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by Nicholas Norton

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling is the best book I have EVER read. It finishes the Harry Potter series amazingly and its full of nonstop action, a deep story line, detailed characters, and an amazing finale that leaves you saying "darn I wish I hadn't read that book so fast". I would definitely recommend this book to everybody, but to be specific, anyone that has an interest in reading and isnt reading something good. (So pretty much everybody.) The book draws you in right at the beginning and puts you right in the middle of the action. Harry Potter, now 17, must finish this ongoing fight against Voldemort and his death eaters once and for all. When Ron, Hermione and everyone else shows up at Harry's house to escort him to the burrow, all heck breaks loose. Right in the beginning the Battle Over Little Winging begins and after the deaths of two friends, and an injury to Fred's (or goerge) ear, Harry makes it to the Burrow. Soon Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's wedding begins and everyone is preparing. But during the wedding when the Death Eaters come to crash it, the trio must escape. So begins Harry, Ron and Hermione's quest for the horcrux's, items imbued with a piece of a soul, in this case Voldemorts. They must destroy all the horcrux's to defeat Voldemort. So first up, Salazar Slytherins locket. When they discover the whereabouts of it and trace it to Dolores Umbridge who works at the Ministry of Magic, they must infiltrate it. However there is one catch, the ministry has been taken over by death eaters. So after a narrow escape and a small fight, they make it out. Because of the stress and the evil shedding off of the locket, Ron decides to leave the group and goes off on his own. (LOSER). Harry and Hermione head over to Godrics Hallow, Harry's birthplace and where they find historian Bathilda Bagshot, who turns out to really be Voldemorts pet snake Nagini. After another escape to The Forest of Dean, Harry sees his mothers patronus, a doe. (A patronus is a spell that fights Dementors and can send messages.) He follows the blue doe to find the Sword of Gryffindor, one of the only things that can destroy horcruxs. With the return of Ron, and the locket destroyed, they search for the next horcrux, which happens to be in the most heavily guarded place ever, Gringotts Bank. But before they can go there, they are captured and brought to Malfoy Manor. Hermione is tortured while Harry and Ron find Dean Thomas, Luna Lovegood, Griphook, Olivander and Dobby in a jail cell. With the help of Dobby everyone escapes, but at a heavy cost. The lovable house elf dies from Bellatrix Lestrange's knife, and Harry takes the time to burry him at Shell Cottage, Bill and Fleur's home. They then set out to Gringotts. Sword in hand and with the help of Griphook the goblin, they might make it. Well once inside and fooling the goblins with Hermione taking a Polyjuice Potion and Harry using a couple of illegal curses, they find Bellatrix Lestranges vault, deep underground. They find Helga Hufflepuff's cup and narrowly escape death. But are then faced with the problem of escaping Gringotts itself. Griphook takes the sword of Gryffindor and leaves, leaving the trio to get on the back of a huge dragon, and break through Gringotts... Literally. The trio find out that there is a horcrux in Hogwarts itself. Rowena Ravenclaw's lost diadem. They find it in the room of requirement and nearly die in the process when Malfoy, Greg and Goyle set the room on fire! Everyone escapes except Goyle, who dies in his own spell. Thus the Battle of Hogwarts begins, many main characters die including Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks. Even Fred, after a dramatic scene with the whole weasley family, it is time to finish the battle. All Hogwarts staff and students and monsters alike fight to protect the school. Hermione and Ron go into the Chamber of Secrets and find a basilisk fang which can also destroy horcux's. So with all horcruxs down, just two to go. The trio believe that Nigini that snake, is another one. But soon Harry learns the frightening truth, that he to, is a horcrux. When Voldemort gave him that scar long ago, Harry's mother's love gave him strength to withstand the killing curse, and rebound on Voldemort. Leaving Harry to be the unintentional horcrux. Harry tells his friends and it is up to them to destroy Nagini and Voldemort, while he ventures into the Forbidden Forest to sacrifice himself to Voldemort. When Voldemort uses the killing curse to kill Harry, he goes into a state between life and death. Harry sees Dumbledore and he explains to him that Voldemort could not harm him because of his mother's love. (It's really complicated.) So Harry returns to life, and fakes his death. So when Voldemort triumphantly goes back to Hogwarts and declares his victory, Harry comes back with a surprise. Neville Longbottom pulls the Sword of Gryffindor out of the sorting hat, which only a true Gryffindor can do, and kill Nagini. Now with all horcruxes destroyed, the final battle begins. Round 2 of the Battle of Hogwarts begins, and Bellatrix Lestrange is killed by Molly Weasley. She attacked Ginny, and Molly dueled Lestrange with the words, "Not my daughter you b**ch!" and killed Bellatrix. So Harry Potter and Tom Riddle begin there climatic duel. Harry Potter refuses to use the killing curse and Voldemort is defeated by his own killing curse. Leaving the wizarding world in peace and Harry Potter as the hero...

Yes this review was very long and the book was also. I am TELLING all of you to read this series NOW. It was the best series I have ever read right up there with The Lord of the Rings. Goodbye!