The final battle (don't read if you havent finished book!)

[Novello2410]

why didn't ron or hermione die? this is so cheesy and happy ending-ish. this is the last and darkest book here...

exactly!

[padfoots]

well on the over 200 chapter rowling has made on harry potter she messed up the last and more important one

shame

[7thBookAFailure]

Im with those against the ending of this book.

When i was reading through the book and got upto three-quarters with so much left to clarify, i began to wonder how on earth JKR would be able to finish off explaning everything in 'this many pages', (the last quarter or so)... obviously, it was all rushed and i soon realised the ending would be a great shame to the whole series of HP books...

Ron spoke parseltongue and made 'stupid hissing sounds'... ridiculous! It made the whole sinister concept of Parseltongue sound like child's play: the language that harry had learnt to speak due to the horcrux of Voldemort in his body, the horcrux of the darkest wizard of all time... and here's Ron making it look as easy as 1..2..3, nonsense...

Then, Nevile's head set on fire from the hat with the Body-Bind Curse and yet he musters the strength to life the curse and chop the snake's head off... what a freakin surprise that the 'magical protection' had lifted just before this was to happen!

Also, we've had 7 mighty books leading up to ultimately: the ultimate battle between the greatest dark wizard of all time and the only person who's eluded his killing curse ever... and what happens? 3 sentences of utter jiiberish, the sort of duels that first-years would have except with different spells.

7 years of training from Dumbledore and the rest of Hogwarts teachers to Harry and he can think of nothing but Expelliarmus! All of a sudden the greatest dark wizard ever falls back onto the ground and is... well dead! One little curse and thats that... the great Voldemort who has destroyed so many in the past dies so swiftly and boringly it made me quite upset. Voldemort who took out 3 hogwarts teachers with a flick of his wand before starting his warm and cosy conversation with dear old Harry is destroyed by a little spell like Expelliarmus!
Everybody then cheers and shouts and they all go and shake his hands and hug him and its all so happy and joyful wow-wee! What an anticlimax, a real shame really.

And the amount of sheer luck that Harry had to find those horcruxes and defeat Voldemort was insane! The way everything which seems so difficult and challenging just happens so easily and readily its unbelievable. Like its all there laid out for him.

And the epilogue, omg what was JKR thinking??? The ridiculous names made me laugh my head off! Lily Potter junior with red hair and James Potter! They are brothers and sisters with the same names as their grandparents, how awkward is that!!

And the predictability of Ron & Hermione, and Harry & Ginny! How cheesy and happy happy happy. Such a weird anti-climax its really disappointing. We didnt hear about George, the rest of the Weasley brothers apart from the Ron, (Percy was mentioned too but i was confused there), we didnt know what happens to Arthur and Weasley, Fleur and Bill... kingsley? The Dursleys? The hogwarts teachers??

We didnt even find out where Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione worked?

And most of all, what happens to that room where Sirius slipped and where (i think) Harry heard sounds of the dead talking??? JKR didnt clarify that at all! (this was in the previous book i think)

I cant even believe how jolly old Molly went in and took out Bellatrix, the closest servant to Voldemort!

This was meant to be the most sinister book of them all, a terrifying conclusion to the battles fought between good and evil over the years, decades and even centuries but what we get a happy cheesy ending where all is so well its like Voldemort never even existed... 19 years his scar didnt hurt? Awww so sweet... *rolls eyes*

[andy.m]

totally agree
experlliumus was a let down to end on one of the greatest Wizarding battles ever.

But in saying that I really enjoyed everything about the book. I was enthrawlled and gripped by each page.

Didn't bother reading the end bit though. It was just not needed and should have been left open.
Much better I thought to have Snape appear in one of the portraits next to Dumbledore with a smile for Harry.

[Swimkid]

I was totally for the ending of this book. Totally unexpected the way harry lived and came back ect. Ron and Hermione. Bound to happen eventually. I thought it gave the book a nice little sideplot thing.

The final spell from Harry. Complete let down but I guess it was to be expected from Harry.

[SnesR0X]

At least swimkid seems to have some sense. Kill Ron and Hermione? What the hell are you on? Why would you KILL the people that you read the book for? It didn't matter very much what spell Harry used, because he knew the wand wasn't going to work for Voldemort anyway. It was obvious he was going to try to kill Harry again, no matter what he was told. If Harry had done any other spell, Riddle would be on his face dead before it hit him.

[Swimkid]

At least swimkid seems to have some sense. Kill Ron and Hermione? What the hell are you on? Why would you KILL the people that you read the book for? It didn't matter very much what spell Harry used, because he knew the wand wasn't going to work for Voldemort anyway. It was obvious he was going to try to kill Harry again, no matter what he was told. If Harry had done any other spell, Riddle would be on his face dead before it hit him.

Im behind you 100% SnesR0X. And I guess the spell that Harry used aagainst Voldemort is a good symbole for how he doesn't beleive in killing even when he is faced with suure death. Perfect way to show a battle between Good and Evil.

[7thBookAFailure]

yea i agree with Harry being a goody goody and not using the AK curse, but cmon... expelliarmus getting rid of the greatest dark wizard of all time??? Thats just disappointing

[SnesR0X]

yea i agree with Harry being a goody goody and not using the AK curse, but cmon... expelliarmus getting rid of the greatest dark wizard of all time??? Thats just disappointing

I think you are missing the point. Expelliarmus didn't get rid of him, it just made the wand go over to Harry. He could have just stood there and Voldemort would have owned himself.

[7thBookAFailure]

ok, so after all of this, he ends up just killing himself right? Even lamer :-/