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DINGLASAN, CHRISTAL KAYE
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BOOK REVIEW
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TITLE OF THE BOOK Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Joanne Kathleen (J.K. Rowling) is the author of the record-
breaking and multi-award-winning Harry Potter Novels. She sold over
450 million copies of the series with 79 translations into various
languages. She had written more side volumes; Quidditch Through
the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, which she
AUTHOR AND aided to charity.
NOTABLE She also launched a digital company called Pottermore for the Harry
BACKGROUND Potter fandom to access more various features and articles.
Additionally, she also published crime fiction stories under the
pseudonym Robert Galbraith. A few of her awards include the OBE
for services to children's literature, Frances Legion d'honneur, and
the Hans Anderson Award.

SUMMARY OF THE Harry Potter is a notable individual in the wizarding world known as
BOOK the Boy Who Lived. He's the only wizard or human who has escaped
the clutches of the antagonist Lord Voldemort.

Harry successfully escaped Voldemort's evil plans in all of the

preceding books. However, Voldemort also successfully came back to
life stronger than before, reviving his magical prowess and his army
of dark arts users, the death eaters.

Voldemort did everything to get Harry Potter in his clutches and fulfill
his prophecy, effectively taking over Hogwarts, the well-known
magical school for wizards, and infiltrating the Ministry of Magic.

Harry was under a protective charm from the sacrifice and love of his
mother, which kept him safe until he was of legal age (seventeen in
the wizarding world.) Now, the charm has been broken as he
reached the age.

This did not undermine his eagerness to destroy Lord Voldemort's

evil plan, however. Instead, he set off to find the remaining
 Horcruxes, sacred objects in which Lord Voldemort has stored parts
of his soul, as Dumbledore instructed him before the former
headmaster died.
Together with his best friends, the very brilliant Hermione who came
from a muggle family, and Ron, a red-haired and courageous pure-
blood, they intend to destroy all of these Horcruxes to strip
Voldemort of his power and make him mortal.

The three of them faced many challenges along the way but they
persevered through these obstacles. Along their journey to find the
remaining Horcruxes, they discovered the secret of the Deathly
Hallows: three magical objects which if possessed, make one a
master of death.

The Deathly Hallows include an elder wand; the most powerful of all
wands, the resurrection stone; a stone that could bring the dead
back to life, and an invisibility cloak; a cloak that could never be
penetrated and would keep you invisible.

Eventually, they made their way to Hogwarts to find the last Horcrux.
Along with their other friends from Hogwarts, they defended the
school and it became a bloody battleground.

Many died during the war but Harry, with the help of his friends,
successfully destroyed all of the Horcruxes and made Voldemort
mortal and possible to defeat again.

At last, Harry finds himself face-to-face with Voldemort, and against

the line to fulfill their destiny. “One must die while the other
survives.”

Voldemort has the Elder Wand clasped in his fingers, ready to attack
Harry and end him once and for all. However, the Elder Wand wasn’t
truly in his possession as he took it for himself from Dumbledore’s
grave.

It was revealed that Draco Malfoy, Harry’s nemesis, discharged

Dumbledore and that the wand was truly possessed by him.
However, during the fight at Malfoy Manor, Harry also successfully
discharged Draco and the wand rightfully recognized him as the
master.

With the power of the Elder Wand, Voldemort was gone, and Harry
and his friends were triumphant.

Harry destroyed the Elder Wand to ensure that no other greedy

wizards would seek its power and they all reunited with their loved
ones.

Fast-forward to the future, Harry was married to Ginny, Ron’s sister,

and Ron and Hermione were married to each other. They, too board
their kids at platforms 9 and ¾ and set them off for the train to
Hogwarts.

THESIS STATEMENT Harry Potter halts his education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry and embarks on a journey together with his two best
friends, Hermione and Ron, to find the remaining Horcruxes, and
 bring the infamous dark wizard Voldemort down.
CHARACTERS 1. Harry Potter (Main Protagonist) - A courageous half-
blooded wizard who was orphaned at a young age because
Lord Voldemort killed both of his parents. He turned 17 in the
novel and set off to find the remaining Horcruxes together
with his friends, to defeat Voldemort.

2. Hermione Granger (Protagonist) - One of Harry's closest

friends. She is the most brilliant in the bunch and joins Harry
in his mission. She is a muggle-born born from an ordinary
no-magic family. She is most intellectual in charms and spells
and loves to read books.

3. Ron Weasley (Protagonist) - Harry's best friend along

with Hermione. He also accompanied Harry on his quest. He is
loyal and brave but could also be insensitive and immature at
some times. His love interest is Hermione and he has 6
siblings; 5 older brothers and 1 younger sister.

4. Lord Voldemort/Tom Riddle (Main Antagonist) - A

powerful and evil wizard. He vanished for 14 years after he
failed on a killing curse meant for Harry. He distributed parts
of his soul to objects and animals known as the Horcruxes to
make him immortal.

5. Albus Dumbledore - The former headmaster of Hogwarts

who entrusted Harry to find the remaining Horcruxes before
he was killed by a killing curse by Snape.

6. Severus Snape - The former Potions and defense against

the dark arts teacher of Harry. He was made headmaster of
Hogwarts and is believed to be the second hand of Voldemort.
He performed the killing curse in Dumbledore's orders. He
was a skilled Legilimens but died in the story. He was in love
with Harry's mother, Lily Potter.

7. Ginny Weasley - The youngest and only girl in the Weasley

siblings. He is Harry's girlfriend and the sister of Ron Weasley.

8. Neville Longbottom - The most loyal friend of Harry. He

killed Nagini, the snake of Voldemort who is also a Horcrux
using Godric Gryffindor's sword.

9. Luna Lovegood - A dreamy yet clever friend of Harry. She is

eccentric but kind and is a Ravenclaw.
10. Draco Malfoy - Harry's nemesis at school and is from
the House of Slytherin. His father, Lucius, is a death eater and
he was also made a Death Eater.

11. Bellatrix Lestrange - Voldemort's most loyal follower.

She is the sister of Narcissa Malfoy, Draco Malfoys mother,
and was freed from the Azkaban prison.

12. Molly Weasley - Mother of Ron Weasley. She is very

protective and caring. She supported Harry in times that were
needed. She is also a good cook.

13. Arthur Weasley - Father of Ron Weasley. He worked

for the Ministry but is being watched because of his
association with Harry Potter.

14. Fred Weasley - A jokester and older brother of Ron

Weasley. Has a twin brother named George. He died during
the Battle at Hogwarts due to an explosion.

15. George Weasley - A jokester and older brother of

Ron Weasley. Has a twin brother named Fred. He loses his left
ear during the Battle of the Seven Potters due to the
Sectumsempra curse cast by Snape.

16. Percy Weasley - The third eldest brother of Ron

Weasley who cut ties from his family to side with the ministry
against Dumbledore but fights alongside his family during the
Battle at Hogwarts.

17. Remus Lupin - A former defense against the dark arts

teacher and is one of the Marauders, going by the nickname
Moony. He is a werewolf and a member of the Order of the
Phoenix. He married Nymphadora Tonks.

18. Nymphadora Tonks - A Metamorhpmagus Auror and

member of the Order She married Remus Lupin.

19. Kingsley Shacklebolt - He is a member of the Order of

the Phoenix. He became the minister of magic after
Voldemort's defeat.

20. Sirius Black - Harry's deceased godfather and is a

member of the Order and the Marauder. He is an Animagus
and goes by the nickname Padfoot. He was murdered by
 Bellatrix Lestrange.

21. Aberforth Dumbledore - Dumbledore's younger

brother. He resides in Hogsmeade and helps Harry and his
friends enter Hogwarts.

22. Alastor Mad-Eye Moody - A great auror with a

magical eye. He was the keenest to keep Harry safe but was
killed during the Battle of the Seven Potters.

23. Rufus Scrimgeour - The current Minister of Magic

who replaced Cornelius Fudge. He delivered Dumbledore's will
to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. He was killed by Voldemort.

24. Horace Slughorn - A former Potions teacher. He

fights alongside other wizards to resist Voldemort.

25. Fleur Delacour - A beautiful half-Veela from the

Beuxbatons Academy of Magic. She was wed to Bill Weasley,
Ron's second older brother.

26. Viktor Krum - A quidditch champion and the best

seeker of the Bulgaria Quidditch Team. He was from
Durmstrang Institute and took a liking to Hermione. He
appeared in the wrong of Bill and Fleur.

27. Bill Weasley - The second older brother of Ron

Weasley. He worked at Gringgots Bank and is married to
Fleur. His face was destroyed by the vicious werewolf Fenrir
Greyback.

28. Dobby - A loyal and free elf who was once a house elf
until Harry Potter freed him. He died with a knife thrown by
Bellatrix Lestrange when he apparated and saved Harry and
his friends.

29. Kreacher - A once nasty house elf who served the

Black family. He has a great distaste for mudbloods and blood
traitors. He was inherited by Harry from Sirius Black and
afterward became loyal to him because of his kindness.

30. Griphook - A goblin who worked at Gringgots Bank.

He aids Harry and his friends in breaking into the bank to
acquire the cup from Helga Hufflepuff in one of the vaults.
31. Ollivander - A wandmaker at diagon Ally. He made
Harry his wand.

32. Mundungus Fletcher - A sneaky thief who was a

member of the order.

33. Xenophilius Lovegood - Luna's father who knew and

has a necklace with the symbol of the deathly hallows.

34. Bathilda Bagshot - An old friend of Dumbledore and

author of Hogwarts; A History.

35. Gellert Grindelwald - Mentioned as an evil

wizard before Voldemort. dumbledore already
defeated him.

36. Regulus Arcturus Black - Younger brother of Sirius

Black who was a death eater. He was the one who first found
out about the Horcruxes and died in doing so.

37. James Potter - Mentioned as the pure-blooded father

of Harry Potter and is one of the Marauders. He has a stag
Animagus and goes by the nickname Prongs.

38. Lily Potter - Mentioned as the muggle-born mother of

Harry Potter. Her love for his son made the protective charm
but she was murdered by Voldemort afterwards. Severus
Snape was her friend who fell in love with her.

39. Petunia Dursley - The aunt of Harry and sister of

Lily. She is a muggle who has a great dislike for magic.

40. Dudley Dursley - The child of Petunia who was a

cousin of Harry. He was a bully but afterward displayed his
actual likeness for Harry.

41. Vernon Dursley - The husband of Petunia and uncle

of Harry. He also has a great dislike for magic.

42. Kendra Dumbledore - The mother of Dumbledore.

43. Ariana Dumbledore - The sister of Dumbledore who

died because of an Obscurial.
44. Rita Skeeter - A deceitful tabloid journalist. She writes
news for the wizard newspaper, the Daily Prophet.

45. Lucius Malfoy - Father of Draco Malfoy who was a

Death Eater.

46. Narcissa Malfoy - Mother of Draco Malfoy.

47. Nagini - The snake of Voldemort. She is one of the

Horcurxes whom Neville killed.

48. Phineas Nigellus Black - A former headmaster at

Hogwarts residing in a portrait at the Headmaster's office.

49. Dean Thomas - The Ex-boyfriend of Ginny Weasley

who was on the run from the Ministry because he was also a
muggle-born.

50. Mary Cattermole - A muggle-born wizard who was on

trial.

51. Reg Cattermole - An employee in the Ministry of

Magic and the husband of Mary. Ron uses his identity with
Polyjuice Potion to enter the Ministry.

52. Mafalda Hopkirk - An employee at the Ministry of

Magic with whom Hermione also uses Polyjuice Potion.

53. Albert Runcorn - A death Eater whom Harry uses

Polyjuice Potion to steal his identity.

54. Yaxley - A Death Eater.

55. Dolores Umbridge - A senior member of the Ministry

of Magic. She is evil and is in charge of punishing mudbloods.

56. Fenrir Greyback - A cruel werewolf who is also a

Death Eater.

57. Minerva McGonagall - The former head of the

Gryffindor House and the Transfiguration teacher of Harry.
 She could transform herself into a cat and help at the Battle at
Hogwarts.

58. Pansy Parkinson - A student at Hogwarts in the

Slytherin House who was devoted to Draco Malfoy.

59. Vincent Crabbe - A follower of Draco Malfoy whose father

was a death eater.

60. Gregory Goylle - A follower of Draco Malfoy whose

father is a death eater.

61. The Gray Lady - She is the Ravenclaw ghost who was
the daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw. Her real name is Helena
Ravenclaw. She had one of Voldemort Horcuxes, the
Ravenclaw diadem.

62. Lavender - Ron's ex-girlfriend who was attacked by

the werewolf Fenrir Greyback during the Battle at Hogwarts.

63. Elphias Doge - A member of the Order of the Phoenix

and a close friend of Dumbledore. He writes the obituary of
Dumbledore in the Daily Prophet.

64. Aunt Muriel - Ron Weasleys obnoxious aunt.

65. Ted Tonks - Father of Nymphadora Tonks and is a

muggle-born wizard.

66. Lee Jordan - The Weasley Twins friend who was a

commentator back at Hogwarts.

67. Gornuk - A goblin from Gringgots who was murdered.

68. Rubeus Hagrid - A half-giant emotional but kind and

beast-loving friend of Harry, Hermione, and Ron and was the
key master at Hogwarts.

69. Peter Pettigrew - The last member of the Marauders

who was a rat Animagus called Wormtail. Previously known as
Scabbers, Ron's pet rat. he betrayed Harry's parents as a
secret keeper. He becomes remorseful.
70. Dirk Cresswell -A muggle-born wizard who was
murdered.

71. Antioch Peverell - The first Peverell brother who

asked for the Elder Wand from death.

72. Cadmus Peverell - The second Peverell brother who

asked for the Resurrector Stone from death.

73. Ignotus Peverell - The youngest Peverell who asked

for an Invisibility Cloak from death.

74. Scabior - A wizard a snatcher in a gang led by Fenrir

Greyback.

75. Seamus Finnigan -A Gryffindor student and best

friend of Dean Thomas.

76. Cho Chang - A Ravenclaw Seeker and Harry's past

love interest.

77. Ernie MacMillan - A pureblooded Hufflepuff student

who is a member of the d.A.

78. Pomona Sprout - The Herbology teacher at Hogwarts

and the Head of the Hufflepuff house.

79. The Bloody Baron - The Ghost of Slytherin House.

80. Grawp - Hagrid's younger brother who is a giant.

81. Fang - Hagrid's pet Bloodhound.

82. Nearly Headless Nick - The Ghost of Gryffindor

House.

83. Filius Flitwick - The Charms teacher at Hogwarts and

the Head of the Ravenclaw House.

POSITIVE ASPECTS OF
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84. Argus Filch - The caretaker of Hogwarts.
85. Firenze - The second divination teacher at Hogwarts
and is a Centaur.
86. Sybill Trelawney - The first divination teacher at
Hogwarts. She was the one who made the philosophy
between Harry and Voldemort.
87. Peeves the Poltergeist - A playful and troublesome
ghost at Hogwarts.
88. Oliver Wood - The past captain of the Gryffindor
Quidditch team at Hogwarts and is the keeper. He joins them
at the Battle at Hogwarts.
89. Katie Bell - A past Gryffindor Quidditch team member
and a Chaser. She joined the Battle at Hogwarts, too.
90. Angelina Johnson - Another past member of the
Gryffindor Quidditch team and is also a Chaser. She, too,
joined the battle at Hogwarts.
a. The world-building is immersive.
One of the many positive aspects of the book includes the author J.K
Rowling’s creativity and world-building. As the Harry Potter series is
leaning into the fantasy genre, it is expected to have its unique
attributes as a fantasy story. Its magic world, also known as the
wizard world, became the central focus of setting the location and
scenes of the story. The world includes a hyper-immersive school
with a detailed magical curriculum, mythical and made-up places,
objects, plants, creatures, words, and ideas that are exclusive to the
‘Harry Potter’ world itself with their background and history. These
aspects along with the idea of secrecy add a mysterious depth that
captivates the readers to immerse themselves in the world of Harry
Potter.
b. There is an emotional depth to the story.
Harry Potter is a series comprised of 7 books following the years of
Harry Potter and his friends at Hogwarts. However, out of all of
these books, the book that struck readers most emotionally was
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It is because it is the last book
of the series and the conclusion of the story marks the end of the
series. Not only that, it also provides more in-depth and realistic
emotions from the focal characters as they journey towards the most
confusing, dramatic, and climatic moments of their lives. It revolves
around inner conflicts, friendship, betrayal, trust, and hope. Other

POINTS FOR
CONSIDERATION
(what you don’t like about the
book or perhaps the parts that
could be improved)
scenes such as the propaganda of students to fight for their rights,
the sacrifices of other characters for the greater good, and the
deaths of most beloved characters are also part of the emotional
impact that the last book of the series specifically possesses.
c. It leaves a satisfying resolution.
The most crucial part of ending a series is the resolution. It must be
impactful and moving to wrap everything up with a message. The
ending of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows leaves a surreal
understanding of what happened after their victory before the
timeline was fast-forwarded years after. It also leaves an impression
on each character and hinted a new generation of the series. The
resolution not only satisfied the readers, but it also gave them a
part-taking lesson with a lasting impression.
a. The story has holes and inconsistencies.
Some scenes don't fit in or are completely unnecessary which only
makes the story jampacked and confusing. There is an inconsistency
in the storyline and the author's attention to detail, too, where some
chapters are written in intricate detail while some become fillers and
rushed. This aspect could become distractive and unmotivating,
especially to more critical readers.
b. There is a mystery in the development of other characters.
The book has limited characters which are focal over the series and
the independent story. However, some of these supporting
characters could be considered far from minor as they played a very
big part in the story. Characters like Luna, Neville, Ginny, Cho Chang,
and Hagrid play a huge part in shaping the storyline but they didn't
get the chance to provide an in-depth explanation of their
development which leads to story plot holes.
c. There are many unclear and confusing detours
throughout.
The Harry Potter series always follows a distinct timeline wherein
each book starts with summer break and Harry's birthday and always
ends during the end of their classes and term. Even though the main
characters halted their education in the 7th book to go on an
adventure, the falling action still falls and occurs at the same time as
the end of term. Due to this strict attention to the timeline, there are
a bunch of detours and confusing fillers which sometimes could be
unnecessary and underwhelming.
 The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book is a thrilling
conclusion to the Harry Potter series. The book is filled with action,
emotion, and memorable moments. The book ties up loose ends,
reveals long-held secrets, and so provides a satisfying resolution to
Harry and the villain, Voldemort. The captivating blend of adventure,
magic, and mystery keeps the readers hooked until the very end.
OVERALL
IMPRESSION OF THE
BOOK We recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the genre fantasy,
(Would you recommend?)
or adventure, or even enjoys including a little bit of magic in their
minds. This enhances our imagination, evokes our emotions, and
successfully indulges the readers in a rich and creative sensation.
This is a must-read for the fans of the Harry Potter series as this is a
fantastic conclusion to an iconic literary journey.