[aspirinpharmacist]

It's my least favourite of all the Harry Potter books.

Firstly, too many deaths. Killing Colin Creevey off-hand. Why, JK? You already killed Dobby, you've been barbaric enough. I think she was frustrated with the time and effort she'd invested in Harry Potter and released her frustrations by killing nearly everyone.

Secondly, the ending. Too simplistic. The books slowly develop from children's stories into something darker and more adult (Demonstrated by all the deaths) but despite the fact that the Deathly Hallows is basically a magic story for grown-ups, the ending "All was well" was something a ten-year old would write, I felt.

I know it's significant that Harry uses a Disarming Charm against Voldemort in their final battle, considering that that's how he survived in the fourth, however, you'd think that since this time, if he dies, that's it, there's no coming back, and knowing what kind of future there would be with Voldemort "ruling", he'd put in more effort. It worked the first time because he had the element of surprise, using it again was foolish, Voldemort should have seen it coming though, which also annoys me since the man is supposed to be incredibly clever.

[ronki23]

(Original post by Star7)
I liked how Harry didn't intend on using a Killing Curse. He's not a saint (he used the Cruciatus and Imperius curses after all) but like one poster said, it was to show how evil defeats itself.

Why should everyone get married? Surely it's enough to have a companion, particularly one who understood everything they went through and were closer to each other than to anyone else. I don't think it's unrealistic to have Aragorn and Arwen finally marry each other. Sam seems the type to just want to settle down and have a family. And Sam and Frodo stuck with each other for so long through such a dangerous and life-threatening journey and they thought they might never return to the Shire. It's no wonder why Sam wanted to find Frodo, he cared so much about him. Even being a companion of the Ring-Bearer, as well as being a Ring-Bearer for a short period of time himself, has got to have some after-effect. Also, Faramir and Eowyn did marry each other.

Sorry, but Frodo - no matter how strong he was - shouldn't take full credit for making the world safe. It was the combined effort of Frodo and Sam, and some twisted luck of Gollum which inevitably lead to the Ring getting destroyed. If it was just Frodo, Sauron would probably be in power again. Remember the Ring completely took over Frodo, he couldn't destroy it when the time came.




Yeah, I know, it was more my initial reaction. I thought that too when I had time to think over it.
Still, one of the most depressing deaths in HP ever

I didn't say Aragorn/Arwen was unrealistic-I said ONLY Aragorn and Sam settling was unrealistic. Sam looking for Frodo is a) silly since he has children to look after and b) is one of the reasons people who read the book think he's in love with Frodo. Frodo had Bilbo and the Elves to look after him; Sam has a duty as one of the saviours to set an example for future generations. Plus as I said, Gondor and Rohan and the Elves should have helped the Hobbits considerin they DID destroy the ring and save the world.

Look at this though-it's a laugh:

[ronki23]

I'd love to see this haha-


Although I think Mace Windu vs Voldemort would be better

[JoeyDoris]

(Original post by aspirinpharmacist)
It's my least favourite of all the Harry Potter books.

Firstly, too many deaths. Killing Colin Creevey off-hand. Why, JK? You already killed Dobby, you've been barbaric enough. I think she was frustrated with the time and effort she'd invested in Harry Potter and released her frustrations by killing nearly everyone.

Secondly, the ending. Too simplistic. The books slowly develop from children's stories into something darker and more adult (Demonstrated by all the deaths) but despite the fact that the Deathly Hallows is basically a magic story for grown-ups, the ending "All was well" was something a ten-year old would write, I felt.

I know it's significant that Harry uses a Disarming Charm against Voldemort in their final battle, considering that that's how he survived in the fourth, however, you'd think that since this time, if he dies, that's it, there's no coming back, and knowing what kind of future there would be with Voldemort "ruling", he'd put in more effort. It worked the first time because he had the element of surprise, using it again was foolish, Voldemort should have seen it coming though, which also annoys me since the man is supposed to be incredibly clever.

The last chapter was written when she very first began writing the series, back in like 1993.

[aspirinpharmacist]

(Original post by JoeyDoris)
The last chapter was written when she very first began writing the series, back in like 1993.

That explains a lot. Still, I wasn't really a fan.