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__**Warning: The following review contains big spoilers. For those who havn't read this book, don't read this unless you want to spoil yourself.**__

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Review By Alex Inman

J.K Rowling has made the 7th and final installment of her epic tale of Harry Potter an enjoyable and exciting experience. For those who are unfamiliar, Harry Potter is an orphan whose parents were killed when the dark wizard Voldemort attacked his family. Harry survived the attack, but was left with a permanent lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead. Over time, Harry discovered that he had special powers. One in particular was that he could talk to snakes which is called Parseltongue, an ability also shared by Voldemort. At age 11, he was accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Each of the Harry Potter books takes place during a year at the school, book 7 includes Harry's 7th and final year. For most of this book Harry doesn't even go to Hogwarts until the last three chapters or so. So, let's get started with the story.


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It all began as Harry celebrated his 17th birthday at the home of his best friend, Ron Wesley. A few days later, at Ron's brother Bill's wedding, a message came saying that the Ministry of Magic, the magical world's government, had fallen to Voldemort. Harry, Ron, and Harry's other friend Hermione, escaped to Harry's late godfather, Sirius Black's home. After spending many days at the home, the three decided to infiltrate the Ministry to get a necklace called a Horcrux, which contained a piece of Voldemort's soul. In the previous book, Harry and the late Headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore were hunting down a couple Horcruxes. After retriving the necklace, the trio spent many weeks camping in random places in England. During that time, the three learned that there were three very powerful magical objects from a story called the Deathly Hallows that actually existed and that Voldemort was after the most powerful one. Soon, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were captured by accident and were taken to Malfoy Manor, the home of Harry's rival, Draco Malfoy. They soon escaped, but not without knowing the location of another Horcrux at Gringotts wizard bank. After thinking of a plan, the three snuck into Gringotts with Hermione disguised as one of Voldemort's underlings and Harry and Ron under Harry's Invisibillity Cloak which is later discovered to be one of the Deathly Hallows. The trio got the trophy which had the Horcrux in it and narrowly escaped capture again on the back of a dragon who was to guard the vault the trophy was in. After destroying the necklace and the trophy, Harry figured out that the last Horcrux was in Hogwarts and then only Voldemort's snake remained.

When Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived at Hogsmeade village just down the road from Hogwarts, they got Dumbledore's brother's help to get into Hogwarts. Soon, the trio met with the friends and members of the secret organization Harry made and decided what to do, then Harry set out into the castle to find the Horcrux. After finding a replica of the headress with the Horcrux in it, Harry was discovered by Voldemort's henchmen who then signaled Voldemort. Soon the staff and castle were in an epic battle against Voldemort's forces to protect Harry. After Harry found the real headress, he, Ron, and Hermione got into a battle with Draco and his two friends which ended in the destuction of the Horcrux and the death of one of Malfoy's friends. As Harry looked at all of the dead and injured, he realized that to end this war, he had to die, so he went out into the forest where Voldemort was hiding to face him.

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As Voldemort tried to control the crowd, one of Harry's friends, Neville, took the sword of Gryffindor and chopped the snake's head clean off. Harry fell from the grasp of the person holding him and put on the Invisibillity Cloak and followed Voldemort and others into the Great Hall of the school. As more fights broke out between good and bad, Harry watched Voldemort and at the right moment, he revealed himself in front of everyone. After countering each other's shouts and lies about each other, Voldemort fired his spell and Harry did the same. Voldemort's wand flew up into the air and then fell, dead, killed by his own countered spell.

The epilogue was a fast-forward in time 19 years. Harry married Ron's sister, Ginny, Ron married Hermione and they all had many children. The epilogue takes place at the King's Cross train station, as the children are getting ready to board the train to begin their first year at Hogwart's.

**__Spoilers end HERE__** Thanks for reading this review. As for my overall opinion of this book, I give this book a 5 out of 5. It has a mix of everything a book needs and J.K. Rowling pulled it off. Thanks again and have a great year at WMS.
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