crumb trails

This is spoiler-free.

I was one of those who avidly read all the Harry Potter books. I stumbled upon Harry Potter at a time when it hasn’t created a world craze yet. I love prowling the children’s book section in bookstores, looking for something that might interest me–even stories meant for toddlers. And there it was, the first book. So I bought it. From then on, I got hooked; stuck with it until the last. And after the long wait, finally came, the seventh book.

Prepared for the task Dumbledore left him, Harry waits to come of age. When he turns seventeen, it’s time to face Voldemort and perhaps end his evil plans. So Harry, together with his best friends Ron and Hermoine, embarks on a journey to destroy the remaining horcruxes that will also destroy parts of Voldemort’s soul that’s hidden in each of them. As they find each horcrux, Harry knows that it is only a matter of time and he has to face his enemy.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, we see the main character grow up-enter adulthood. We feel the burden that has been put on his shoulder-the task that only him alone must do to save the wizarding and muggle worlds. His strength is tested and how much trust can he put in the people who care about him. We witness more death, lives sacrificed, which make this book the darkest of the seven. We know at last why it’s very important in the story that Harry has his mother’s eyes and the weapon of The Boy Who Lived that the Dark Lord knows not. Finally, Snape’s loyalty is revealed-is he good or evil or neither.

From the very beginning, Harry Potter has always been about the fight between good and evil, love and hate. Author J.K. Rowling concludes this battle in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, instilling the series into a classic. Rowling did not finish the book just to finish it. Instead, she created a seamless saga. All questions, unresolved matters that sprung from the first book are settled in the final installment. Overall, Deathly Hallows is worthy read. All is well, indeed–for J.K. Rowling and the millions of Harry Potter fans.