Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Quick note: Do not read if you're still reading the book and don't want any spoilers...otherwise readers beware! You've be warned!

John, Cedric, and I went to Borders on a late evening on Friday night to enjoy the Harry Potter Ball that Borders was throwing. (It was okay!) We had to wait until midnight for the released of the last Harry Potter book. Very sad to see the series come to an end, but we are also very excited to read the conclusion of the story and life of Harry Potter. John and I both agreed Borders release party was very poorly run...complete chaos in my opinion. I'll save you the details...you can get the full story here: http://zablanc.blogspot.com/2007/07/harry-potter-7-wrapup-no-spoilers.html

Now on to the final chapter of the Harry Potter series. I love all the Harry Potter books including this one. Right away my heart was crushed when Hedwig died. Poor owl! Too bad Harry didn't think to let him out of his cage to meet up with him later, but I'm not the writer. :( Mad-Eye Moody also dies in the beginning of the book when they are trying to protect Harry and get him to a safe house. Hedwig died during this escape.

The second devastating incident that brought a tear to my eye was when Dobby died in Harry's arms after he just save him and his friends from mortal doom. :( Bellatrix killed not only Harry's godfather, Sirius, but now his small friend, Dobby as well. Thankfully that bitch gets it in the end.

Severus Snape ends up being a friend after all. I knew he was just too bad to be really bad...it was all a cover to protect himself from mortal harm from Voldemort. In his youth, he made the foolish mistake of becoming a Death Eater, and he regretted it. Dumbledore always knew that Snape was a good guy...it was just so hard to believe at times given his behavior. Sadly, he ends up dying at the hands of Voldemort...Snape is friend not foe!

Other losses: Fred Weasley was such a fun-loving an comical character along with his twin brother, George who will go through the rest of his life without his companion.
Colin Creevey: The little boy who liked to take pictures of Harry in book 2.
Lupin and Tonks: Very good friends of Harry and a newly wed couple who just welcomed a baby into the world a month before they died. Harry is the baby's godfather.

There were lots more losses, but those are the most known characters I can think of. The four above died towards the end of the book when a huge Wizard War went down between Hogwarts' teachers and students against Voldemort and the Death Eaters. The best loss of all was Voldemort...horrible person that he was!


Below are pictures of the characters I loved the most:

Rest in Peace, Dobby...I mourn your passing the most because you were a great friend to Harry and his friends, and you were so happy to be a free elf. Now you are free forever.

Rest in Peace, Hedwig...you were a cute owl who reminded me of my sweet baby Harmony.


Rest in Peace, Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore (although we already knew about Dumbledore's passing in book 6). Snape really was a good guy after all, and he cared about Harry.