Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is, in my opinion, the perfect finale to the perfect series. In this suspenseful tale of love and loss, death and life, friendship and innocence, potions and spells, and good and evil, Harry Potter and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley set out on their mission to destroy the nefarious Lord Voldemort’s remaining links to life, a quest which builds up to the extraordinary ending battle that Harry Potter fans had been awaiting for more than a decade. Deathly Hallows gives its readers a truly exquisite, vividly imagined and told story that makes me feel like I am in the book. A worthy read, no doubt about it.
However, I think that the true beauty of Deathly Hallows, and of the series in general, is that it shows us a parallel world of magic that has its own prejudices, its own stereotypes, its own social classes, its own way of life, and that stars characters that have personalities we can relate to, and who face predicaments that are entirely believable. In this world, wizards are not portrayed as a superior race; indeed, they are just as mortal, just as human, just as flawed, and just as vulnerable in the face of death as we are.
-Annabel
