Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

Kids will love this, adults will pretend they don't but will anyway.

Book Review by Ryan Agee | 09 Aug 2007
This'll be spoiler-free, honest, although anyone with the slightest interest in Harry Potter has no doubt already read the book by now - if the sales figures are remotely accurate. Anyway, this book is almost the second of a two-part story started in The Half-Blood Prince. But where that was mainly setup, and a slightly tangled setup at that, this book is payoff. It starts with a daring escape from Harry's childhood home, and quickly resolves into a neat quest narrative where, as the previous book hinted, Harry, Ron and Hermione would have to track down the Horcruxes, magical artifacts that contained a piece of arch-nasty Voldemort's soul. Rowling introduces additional elements into this plot, most notably the 'deathly hallows' themselves, but these are all neatly slotted into place as the story reaches a fitting and impressive climax. Kids will love this, adults will pretend they don't but will anyway. Rowling is probably the most enjoyed writer in English since Dickens, and she's written Harry Potter for seven books at a consistent high level. Quite an achievement; the question now is what will she do next? But that doesn't matter right now, just enjoy the book. All is well.
Out now. Published by Bloomsbury. Cover price... ach, just buy it at ASDA for a fiver like everyone else.