Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling

As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid’s motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now is now broken, but he cannot keep hiding. The Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything Harry loves, and to stop him Harry will have to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes. The final battle must begin – Harry must stand and face his enemy.

2nd read: Read half of. Will read other half before second movie comes out.

I'm still thinking that there are more books of this series...

This book ended the series well. Very little trace of whiny and emotional Harry from Half Blood Prince remains - evidently, Dumbledore's death at the end of that book was enough to vault Harry out of the teenage angst he struggled with through most of that book.

I have to be fair - out of the whole series, in this book, the Campbellian themes are stronger than they've been since the beginning of the books. Harry is quite a little “Gary Stu”, and I'm still disappointed that a woman, writing a story that started out as a tale for her daughter, would make so few female characters to identify with, and to keep those as “the girl sidekick”, “the mother”, and “the girlfriend” is disappointing.

Still, anyone who's picked this series up expecting high-brow literature should expect to be disappointed. It's not. JKR is a good storyteller, and the end of the story managed to prove nearly all of the theories about how the story would end right.

I'm actually hoping - as good of a storyteller as she is - that her next series is about completely different people doing different things in a different world. I've heard some suggestions that she should write about the next generation of wizards, but I think that's overkill. Let Harry's story end here and let the fanfic writers go nuts with the next generation.

I loved this one too, obviously. I can't believe their adventure is over (I'm not sure I'll read the Cursed Child or not...) It took me two years to finish this series and that was mainly because I paused after the 5th book because I couldn't handle the deaths. Now I'm stronger and to be honest I was sad for Fred, Remus, Tonks, and stuff but I didn't die... I loved reading Snape's story and I just think this one was the most action-packed and emotional of all the others. I loved that we learned more of Dumbledore's story and Harry's insecurity and fight for life were... Seriously no other book series has captivated and touched me more than HP and that's why it will stay a forever classic. (if only she was that way too)