Now that I have read J. K. Rowling’s final novel of the series for the second time, I feel that I can give a more accurate review rather than after the initial reading. I must admit that I was very excited about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows so I had a copy preordered at Borders and picked it up a midnight on July 21st. I immediately started reading when I got home and spent most of the weekend with my nose in the book.

After I finished it, I let a couple weeks or so pass before I picked it up again for a very necessary reread. Deathly Hallows was easily the most complicated and intricate story of the saga. It also held some of the most exciting and exhilarating adventures that the trio ever faces. It didn’t take long for me to decide that Deathly Hallows is the best and my favorite of the series.

Deathly Hallows is also the most emotional novel of the series. The last 100 pages are so intense and powerful, there is no way I could set the book down once I started. By that point, however, I had become so attached to many of the characters, that despite the exhilaration, I was almost afraid to turn to the next page, fearing for the characters that I had grown to love. By the time I completed reading, I actually felt emotionally drained on both occasions, having run the gamut many times over in the previous hour or so.

In the end, Deathly Hallows was a fantastic, inspirational novel that deserves more credit than just the “best of the series.” It is rare that an author can create a work that can touch so many people, yet Rowling has become a master with each novel better than all previously published.