Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Once again we join Harry Potter as he enters what would be his seventh year at Hogwarts. The book is written from the point-of-view of the now 17-year-old Harry as he prepares to complete the mission set for him by Dumbledore at the end of the previous year. Arguably the darkest book in the series, this volume shows Lord Voldemort tightening his grip on the Wizarding world as he remolds it into his own pure-blood design.Throughout the Harry Potter movies, the number seven is constantly utilized as a magical number. This is how many Horcruxes Lord Voldemort creates, it's the number on Potter's Quidditch shirt when he's captain, and is the number of locks on Mad-Eye's trunk, for example.

While the series progressively covers seven years in Harry Potter's life, the first five volumes are largely self-contained stories. Unlike them, this book is written more as the second half to a two-part novel, and is tightly tied to the previous book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Note: While this book is among the longer ones in the series, at 607 pages (Bloomsbury / Raincoast edition), it is also set in somewhat larger type. If it were the same size type as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, it would be 520 pages (approximately) to 223 for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Book Highlights

New places visited: Godric's Hollow, Malfoy Manor, Shell Cottage, Lovegood home (on a hill)
Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher: Amycus Carrow
Headmaster: Severus Snape
Title refers to: the Deathly Hallows

Extended Analysis

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