The Deathly Hallows (Mark Spoilers!)

[CloudDragon]

The one thing that bothers me most is not knowing who performed magic late in life under desperate circumstances. I'm not convinced it's (SPOILER)Ted Tonks as many people claim over the internet. Can someone look up the passage in OotP? It either says Tonks' mother married a muggle or a muggle born.


I was also a little irked by (SPOILER)Ron being able to open the Chamber of Secrets. I've heard the argument about imitating a different language and it sounding the same. I always got the impression Parseltongue was very rare and it wasn't something you could learn.

Everyone's pretty much covered the deaths. (SPOILER)Dobby's death was the only one that really touched me. Mad-Eye's death touched me a little bit, but Dobby's death was beautifully written. I think I even laughed when Hedwig died. I'm not sure what she was going for there. Fred, Lupin, and Tonks death were just thrown to the side, but I think the way in which they were handled were realistic enough. Giving every important character a drawn out death would be a bit over the top and unrealistic.

Also, (SPOILER)I enjoyed the chapter "King's Cross" with Harry and Dumbledore and the whimpering flayed-skinned child representing Voldemort's soul that was destroyed by Voldemort himself. I think JKR made it a bit too confusing on why Harry was able to come back. In fact, it seems she gave him more than one reason in being able to return. Not only was Harry's blood in Voldy being able to bring him back, but also wouldn't the fact that Voldy was using the wand Harry was the master of also a reason it couldn't kill him? And I'm really interested as to what happened when Voldemort (probably) went unconscious. Did he experienced a similar dream-like state.

I also had no problem with the epilogue. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.