SPOILER WARNING: The below post might contain the plot details of the Seventh and the final book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Harry Potter - A household name for fantasy lovers like me. Counting the days I had left to get hold of a personal copy of the final book. I happened to stumble upon some newsin the internet that the book has been leaked. This evoked the in-born curiosity to seek and I had success.
With just a few minutes into the release day of HP7, I finished reading the final book in its entirety, becoming one of a few thousand people who have read the book before it was supposed to be released.
Now, whether it is right of me to acquire a pirated copy is out of the question as I have not redistributed it. Further, I have already paid for the book waiting for it to be delivered and I am free to make as many copies as I wish for my own personal use. Boy, was it worth the effort.
Where do I start? I am not going to say that J.K.R is an extraordinary genius, but I am going to stick with genius. Some portions/character/scenes have been borrowed from other fantasy works as everyone knew by now as it is evident in her previous works. In spite of that, I find The Deathly Hallows as gripping as or more than that of the Half-Blood Prince. While HBP answered 90% of the questions, an intermitently slow paced book answers the remaining 10% with a lot of narratives.
Every instance of Harry outrunning Voldermort, every instance of the terriffic trio getting into trouble the moment they decide to do something keeps the readers on their toes, eclipsed only by two things - 1. The concept of Deathly Hallows and 2. The climax and the events leading to it.
I loved the Harry Potter series as much (or more than) I did Lord of the Rings, for a simple reason that Book 7 was decided long back. The intricacies involved in writing for earlier books keeping in mind the future books is the key speciality of J.K.R.
HP fans out there, I am sure you will love this book. You will have lots of surprises - Loss & damages to property & lives, multiple encounters of Harry and Voldermort. Last but not the least, Harry educating Voldermort about the magic and weapon which he posseses is better than Voldermort's.
In the next few weeks, I would be reading this book again and again. For that matter, I would be reading all the other 6 six HP books as well, for many years to come.
