Linus Soh

This post contains spoilers!

It took me about 3 weeks to finish Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows.  As a whole, I thought it was a good book and a good ending.  However, I don’t think it was Rowling’s best work.  I think Order of the Phoenix was still her best novel.  So, without further adieu, here’s how I faired with my predictions:

• At least two protagonists will die.  My bet is on Ginny (Ron’s sister) and Harry.
  • Half-correct: While Ginny didn’t die (although, I was kind of hoping for it), Harry Potter did die.  Even though he comes back to life, he did die.  Personally, I thought this was a cheep ending.  I would have much preferred that Harry die.  It would have been much better.
• Dumbledore will live be brought back to life.
  • Correct: Yes, Dumbledore doesn’t really come back to life, but he plays an important role in the plot.
• Snape will turn out to be evil and will actually kill one of the two protagonists.
  • Half-correct: Snape wasn’t evil, but still killed people.
• Hermoine will marry someone, much to Ron’s disappointment.  How far this disappointment will go is still up in the air.
  • Half-correct: Hermoine does marry Ron.  Again, this is a really cheesy and predictable ending.
• Harry’s evil aunt and uncle will be haunted by the ghosts.
  • Incorrect:  What happened to them?  They just disappeared in the beginning of the book!
• Jack Bauer will torture Voldermort for information leading to the arrest of the Death Eaters.
  • Correct: Was anyone else surprised by this?  He just came out of nowhere.  I guess that’s what makes him Jack Bauer.
• Voldermort will not die.
  • Incorrect.  No further comment.
• Hogworts will be destroyed.
  • Correct: I was actually happy to see this school destroyed.  I think Rowling made a difficult choice between the school and Potter.  I don’t think it was the right choice, but it still made for a good ending.
• Cho turns out to side with Voldermort.
  • Incorrect: This would have been a really good twist.

In the end, I was disappointed by how disgustingly predictable the end was.  The book was slow, compared to Rowling’s earlier installments.  There is, however, a lot of deaths and torture in this book.  I thought it was a fitting end to our boy hero.  It will be interesting to see how Warner Brothers portray this book.  I guess we’ll have to wait a few years.