Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

To keep the reviews going..heres the second one.And this is on the latest arrival on the book stands..Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Am sure this book needs no explicit description,this was one of the most awaited books of 2007. J.K.Rowlings 7th and the final baby in the family of the Harry Potter series.

If i were to describe this book in just one word...it would be very easy ,and i would pick the term 'Disappointing'.Well if you are a hardcore Harry Potter fan,one who is blinded by the deeds of this extra-ordinary boy ,one who just wants to know who dies Harry or Voldermoth ,then am sure you would disagree me,but if you are a prolific reader,who is looking for something beyond the packaging strategy used by J.K.Rowling,then am sure u'll readthis article along.

Now why i call it a disappointment is basically for the fact that it had nothing new in terms of contributing to the story .We all knew from the last book(a painstakingly long one i must admit) that Harry was given a mission by Dumbeldore i.e to kill all the remaining Horcruxes.The story just keeps getting dragged from the page one till where Harry reaches the task and also gets to find out one of the vital Horcruxes being he himself.

Another reason why i use the 'D' word for this book is that,there was just one new concept which was brought in the whole book which the reader was never exposed by Rowling(in her previous books),the whole idea of -'The Deathly Hallows',-The Invisibility Cloak,The Resurrection Stone and The Elder Wand ,the combination of all of which will enable one to overpower death.This was a novel twist (Horcruxes v/s Hallows) brought into this seemingly boring story but i felt that Rowling was confused all throught out whether to add this concept as the vital part of the story or leave it just as a myth.She introduces this in the later half of the book,stirs up some curioisity but the whole thing fades off from the reader because she couldnt maintain whether she wanted to add it to the story or not.

The third and the most vital reason why i call the book a let down,is that she takes a lot of liberty in the concept of magic and tries to overuse it,there were times in the book where i felt that she made the book melodramatic to a very great extent.The whole concept of accepting death by Harry which makes 'He-Who -should-not be -named' turn into a purer, rejuvinated soul-looks like a plot picked up straight from some Bollywood movie.Meeting the dead Dumbeldore in the third world and trying to gain answers to unknown questions were some of the liberties which the author took on the readers magical understanding.

Also what put me into serious thinking over Rowlings creativity were the names of Harrys kids...they are called Albus,James and Lily.Its nice that she wanted to hold a connection between the past and the future but i think it was a little over the roof..to use a more colloquial terms-'Bollywoodish ;)'

I would still stick to the fact that its a nice fictional journey created by Rowling which gripped the reading world all together but she should have made the end as good as the beginning itself.We have all lived the life of Harry while reading the book so its fair enough if we were asking for something better.