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Issue Date: Friday, May 15, 2009 Issue: May 2009 Last Update: Thursday, May 14, 2009
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J.K. Rowling has done it again. The final installment of her insanely popular series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” spellbinds fans of all ages. Young, or old, experienced readers or beginners, this book sucks you in on the first page and never spits you back out.

The battle between good and evil rages on as Lord Voldemort increasingly gains power and Harry, along with Ron and Hermione, his ever faithful best friends, go on the run.

Harry has set out to finish the task Dumbledore had given him, but this task gets increasingly difficult and dangerous as friendships are tested and pushed to their limits. And as Voldemort takes over the Wizarding World, Harry is labeled “Undesirable Number One.”

In the last Potter book, shocking and scandalous secrets are uncovered and betrayal, pain, love, loss and anguish are waiting on every page.

But amid the agony and terror of war, Rowling throws in some happy moments that put a smile on the reader’s face and reminds them that life goes on.

The end of Harry’s tale finishes with a bang and too many surprises to count. The deaths pull at reader’s heartstrings and the triumphs make them shout out loud.

The concepts of the book grow and develop along with Rowling’s 17-year-old hero, so if readers do not handle death and tragedy well, this book might be a little too dark for them.

Rowling has pulled out all the stops and created a wonderful ending to a magnificent series.

But who wins the war? Who lives? Who dies? And who falls in love with whom? The answers to all of those questions and more are in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”

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