Product details: - Hardcover: 784 pages, 1st Edition, Book Seven (7) Edition
- Author: J. K. Rowling
- Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
- Reading level: Ages 9-12
- Publication Date: 2007-07-21
- Release Date: 2007-07-21
- Studio: Arthur A. Levine Books
- Manufacturer: Arthur A. Levine Books
- Package Dimensions: 9.2 x 50 x 75 inches
Starred Review. Potter fans, relaxthis review packs no spoilers. Instead, we're taking advantage of our public platform to praise Rowling for the excellence of her plotting. We can't think of anyone else who has sustained such an intricate, endlessly inventive plot over seven thick volumes and so constantly surprised us with twists, well-laid traps and Purloined Letter-style tricks. Hallows continues the tradition, both with sly feats of legerdemain and with several altogether new, unexpected elements. Perhaps some of the surprises in Hallows don't have quite the punch as those of earlier books, but that may be because of the thoroughness and consistency with which Rowling has created her magical universe, and because we've so raptly absorbed its rules.We're also seizing the occasion to wish out loud that her editors had done their jobs more actively. It's hard to escape the notion that the first three volumes were more carefully edited than the last four. Hallows doesn't contain the extraneous scenes found in, say, Goblet of Fire, but the momentum is uneven. Rowling is much better at comedy than at fight scenes, and no reader of the sixth book will be startled to hear that Hallows has little humor or that its characters engage in more than a few fights. Surely her editors could have helped her find other methods of building suspense besides the use of ellipses and dashes? And craft fight dialogue that sounds a bit less like it belongs in a comic book? Okay, we're quibbling. We know these minor nuisances won't dent readers' enjoyment, at least not this generation of readers; we couldn't put Hallows down ourselves. But we believe Rowling, and future readers, deserved even better. Ages 9-12. (July)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Customer reviews:  Great book!, 2008-09-28
Not much to really say. This is the final book of the Harry Potter series. If you have enjoyed the other books in the series you need this book to find out how it all ends.
Welcom to the end of a great saga, 2008-09-26
this is the last and best of harry potter's adventure. this time things are for real. see how harry finally destroys the man of all evil. this is the best book of them all. if you haven't read it. then you should. Customers who bought this item also bought:
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