Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2007
- the elder wand
- children's books
- dementors
- good and evil
- juvenile literature
- juvenile works
- death
- fiction
- wizards
- nyt:series_books=2006-09-16
The story
Harry Potter is leaving Privet Drive for the last time. But as he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid’s motorbike and they take to the skies, he knows Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters will not be far behind. The protective charm that has kept him safe until now is broken. But the Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything he loves. And he knows he can’t keep hiding. To stop Voldemort, Harry knows he must find the remaining Horcruxes and destroy them. He will have to face his enemy in one final battle. ([source][1]) ---------- See also: - [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 2/2][2] [1]: https://www.jkrowling.com/book/harry-potter-deathly-hallows/ [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17922343W/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_Chapters_20-36
What it’s like
Brisk, tightly stitched chapters that move like a chase, with the prose dropping into long, breathless stretches of dread and then opening onto quiet, wintry interludes: a tent in a frozen forest, a cold lake at night, a dim candlelit pub where the mood turns soft and reflective. The voice is plain, direct and sometimes wry, a third-person close narration that stays tight on Harry, Ron and Hermione as they travel, bicker and grieve. Sensory detail runs toward damp stone, smoke, firelight on old wood and the chill of the countryside under a grey sky, while the Ministry and Hogwarts scenes carry a more oppressive, gloomy weight. Best read in long unbroken sittings on a rainy weekend or on a late train, though it rewards slow reading in its emotional stretches. Violence is frequent and sometimes graphic, with deaths that land hard and a steady undercurrent of fear, torture and cruelty, though there is no sexual content. It is a bleak, emotionally heavy finale with a hopeful ending, written for readers who have followed the series and want its long payoff, and for anyone who likes a melancholy, bittersweet coming-of-age close.
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