Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

**IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BOOK--- DO NOT READ THIS POST. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED BY LORD VOLTEMORT!!!**

I finished HP7 on Wednesday. Overall it was a good book. Not my favorite, which is still HP3 (Azkaban). HP7 tied everything up and still left room for sequels if JK Rowling decides she needs more money. So I know you're asking, What the hell happened? Who Died? Were my predictions correct? All your questions will be answered my disciples, patience.

First off, some of my predictions were correct, some, not so much. Aunt Petunia is not a witch. In fact she envied her sister for being a witch. One thing I loved is how Dudley is now a Potter fan. He actually likes Harry since Harry saved them from the dementors in HP5. That was cool. Most of the book centers around the main three, Harry, Ron ,and Hermione. While I missed some of the characters (Neville, Draco, and Hagrid), it showed how the whole series revolved around them.

OK who dies? Mad eye Moody, Dobby the house elf(which was the saddest death of all, tears in my eyes and all. I know, I am so gay!), Fred Weasley, Tonks and Lupin, and most interesting, Professor Snape. Snape it turns out is actually a good guy, has been all along. He was in love with Lily Potter since he was a child and vowed to protect Harry once she died. Dumbledore and he decided he would be a secret spy against Voltemort. He didn;t kill Dumbledore in HP6, It was setup by both to fool Volty. He died by Lord Volty's snake, but not before he told Harry to take his memories and see all his secrets. For the first time he actually cared about Snape. Even named his son after him (the bravest man he knew). That prediction was correct, Snape was also head master in this book.

We also learn that Dumbledore actually had human qualities, wasn't saintlike as he projected. He had a dark side as well. Not so far from Snape's character. The book end 19 years later, with Harry and Ginny married with 3 children (James, Lily, and Albus Severus). They were on Platform 9 and 3/4 preparing their second son to go to Hogwarts. Ron and Hermione are also married with children, Draco Malfoy is also their, apparently humbled by the earlier events and is a nice(r)guy. Neville is a professor, Professor McGonagal is head master, and Hagrid is still the groundkeeper.

If she does make another series, I like to see Harry become headmaster, with Ginny, Ron, and Hermoine all teaching at Hogwarts. It would be more about their children. We'll see. But for now, So long Harry Potter. Now what am I going to read?!!