jan94 - It's because moody and dobby didn't die in the middle of the massive final battle so there was time to mourn for them right after the deaths, unlike those that died in the war, when there was still loads to happen. What .... a..... book

wow she must be really rich by now =/ but it was an awesome book :]]

An epic series of epic proportions.

i envy JK for coming up with an amazing story like this. I MEAN HOW DOES ALL OF THAT JUST POP INTO YOUR HEAD ONE DAY?! i'm so sad that the series is over, but at least there are the movies to still look forward to. i hope that they live up to the books...

Ohhh i love this book. Sooo awesome. I cant believe its over i want more more more!! we should all make a petition and sign. "WE WNT MORE HARRY POTTER BOOKS!!"

WTF!?! I read it and now what? Please excuse my bad language. I feel so empty, yet relieved.....

I am sooo darn sad, the books really are over, now no more waiting in the queue for hours, no more suspense for the next book, no more Harry Potter T_T The story was, as Ron would put it, bloody brilliant. I think it was the best of the lot, I would not speak anymore or I might give spoilers.

of course it would. who wouldn't want the seventh Harry Potter book, first?

At 10 AM on last saturday morning the doorbell rang. My boyfriend (who knew all to well how much I have been looking forward to reading this book) jumped out of bed and raced down to the door as if he was bitten by thousands of red ants in his bottom, even before I could get up myself to get the door. He hurried back and to my great expectation, it was finally there: HP and the Deathly Hallows. I started reading it right away in my bed, then in the train where I almost missed my stop because I was buried in the book, then at work, the train back and then again in my bed untill I realised it was five in the morning! I got up at 10.30 again to finish it and then, a phew hours later, after many cries, shots of laughter, moments of suspense and terror, more cries, laughter, suspense and terror, it was all over.. Tears were poring down my cheeks as I realised this was the last book ever to be written about our wizards.. I am 22 years old and I live in the sober Holland, and I never thought that a book, or series of books, could make me feel this way! It's just the way it has been written. So incredibly real! As if I were to go to King's Cross on september 1st and see hundreds of wizards passing by hopping on the Hogwarts Express at platform 9 3/4 (then, offcourse, hoping I would be one of those wizards ;) ).

i changed my layout in honor of book 7, so now it's dumbledore's army =] it just dawned on me that mugglenet isn't going to be here forever =[ i mean, what will there be to talk about after the movies?... *tear*

mine was always snape's with the order. hmm, what now.. what else can i read now?? emptiness. o what to do.

ryuubi that is EXACTLY how I feel! I have been anticipating this book for so long, longing to read it, open it, and let it fill my mind with the final adventure! And then I read the last three words 'all is well,' and I just stopped dead... and I thought... 'now what?' Then it hit me like a brick falling out of the air, and it suddenly dawned right upon me, that that was the last book. ALmost definitely the last book. And I hadn't thought about it being the last book, and no more Harry Potter, because I was anticipating Deathly Hallows so much! And now I feel relieved, yet empty. There's nothing any more... no Harry Potter, no more adventure, no... story. There's just 7 books sitting on my shelf that I have read, 6 of them many times, and one that I don't think I could stand to open up ever again... ;( Because everytime I think about Deathly Hallows, and even though it was such a gripping read, that was the last and final adventure of Harry, Ron and Hermione I think I will ever read.... I'm just gonna go cry now :'(

i loved it i loved it i loved it. i got it at midnight. then i went to my friends house and we both read it together. sometimes i would be ahead and sometimes she would be ahead. and whenever we would gasp or laugh or cry "oh NO!" we would yell at eachother and say shut up!! lol. it was awesome. my body forced me to sleep at 11 o clock the next morning but i was up around 130 and continued. i finished it that night and was blown with emotions. i loved the fact that harry made voldy look like an idiot. and calling him tom riddle was a nice touch too. oh. and when mrs. weasley calle bellatrix a b.itch...PRiCELESS.

Thank you J.K. Rowling for making the whole world read!

I didn't sleep and as soon as I got the book I finished it, of course I'll be re-reading it, mainly because it will finally sink in then that Harry Potter is truely over, of course with the simple fact there is a tiny microscopic chance, that Jo will return to the Harry Potter world. Perhaps even Harry's scar will tingle again? 10, or more years later from now? Simply saying this book was beyond words, a MUST buy for any true Harry Potter fan. :) -Dest.

i think this is only the amout sold in the us cause scholastic is us's publisher

i can't really bring myself to open deathly hallows again...i know it's the last book, but i can't bring myself to believe it. every time i see it, i feel empty. i can't even bring myself to get off of mugglenet, because i feel like it's the last connection i have. someday, a while from now, i'm going to open deathly hallows again and read it with more patience then the first time...hoping that it all feels new to me...

I don't know how some of you read it in 7 hours. It took me nearly 22 hours of straight reading. I am now 215 pages into the second reading. I truly loved it. Some of the dialog in the beginning chapters seemed a bit, I don't know, juvenile (Merlin's saggy left...), but I didn't mind it so much on the second reading. I haven't cried like that since my cat died. I was just a blubbering mess. The chapter where Harry "died" when he asked his parents and Sirius if it hurts to die nearly killed me. Now I know what Jo meant when she said she was simply howling and had to down an bottle of champagne and went home covered in mascara. It was really rough. Yes a few questions went unanswered - but mostly because Jo said they would be answered not that they were essential to the plot. I thought we'd know something about the teachers' relationships (marriages). Did she mean Lupin? Lily and James' professions, etc. The veil? I guess they didn't really matter in the end. I also really really hoped for Sirius to come back. Guess he's really dead.

HP & DH was absolutely amazing!!! i usually haven't finished any of the HP books in this short amount of time, but this book amazed me beyond belief. it was more than i expected. Jo is incredibly beyond words. When i flipped the last page just to see blank pages, i felt happy that the book was amazing but sad knowing it was the last of harry's journey. but i think jo ended the series with a bang. the true sadness will set in when Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows' end credits start to roll on the big screen (which let's up the movie is close as to stay faithful to the last book). the book series may be over but we still have 2 movies to look forward to.

priceless is when : Running at Ron, she flung them around his neck and kissed him full on the mouth. Ron threw away the fangs and broomstick he was holding and responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Hermione off her feet. “Is this the moment?� Harry asked weakly, and when nothing happened except that Ron and Hermione gripped each other still more firmly and swayed on the spot, he raised his voice. “Oi! There’s a war going on here!� Ron and Hermione broke apart, their arms still around each other. “I know, mate,� said Ron, who looked as though he had recently been hit on the back of the head with a Bludger, “so it’s now or never, isn’t it?� ----------------- --------------- sooner or later this was supposed to happen between ron & hermione :) kinda guessed that snape was in love with lily when she defended him in one of the pensive memories which harry saw in book 5...

reading some of these comments is making me cry. i have fallowed harry potter from my childhood into my teens, so i feel like i just lost a long time friend.

I loved the part when Ron comes back to Harry and Hermione and you think Ron and Hermione are going to kiss (I started to cry) and then Hermione starts beating the hell out of him. I went from crying to laughing hysterically. Jo is really amazing.

excellent! i wonder how many of them in the UK were sold, we got the book a couple fo hpours before the us so i wonder how much were sold here. some countries still haven't got it yet, i can't wait to hear fo the final selling number, it will be huge!

why is it over the book was awesome it made me cry and im a guy :(

omg okay so i was on youtube and i saw some videos of some IDIOTS going to midnight releases of hp&dh and yelling out spoilers. like wth. a lot of them say hp fans nee lives...ummm thats pretty hypocritical right there. i mean here they are going out of their way to ruin the last book for not only teenager/adults...but KIDs. what a bunch of as.sholes

nnooooo! *is crying* i have followed these series since i was very young, i have followed it throught the end of primary school, through high school and now i will follow the last two films in college. it has been such a big part fo my life growing up, and...i-it i-is over...*sobs* oh jo, please write more! write about lily and james, (harry's parents or harry's children) anything!!! the book was amazing, i have never cried so much in my life..and my sev sev is deaded.....*crying*

Can anyone tell me how to get rid of my current background on Mugglenet which reads "No, Snape is with the death eaters" as it is clearly WRONG and an insult to his memory. And yes, I hang my head in shame...sorry Snape... Can't believe it's over!!!

Out of everyone who died I was just distraught about Snape!! What a fantastic book though - I can't believe it's over *sobs* loved the epilogue!!

oohhh emilyann, there is a layout box thing at the top of the page under the advert that says about the mugglenet's book what will happen in book seven. you can click on one htere. my layout says 'make a final stand, no snape is with the order!' yay....sev sev lol

Did anybody else get the US Deluxe Edition? I got both, but was a bit disappointed with the Deluxe Edition when it came on Saturday. I was expecting more color pictures in it.

I can't get off Mugglenet... like someone else said, it's like I feel that this is my only connection to Harry Potter left. I can really see what Jo meant when she said that 'some kids would hate it.' I can really see... Oh my God how I wish.. this is awful! I FEEL SO INCREDIBLY EMPTY! Was that the LAST ever Harry Potter book that will have grand openings? Will Jo write more... or will she not...? I can't bare IT!

Thanks sticky! I have been wondering around the house feeling lost since I finished too - I keep reading small passages but for some reason can't bring myself to read the whole thing again yet. Don't know why that it. However, there are still lots of unanswered questions I think, enough to fill another book, perhaps...???!!!

im suffering from post-potter-depression :'( cant believe the hp series ended!!! i hope jkr will write the hp encyclopedia thing she said she mite write.

i hope she writes more. i am determined to think it hasn't really ended, that is why i am reading it again, and again, and again. OH JO WRITE MORE!!! don't leave us like this.....i don't want to log off here, i don't want it to go away...

One out of 8.3 million. I feel very small.

all good things must come to an end. Anyway, everyone should go to wikipedia, because on their site they have already started refering to Ginny as "Ginny Potter (nee Weasley) and her and Harry's children are already added to the family tree. As are Hermione's and Rons. its so sweet!

its an AMAZING book, so i was actually expecting more than 8.3 but i guess the sales are still going strong, and that's only in the US!!! YAY HARRY:)))) BTW - for all those, who like me, feel like all is lost - read Eragon:) There's at least the last book to look forward to there as well:)

about all of these unanswered questions, i keep thinking that i live next door to JK so i can just run over and ask her anything i want. then i remember that i'm only one of MILLIONS of fans...

i read the eragon books, but now i think back on those books and then the harry potter books, reading the last one fo that series would just remind me of the last harry potter book. i now feel that the story isn't as strong as harry, tho i do love those books too. everyone, CoS forums is bakc on tomorow! therefore i can cry on there too and talk again to all of my chums and cry woth them too.....*sniffs* why do all good things come to an end......=(

It was amazing! That's definitely a record. I LOVE MOLLY WEASLEY!!!!

I still feel like crying because there is no other book to come! *bursts into tears* I cannot wait to discuss the book on the forums!

I apologize for the spoiler here, its not something I would normally do, but nobody I know finished the book yet and I really have to get this off my chest: SPOILER SPOILE R SPOILER SPOILER SPOI LER NOT MY DAUGHTER YOU B**CH! - best line in the whole book

go HPgo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yeh

yeah...im looking foreward to the forums coming back! YAY. I dont know why all good things DO come to an end, they just do. Just like Fred had to die...but anyway...GO TO WIKIPEDIA EVERYONE!

I completely agree with jan94! I also sometimes feel like I live nextdoor to JK and can skip off to her place and pester her for more details! Specially... I wanted to know what professions the kids chose and what happened after the battle was over. The end was just too abrupt and lacked sophistication But, anyway, I still love JK Rowling!

FROM WIKIPEDIA-- "Regarding the existence of Harry Potter novels beyond the seventh, Rowling has said that she might write another book some day, but it will not continue the life of Harry and his friends. If she does, she intends it to be a sort of encyclopedia of the wizarding world, containing concepts and snippets of information that were not relevant enough to the novels' plots to be included in them. Any future Harry Potter books, she said, would also be written for charity, just as Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them were.[64] She has also said that she will not write any sort of prequel to the novels, since by the time the series ends all the necessary back story will have been revealed. " ---- i don't really want to read an encyclopedia on the wizarding world. what good would it be without Harry, Ron, and Hermione? (writing their names just gave me the most depressing and empty feeling...)

OMG! - that's really, really many!.. I ahven't got my copy yet, because I wasn't at home, when the mail came, I'll get it later today though :D

Being in a family which has three Harry Potter fanatics is a sticky situation. If you are the first one to read the book… you are in an even stickier situation because you have to keep every secret bottled up inside you even though you maybe aching to just run around the house and give up every single detail of the book. You have to keep every secret inside you until everyone has read the book! HOw fair is that? All my thoughts are, therefore, just flooding out on this tiny little area. I do not know what will happen if my sister does not finish it soon. I fear that I might explode any second...

Why?Why? Why? Why? Why? Why must the torture go on?

i know what you mean Bereaving_fan my family still have to read it so i can talk about it, but ii can't at the mo as i don't want to spoil it for them. also my friend, she is a slower reader than me and is only half way throught the book, have read it twice now..i wanna discuss it with her!!!! wow, i think jkr might do some story about lily and james, before they had harry or maybe about harrys children maybe.....an encyclopedia would be cool.