Wow, done. Got it yesterday at 2 pm, had an hour break at 4, went out with a friend at 7, came back at 9 and finished at 12, so 7 hours?

I never turned on my computer yesterday morning as I was actually in fear that someone had managed somehow to infiltrate all of the computers in the world with a virus and that, on the day the book was scheduled to come out, would reveal the ending to me the minute the computer booted up.

and now, my thoughts, so SPOILERS AHEAD DON'T READ







A good ending to the series, I think. I thought, though, that the seemingly wanton killing-off of many characters was unnecessary (Hedwig? Dobby??)

However I absolutely loved the backstory on Dumbledore! While the introduction of the Deathly Hallows seemed a little out of place this late in the game, as Harry was already in search for Horcruxes, they fit marvelously into Albus' story. Personally I was able to relate to him better, knowing even he wasn't the pure good kind of guy we thought he was. I can see how some might see that as a bit of a let-down though.

Anyone else see the epilogue as a little too cliche? Perhaps I'm not cut out for happy endings but the likelyhood of those couples getting married, even after what happened to them seemed low.

Anyhow a good end to a good series, let's see if (or should I say how) they get away with anything less than an R rating for the movie