without his twin brother? All those people that died in the battle like colin creevey and dobby,not to mention hedwig,were huge shocks! I also felt bad for snape because of lily dieing and the fact that he died for no real reason. Theres still alot of questions though. The epiloge should of had more detail i thought.

wow jk rowling must be so fudge rich!!!!

"wow jk rowling must be so fudge rich!!!!" Yeah, thats why she wrote the 'amaaaazing' book that she wrote. Full of inconsistencies and loopholes. Don't allow her to get away with it!!

@ Aime, the hat didn't burn up. Sure, it was on fire, but it didn't burn up. It it would've burned up, then Neville would've died because it was fastened over his head. But because of Harry's sacrifice in the forest (for the people at the school) he caused a protection on them to where Voldemort's spells wouldn't effect them long. That's why you see the hat loose from Neville's head just as the sword came out of it. It still survived, the hat.

i so sad about all the people that died especially that Lupin and Tunks after they just had a kid and i knew Snape wasnt evil.

Fred..!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

it wood have probably sold millions od copies by now it is my favorite book

Umm... I felt my soul leave me out of sheer sadness at one point... I was crying hysterically, and then OVERWHELMINGLY relieved... Don't wanna spoil anything for anyone who hasn't read this work of art yet. But yes, amazing, heart wrenching, inspiring, unbelievable and the greatest end to the greatest series of all time. JK Rowling blows my mind. I'm gonna miss my great escape into the world of wizards and witches.

Omgsh! I can't believe it! As it was already announced that Harry would have to die. Potter must die, according to J.K.Rowling, and as I was convinced of it(but half hoping her to change her mind) I had not been particularly happy to get the book and start reading it. Because, I knew(as I thought) what might happen to Harry in the end. So, the book seemed to me just that important point, the last bit(though the most essential) of the story and not the source of enjoymet and fun the others had brought because I knew there were more secrets left to come next... But as I got nearer to the end of this one and found out that Harry was, at last, not destined to die, the whole book seemed to be the most wonderful thing, the best of all the other parts. The whole of the book's plot, scenes, thei, Harry, Ron and Hermione's adventures swarmed through my mind as the most joyous of all. It was really, really, REALLY AMAZING to read that he survived! The Boy Lives!!! But there's one thing. While I really enjoyed the last bit of the story more than any other, while I appreciated Harry and Ginny naming their kids after Harry's parents and Dumbledore and Snape because of what Harry had learned about him, I still couldn't deny the fact that she, J.K.Rowling did injustice with Sirius. Harry named one his sons 'Albus Severus'. He could've named the other 'James Sirius'. But J.K.Rowling didn't mention it anywhere...that's kind of unfair, isn't it? But on the whole, it really quite amusing to read a little about Harry's future XD His wife and sons...and Ron's and Hermione's... She didn't mention who that cousin James(Harry's son) was talking about was. Who's daughter was she? And Draco's wife wasn't mentioned, too. Hmm... *Ponders* ...Anywho! THE BOOK WAS A BLAST! IT WAS SO INCREDIBLY AMAZING!!! XD!!! XD!!! XD!!!!

Love it! Wished there was more to the epilogue, but content in all else. Did anyone notice that the makers of Marauder's Map died in reverse order of how they are mentioned (Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs)?