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Oh, poor Snape...I just KNEW he was good, though. Anyways, DH is definately (sp?) my favorite so far. I absolutely loved it. The plot was amazing. I loved the twist when Harry was supposed to be "dead". I am really looking forward to the movie, but I think it will be really long or they'll have to leave lots out of it. I mean, look at OotP? I hope that JKR will do something else, small, with the series. Like maybe a small book on what happened to the other charaters, e.x Georga and Luna? I've heard some people want that. It really is sad that Harry's adventures are over...but he'll continue to live in our minds. To conclude this, here's 4 words: I love Harry Potter.

I thought it was great, but I cried for about three chapters straight, ( Elden Wand, Prince's Tale) my favorite character died and I was so depressed. Poor Snape : (The epilogue didnt impress me , besides the naming of the children.

It was perfect and that's all I can say. though the epilogue was a little disappointing...

Well, it was okay. Too much action in it for me. The epilogue was pretty crappy too. In the US cover it appears that Harry is wearing the locket. But Kreacher is wearing the locket at the time. It could be the pouch, but I doubt it. Also, is that supposed to be Hogwarts in the background? Overall, I didn't like the book too much.

I completely loved it. It was amazingly written. True, not every detail we were promised was answered, but it was the best book of the series.

Wow. I loved the ending battle. Epilogue not the best, but other than that almost perfect. I still can't believe it is over though, but way to go out on a high note Harry. P.S. No matter what Dumbledor did, he is still the man.

this. book. is. fantastic. the ending (NOT the epilogue) was amazing, with all of the teacher's using their talents to fight. i was so happy when mrs. weasley cussed (i love her so much), but i wish they would've put more emphasis on the fact that she actually killed somebody. though it's not that important, i also liked how peeves was flying around dropping things on people's heads for good, and not evil! haha i was so depressed when dobby died. after being all heroic and such, he was killed by the psychotic bellatrix -_-......speaking of dobby... HOUSE ELF POWER!!! YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! i loved the role that kreacher played, with voldemort taking him across the lake and how he grew loyal to harry. and him leading the hogwarts elves in attacking the death eaters?? AWESOME. stab their ankles! gogogo!!

this was the best book ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! i thought it was sad in parts though...

I really, really loved Deathly Hallows. I was espically happy Harry did not die (though i was pretty sure she wouldnt kill him). The Hermione/Ron relationship was so cute and when they kissed I got up and danced.=) The deaths, hedwig,Ron,Remus, Tonks, Dobby, and Moody were unbearabley sad and left me in tears but they were important to the plot and I was happy more characters were not killed. It kind of bugged me a bit that Molly killed of Bellatrix instead of Neville, I was really looking forward to Neville finally gaining revenge for his parents. The epilouge was very sweet and I loved how it showed are most loved characters as parents but it did however leave me with a ton of questions... what happened to luna, the weasleys,Teddy Lupin? What perfessions did Harry, Ron and Hermione get into?Was the ministry rebuilt? And many more. But all in all I thought it was an excellent closing to a tale that has brought joy to children all over the world. I basically grew up with the books and I will never forget what an impact they had on my life. Thanks for reading, hope you liked my opinions.

omg i LOVED the epilogue! James acted just like Harry's father, and it was really cute to see Albus worried that he might end up in Slytherin. And I thought it was cool how Albus got names after TWO headmasters. And of course, Ron didn't change a bit! How bummed was everyone about Fred Weasley!?!? I was shocked!!! But I can't say it was wholly unexpected. This book is def in my favorites! Order of the Phoenix still reigns for me though ;) Hope everyone enjoyed it!!!! But I'm soooo sad it's over. It ended on a good note though :) I couldn't have asked for better. And how proud was everyone for Neville???

I know that JK had a change in the ending so these points were not covered in the book: Questions: what was harrys parents jobs --who showed magic late in life--who was at harrys house to get voldemorts wand when harry was a baby-- I'm sure mugglenet has more thoughts ... (I'm in mourning) ----------- I CRIED--when Hedwig died---when george was attacked--when fred died--when colin creevy, lupin, tonks died---I HOWLED AND AM STILL MOURNING FOR DOBBY--THE FREE ELF--I thought dobby would be at the ministry representing elf rights.---- ----------- I loved the wand info that Ollivander gave us----I loved the scene with Albus Dumbledore and Harry in the spiritual Kings Cross..and the profound observations that Albus gave to Harry 720 the true master of death does not seek to run away from death--he accepts he must die and knows there are far worse things in the living world than dying.--dumbledore to harry 722 do not pity the dead, harry, pity the living and above all those who live without love.-dumbledore to harry 723 'it is happening in your head but that does not mean it is not real--dumbledores answer to harry'(-paraphrasing) WHO HAS NOT IN LIFE WANTED TO SCRUB THEIR MINDS OF FILTH? --CURIOUSITY IS WHAT DOES IT---but we need to know. There is no real death--and the knowledge that Dumbledor "lives on another level" is the only comfort to the deaths of hedwig, dobby, fred and the rest. (The name tom riddle and that 3 brothers story sound so familiar from my childhood--at a catholic friends house--is there a source there? or maybe it is just "riddles") I loved the ending I loved the D.A., I loved Neville--humor, teachers, plants.... The sword of griffindor belongs to Griffindor--for Griffindor (whose hat is the sorthing hat and who put some of the brains of the 4 founders in the sorting hat so it could sort the children) --the sword belongs to Godric and he passed it to Neville to slay the "dragon"---- I LOVED all the revelations.. ...

Stan Shunpike -- Magic later in life? Wasn't he a squib? Please let me know if he wasn't.

from what i have been able to put together you dont have to actually have possesion of the elder wand to become its master....it apparently knows when a wizard has been disarmed and thats all it takes so when harry disarmed draco of his hawthorn wand the elder wand somehow knew that draco was no longer his master..voldermort thought that you had to kill in order to become the master so thats why he killed snape because snape killed dumbledore but dumbeldore had already been disarmed by draco hope that helps

I liked the booked. I thought it could be better in some areas. I thought it took forever to get to the good stuff in the end. Of course I would have liked it to be longer but I wish there was more action in the middle of the book. I really really thought the last chapter could have been longer with more info. Who is Victoire? (does anyone remember or know: "There is a character who does manage, in desperate circumstances, to do magic quite late in life, but that is very rare..." Who what this character? I don't think that this actually happened, maybe I missed it. Who was the baby crying.....so many things unanswered.....

i loved the book!! but im afraid what will happen when they make it a movie...it will never be as good and i know that but i dont think that they can pull this one off...it just seems like the actors cannot do it justice...its just too much emotionally... i think thast the movies are going to kill the series for me and im afraid for 2010

I expected so much more from the epilogue but otherwise.....absolutely amazing. I'm a little confused as to how Dumbledore just randomly popped up.

Who is Victorie (Epilouge)??? Who does magic late in life?????

hey man... i dunno i mean other than the fact that i was completely on edge the entire book- ready to cry at the drop of a hat... i did like the action early on - think that was an asset... but now that its over i feel so empty- i can't explain it its almost as if im in mourning... my mom thinks im silly- but there you go as for the epilogue- completely cookie-cutter and pretty lame- she leaves the door wide open for a possible sequel... don't know if i would read it though there are so many unanswered questions... aargh- time to check her website!! the chapter with dumbledore was SO cool! i thought that was the best ever! i daresay my favorite book? gotta read it again... but first gotta stock up on more tissue!! it doesn't matter if its my first time reading it or my 20th- im still gonna cry hehe snape&lily... hehe WHY DID SHE KILL OFF FRED!! AARGH! I

Harry did become an out standing wizzard.When Voltimort struck him with the killing curse it did not effect him.And after the station all magic had no effect on him.Also Nevel did develope magic late in life.As for the sward it would take a true griffendor to pullit out of the hat.Remember the chamber of secrets.As for the ending Harry and Jenny got married.As for naming the kids Jenny and Harry named the kids not just Harry.This book ended with to many Questions and maybe she wanted to leave it that way so she could wright a book in the future.I am very proud of J.K. she is so tallented.

I never thought that any of the HP books would top PoA for me, but this one definitely did. I've never cried this hard over a book before. I could barely read the last page and a half, it took me about 10 minutes to compose myself, I was crying so hard. I didn't want it to end. There are a few questions I still have, but I'm extremely content with the book, and ending to the series. I don't think there's any way it could have been better. :3

i really think that the epilogue had a deeper meaning than people are taking out of it. this is really all Harry's ever wanted out of his life- to be normal. and if voldemort had won, the peace that is shown in the epilogue would never have been possible. the words "all was well" mean so much when you think of how awful harry's and everyones lives could have ended up.

LOVED the book! Many people are complaining about the epilogue. I think JKRowling accomplished several very important things in the epilogue! First, she shows us the Harry/Ginny & Hermione/Ron pairings we were all praying for. Second, we see that Harry has the happy, peaceful life (FINALLY) he so rightfully has earned after so much loss and suffering. Third, Harry says to Albus Severus that he can ultimately choose his own house, reinforcing the theme told earlier by Dumbledore to Harry-- that it's not our abilities but our choices that make us who we are in life. Fourth, we see Draco Malfoy nod to Harry and the others. This also reinforces JKRowling's most important theme of all...that all of us are flawed human beings capable of change. Draco is no longer the Muggle-hater he once was. He is not, perhaps, best friends with the others. However, he has changed from the person he once was. So even though the epilogue leaves many unanswered questions, we must look at what it TELLS us rather than what it leaves out. I, personally, would not have liked a listing of every character and a detailed list of what he/she did in life. This way we are free to speculate. Fan fiction will be springing up. AND this leaves open the possibility of future works from the author herself! Nineteen years is a long time...and a lot can happen! Much to be written about! Look at what happened to Harry in just SEVEN years!

I loved it. It was so exciting. It is my favourite book out of the series no doubt. I was sad for the people who died. Heck, I was sad that Hedwig died.I was also sad that Dobby died. I can't belive Fred died. That must be probaly hard for George. They are twins. It was always Fred and George but now it is only George. At least he has Lee Jordon who is like Fred. I was a bit dissapointed at the epilouge. It never said what happen to the others. Also what happend to the Dursleys?

ive been looking at the list of registered titles, and some of them jumped out at me: HP and the... Grey Lady, Elder Wand, Wand of Grindelwald, Griphook's revenge....(JK on the last one!) i believe those were the other titles JkR considered, because the EW/WoG was an extremely important part of the book. However, i may be as woefully wrong as Humphrey Belcher, who believed the time was ripe for a cheese cauldron. (book 6, ch. 10) BEST LIVE EVER!!!! GRIPHOOK LIVES!!!!

and another thing, the BEST line in the whole book, pg 589 (in the childrens UK version) when mrs weasley says "NOT MY DAUGHTER , YOU BI***" HAHA, I laughed sooo hard, i cried!!

The epilogue didn't really satisfy me. It just showed that a lot of the couples had kids and the kids went to Hogwarts. I want to know what happened to everyone!! What did George do when Fred died? Did he continue the Joke Shop? There's so much stuff that I would have liked to know, and now we probably never will. It's disappointing.

Cried from the dedication, through the opening quotes. really cried when Percy came through and while Harry was using the stone. I believe that it is Neville who came into magic late in life. Teddi was living with his maternal grandmother, Tonk's mum. And I think the epilogue was to show that life became normal for Harry, even though people still stared everywhere he went.

first thing: BEST BOOK BY FAR!!!!! some stuff wasnt explained (e.g. what happened to luna? how old were harry/ginny's and ron/hermionie's kids? who did teddy live with?) and wow im suprised...... most of you didnt like the epilouge!! i

I loved it best book by far, though yea 1) what did dudley see when the dementors attacked? 2) where in the world was madame maxime, fudge, florean fortescue? 3) who did magic late in life? 4) what happened to umbridge and the ministry? 5) george and percy worked as what then? and harry? what was their professions? 6) was Snape's portrait recognized as a headmaster? 7) there was a small Luna + Dean hint, did they get together? 8) DID THEY GRADUATE???? i still loved the book , i thought it had the best action, sad moments, hero moments and funny moments, i was just left with a lot of questions, it didnt feel very final

sirius_girl Ted Tonks, not Tom.. but you are right of course.. he was a wizard, so no, not him Harry n Voldy r related through Pervells, so does that mean Harry is also a descendent of Slytherin?

Thank you, Jo. Harry Potter has been my best friend for all my life, it feels. I'm devastated that it is over, but I also feel a strange sort of release now that I know the end, as bittersweet as it was. Goodbye everyone...life will be a little less magical from now on....Goodbye, Harry.

the book was alright. i loved parts of it but was dissapointed when she left so many questions unanswered. i was annoyed with Georges absence in the the epiloge. she cut off his ear and killed his brother/best friend and then doesnt even mention him in the ending? - i was not impressed.

FRED!!!! no!!!!!! hpdh was awesome! mostly.

Wow, a lot of people didn't like the epilogue. I felt a bit disappointed, too, but I did like that it was a happy ending. In terms of who did magic later in life, I've been trying to figure this out and can only come up with Crabbe and Goyle as possibilities, since the books always stressed how incompetent they were with magic. Anybody have some ideas for Kreacher's significance? I mean she told the filmmakers not to cut him out of OotP, but it didn't seem to me that he was really that valuable. Did I miss or forget something? LOVED Ron and Hermione in this book, especially Ron. What an excellent book.

Agreed the epilogue was a let down. The rest of the book was fantastic!!!! What occupations do the major characters have? Did I miss the squib that got magic late in life?

OHHHH. Thanks, dramaqueen3107. I now see why Snape told Harry to look at him before he died. He wanted to see Lily's eyes! Duh! It's funny, I read the book so fast that I missed all these little points that I'm now gradually discovering.

Overall a great book best in the series, But epilogue was a little dissapointment, The way i look at it, it was 19 years later so MAYBE if she ever wanted to she could go and tie up some of the questions right after book seven and all if yah get what im sayin

I am left with mixed feelings about the book. It was brilliantly written. I loved how she gave us so much closure. I loved how some of the characters changed for the better. (Well I am trying to write that without making this too much of a spoiler. I guess it is safe to say that anyone reading this has already finished the book though.) Dudley and Kreacher made me feel so good inside. I loved that. There were some happy parts to the story, but I am left with a deep feeling of sadness now. I guess I am mourning some beloved character's deaths. There sure were a lot of surprises there. In my opinion too many deaths. I know it was to be expected as this was a violent war, but it is still so sad. I am wondering now which character was given a reprieve. I am thinking now that maybe it was Draco? I wonder which two characters were the ones that originally were not intended to die? I am thinking maybe Fred and Dobby? After Half Blood Prince I was pretty certain that my favorite character, Snape, would be a definite death in DH. I do have to admit to several months of hope that he would be the one reprieved thanks to the wonderful insight in "Mugglenet.com's, What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7." Unfortunately this wasn't to be. He is a character I greatly admired and enjoyed despite some of his rather abrasive ways. I was left wishing that Lily had loved him too. All in all I think highly of this book. I am still left with some mixed emotions. I, too, never caught which character who managed magic late in life. I would love to know what Dudley saw when the dementors were upon him. I do love it how his opinion of Harry changed though. I really loved that. I wish he was mentioned in the epilogue too.

Even though there were many unanswered questions, the book was fantastic! Best of the series by far! However, it would have been better if the epilogue was longer and explained what happened to more of the characters in those 19 years.

Stan Shunpike?

I loved the book, though the ending seemed a little abrupt to me. I would have liked if it went into a little more detail about Luna and some of the other characters. Maybe explain more on the new characters that had popped up; nonetheless, I was happy to finally get answers! This is the only book that has made me cry, atleast to the extent I did. ASOUE got me to cry at the end, and Artemis Fowl a little. Both fail, however, in comparison to the amount of tears I shed for DH. I seemed to cry every few chapters, when ever there was a death of a character I loved. Which I realize now is a lot. Now I just have to get over this empty feeling. I hope JK considers writing one last book to the series. An Epilogue that truly does the series justice and explains what happens to more than just the main character. The thing I really want to know is if the four houses ever unite.

Well, Sirius came back sort of for like FIVE MINUTES. o: I was thrilled. But I would have been even more thrilled if he came back... for good. XD I still don't get the veil from the fifth book... -sighs- Anyways I cried so hard this book XD Snape sacrificed himself!! He deserved a happy ending so bad... all that he's been through, the little emo :/ But I loved the book a lot of course :DDD The epilogue was rather corn-muffiny but... oh well ://// I feel happy, but I also feel like my childhood died ;_;

I have very mixed emotions about DH. However, I realize that some of it in response to what I would have liked to have seen in book 7. I especially agree with the poster above who said it read more like a screenplay. To me, DH was the book equivalent of what the movies have always been compared to the books -one dramatic episode after another without enough of the little things and scenes and character expositions that made the books special. Too much crammed into one book. Usually JKR's plot glides smoothly to an inevitable ending, albeit a cliffhanger; in DH, everything kind of jerked along until the end. My biggest gripe: even before the NY times reviewer (or was it Baltimore Sun) cited themes of redemption, I expected to see more redemption along with the slaughter. Who was redeemed? Kreacher is the only one I can think of who changed. Snape was not redeemed in this book: he didn't need to be redeemed. Draco and Dudley should have been. The head count of who lives and who dies seems just that, a count, while I feel that the changes of heart exhibited by D and D deserved more discussion or forwarding in the plot. As for the epilogue, I felt the Potters and Weasleys came off as being a bit, well, shallow...the kind of families who might send out long bragging Christmas letters. It would have been interesting to know a little of what went on in that 19 years. And...what happened to Luna?

I don't know that I can comment on this comprehensively because even after two days, I don't know what to think of it. It's kind of embarrassing, but I'm still so upset over all those who died, especially Fred. I must say, however, that I did love the book. I thought it was very appropriate and the Battle of Hogwarts was PERFECT--all the houses uniting, etc. What I didn't like: 1) I, like many, was prepared for Remus and Tonks to die the minute he named Harry as Teddy's Godfather. Remus' death didn't affect me as much as it would have had his death been the only death of the book or if he died before Sirius or Dumbledore. After seeing Harry survive their deaths, there was never any doubt that he would be able to survive Remus' death as well. Don't get me wrong--it tore me apart that he died, but it was just what it was. HOWEVER, Fred Weasley dying shook me completely. If it weren't for the fact that I had to see Harry through, I would have stopped reading. I mean, it's almost ridiculous how much it affected me. My family thought I went crazy. I won't say that I didn't like it in terms of how J.K. Rowling wrote it, I just mean that I don't like because I just want it undone so badly. 2) I didn't like the epilogue. At all. Well, not at all, there were some parts I did like. But, I didn't like that we don't get to find out what happens to George and he's the one I'm most concerned about. Does he still have the store? Furthermore, we know Harry's fine and that he's still close to Ron and Hermione as evidenced by Albus' immediate search for Rose at the Platform, but what does he do? What do any of them do? 3) It's not that I didn't like this as much as I'm confused about it, but shouldn't Dumbledore know that Snape's patronus is a doe considering that it's the method through which the order communicates? And not just Dumbledore, but all the other order members? If nothing else, isn't that how Snape lets the others know that Harry went to the Ministry in book 5...

Great book one of my favourites .... a little boring in the middle and think j.k could have wrote in something to make it better but still couldn't put it down but i was disappointed with the end after we found out who died and who lived she tolds us she'd say what everyone went on to become but she didn't the only person she tells is neville who became a teacher but i was really upset that she didn't even tell us at least what harry did does this mean there could be one more book plotting in her head or did she just forget your promise i for one hope it is the first one. can't wait to see the battle in the movie they better not cut to much out i want to see a 4 hour one

AMAZING! i loved it! she did a wonderful job, the best one. everything fit together. except the the epilogue was a disappointing, it left me hanging.

It's a good book, but I'm missing some things..dissapionting at the end. Like she had no time to end it properly:-(

i couldn't believe it when harry thought he died! i thought he was going to die! i don't know what i'd do with myself!

kreacher, dudley, percy, and snape!!! nice to know that they turned good rita, umbridge, wood, cho, and other hogwarts students! nice that they returned. fred, lupin, tonks, and dobby! sad that they died. also crabbe, srimagour, and hedwig! victorine...nice that she was bill's daughter. and what about harry's eyes being like his mother's, why was that important? and i thought that the old fred angelina car was going to come back, but it didn't. nice to have bellatrix dead though..nice ending by mrs.weasley. reminding me of mrs.ronald weasley....so cute!