Horcruxes or Hallows
During the nineteen hour period between 11:30 am on 21st July 2007 and 6:15 am on 22nd July 2007 I started to read, read and finished reading "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow". And now I know everything... well, everything J. K. Rowling intended us to know.
But first things first. The launch party to be held at Park Towers at 4 am PST - the first (and last) to be ever planned during the release of a Harry Potter book was cancelled because a bomb was found in a car in the mall's parking lot. I guess that is part and parcel of living in Karachi, my beloved city (and I am not being sarcastic here. I do love this city despite its problems. It is my home). Never the less, I was exceedingly disappointed. I got the book at 10 am in the morning instead... from the same mall.
And now I shall give my two cents on the book.
The book obviously leads to the ultimate showdown between Harry and Voldemort and the Order and its supporters and the Death Eaters. The hunt for the horcruxes and their ultimate destruction by Harry and friends forms the essence of the book along with the procurement of the newly introduced "Hallows", three objects which when put together help the owner conquer death. In the end good does triumph over evil. Voldemort is vanquished. His death eaters are defeated. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and most of our favourite characters survive. But Mad-eyed Moody, Lupin, Tonks, Fred Weasley and Dobby and some others are not so lucky.
As it turns out Snape is good and killed Dumbledore on his instructions because the curse by which Dumbledore had been afflicted when he destroyed Marvolo's ring was going to kill him anyway within a year. Snape meets death as well. And yes, I was wrong about him and you kitaoroshi were right.
The way J. K. Rowling makes Harry discover the location of the final three horcruxes was simple and ingenious. I was once again amazed by J. K. Rowling's technique of reintroducing seemingly unimportant things mentioned in passing in previous books, which of course this time around were highly important to the plot. This is truly an amazing ability which makes reading a book series that much more fun to read. All in all it was a satisfying end and it was a pleasure to read "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow" even though I had to have 2 grams of acetaminophen during the time period.
But first things first. The launch party to be held at Park Towers at 4 am PST - the first (and last) to be ever planned during the release of a Harry Potter book was cancelled because a bomb was found in a car in the mall's parking lot. I guess that is part and parcel of living in Karachi, my beloved city (and I am not being sarcastic here. I do love this city despite its problems. It is my home). Never the less, I was exceedingly disappointed. I got the book at 10 am in the morning instead... from the same mall.
And now I shall give my two cents on the book.
The book obviously leads to the ultimate showdown between Harry and Voldemort and the Order and its supporters and the Death Eaters. The hunt for the horcruxes and their ultimate destruction by Harry and friends forms the essence of the book along with the procurement of the newly introduced "Hallows", three objects which when put together help the owner conquer death. In the end good does triumph over evil. Voldemort is vanquished. His death eaters are defeated. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and most of our favourite characters survive. But Mad-eyed Moody, Lupin, Tonks, Fred Weasley and Dobby and some others are not so lucky.
As it turns out Snape is good and killed Dumbledore on his instructions because the curse by which Dumbledore had been afflicted when he destroyed Marvolo's ring was going to kill him anyway within a year. Snape meets death as well. And yes, I was wrong about him and you kitaoroshi were right.
The way J. K. Rowling makes Harry discover the location of the final three horcruxes was simple and ingenious. I was once again amazed by J. K. Rowling's technique of reintroducing seemingly unimportant things mentioned in passing in previous books, which of course this time around were highly important to the plot. This is truly an amazing ability which makes reading a book series that much more fun to read. All in all it was a satisfying end and it was a pleasure to read "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow" even though I had to have 2 grams of acetaminophen during the time period.