Harry Potter: Book 7: The Deathly Hallows

           Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling, is the final installment in the Harry Potter series.  In my opinion, it is the second best book in the series with the previous being my favorite.  Harry has chosen not to go back to Hogwarts and go horcrux hunting instead.  He wanted to go alone, but Ron and Hermione go with him because he can't do anything without them.  This is where the last book left off, and I couldn't wait to start this one.  There are two new teachers this time and Voldemort takes over the school.  So you can expect many things from this book.

            If I could change one thing I wouldn't change anything important to the story, just a minor detail.  I would change how Harry feels about finding horcruxes.  He just doesn't seem to care that much about finding one.  When he finds one, he's just like "Okay, cool," but he should be like "Yes!  One more down!"  His reactions are under-exaggerated and he seems like a robot.  He is looking for things that can kill the most dangerous wizard alive and he doesn't seem to care much.

            I like this book a lot, except for that one detail.  It was well thought out and was very engaging.  It was a very good book and it is a very good ending to the series.  I recommend it to anyone that has read all of the other books.  If you haven't read all of the other books, you can still read it, it just won't make as much sense and you probably won't like it as much.

Harry Potter: Book 6: The Half-Blood Prince

            Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling, is my favorite book in the series.  I really like it and will be praising it in this.  Harry starts another school year and starts it with a new teacher, like always, something happens with Malfoy, like always, and Harry eventually wins, right?  Wrong, Harry does start another school year and something does happen with Malfoy and it's debatable whether Harry wins or not, but what is different is that another character dies at the end.  I say that it's different because nobody thought this could ever possibly happen under any circumstance, but it does happen.  Whether you like it or not, someone does die and someone gets seriously injured and the tide turns. 

            I like Professor Slughorn a lot just because he's so clueless.  He is good at the subject that he teaches, but he is so clueless when it comes to what Harry wants, kind of like Professor Lockhart but not as extreme.  And he does cause Harry to get the Half-Blood Prince's book, so he is a major story element.  He also gets a job that no one thought he would get.  Everyone thought he would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts; well, he doesn't.

            This is a great book and I think that the best moments of the series were in this book.  Everything about it is just great, except for this one thing that Dumbledore did.  It just takes so many turns that no one expects on their first time through if they haven't had spoilers.  And the way that the story flows is just amazing.  I was genuinely sad at the end after what happened, and that's the mark of a good book.  Also, Fred and George create something that I really want to go to.  But I can't go to it because it's not real.