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jelliestars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
johannarose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Would have given it 5 stars if it weren’t for the goblin antisemitism :~)
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail
hannah_mariee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
aklovekorn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
vampirerat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Classism
orchidlilly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Torture, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism
kelly_e's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Author: J.K. Rowling
Series: Harry Potter #7
Genre: YA Fantasy
Rating: 4.25
Pub Date: July 21, 2007
T H R E E • W O R D S
Emotional • Tense • Satisfying
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Harry is preparing to leave the Dursleys and Privet drive for the very last time. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him to safety in the the hope that Voldemort and his supporters don't catch wind of their plan. What awaits Harry is an extremely dangerous world for not only himself, but those close to him. He will need to find a way to accomplished the seemingly impossible task of destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes.
In this dramatic conclusion to the Harry Potter series, Harry must leave his most loyal friends behind, and in a final perilous journey find the strength and the will to face his terrifying destiny: a deadly confrontation that is his alone to fight.
💭 T H O U G H T S
Heading into book seven, I knew it would be a bittersweet experience, one I wanted to savour until the very end. When I finally reached the final page I felt the needed comfort of having visited with a trusted friend. I think re-reading the entire series as an adult has provided a completely different perspective and experience.
Right from the start, I knew book seven was going to take on a dark and emotional tone. There's a lot of death, and yet there is also a lot of love. The final installment also answers some of my lingering questions, and the revelation of Snape's loyalties to Lily is one of those bookish moments I'll likely never forget. The epilogue provides a sort of happily ever after, after all of the stuff Harry has gone through.
Listening to the audio while reading the books provided such a different experience than when I first read the series as a teenager, and I absolutely loved it. Jim Dale narrates flawlessly, as if it's a full cast. His voice for each character certainly helps differentiate throughout the entire series.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows offers some answers and provides a satisfying end to a beloved series. It's definitely not my favourite of the series, but still deserves praise for the magical world I've been blessed enough to live in for seven books.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• Harry Potter fanatics
• readers of all ages
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"Albus Dumbledore was never proud or vain; he could find something to value in anyone, however apparently insignificant or wretched, and I believe that his early losses endowed him with great humanity and sympathy. I shall miss his friendship more than I can say, but my loss is as nothing compared to the wizarding world's. That he was the most inspiring and the best loved of all Hogwarts headmasters cannot be in question. He died as he lived: working always for the greater good and, to his last hour, as willing to stretch out a hand to a small boy with dragon pox as he was on that day I met him."
"We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving."
"Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it."
Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Body shaming
sibling deathsophie42's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and War
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Vomit
jhbandcats's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism
shesreadingoaway's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Blood
Minor: Death of parent