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And so it ends… as promised, Harry Potter ended with the release of the 7th book last weekend. Did it live up to the hype??? You bet it did! I wasn’t certain that it would as the last few books since book 3 I thought left too many things unclear. Being the last book of the series, it had the advantage of being able to close it all.

Last friday, people filled a nearby Barnes &  Noble @ midnight… simply waiting to get a hold of the book ASAP. I was there more to see the crowd who were wearing costumes including one who wore Hagrid’s robes and who must be wearing stilts underneath.

I finished the book the other night… not because I can’t wait… but I’m afraid I get to hear or read of the ending accidentally and spoil the experience (which happened to a friend recently). It was written in a way that it was as if you were watching an action sci-fi movie complete with drama (and musical scores in your head! Seriously!).

Of course theories abound on what happens in HP7. (A bit of a spoiler alert but I won’t mention anything specific.) Things such as Dumbledore is alive or Snape is good or Harry dies… The book did not disappoint… it was expectedly unexpected. A friend said that it somewhat like LOTR where instead of Frodo and the fellowship, you have Harry with Ron and Hermione (plus DA and the order). You have the battle at hogwarts replacing battle at Gondor. Many died. Many lived. A great way to end a great series. JK gave a last surprise by writing an Epilogue at the end… set 19 years after it all.

Kudos to JK Rowling! I do hope the series won’t be spoiled by sequels… it should simply end here. It would be tough to translate this one into a movie!