A day or so ago I posted a short review of a current book I was reading, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, well here is the full review since now I have finished all 759 pages of the book.
Note: this review is my own personal opinion of this book.
Almost a week has gone by and I finally finished reading the Deathly Hollows. I do have to still admit my struggle between having an opinion and not having one at all. My mixed emotions of this book are my own words.
This book has been the talk of three years, now more so due tot he long wait for the movie out in November this year. But for me this book was a surprise in its own rights. I thought the book would have been better than what it was. Don’t’ get me wrong, I done the series and the movies were not a disappointment, I just did not have that connection of adventurous intrigue. I read the book to find out if all the hype was worth the words.
Deathly Hollows started off where we ended with the Half Blood Prince we are left with a mission and a question of who is R.A.B? Yes, this book des answer that question plus fulfills the journeyed mission which leads to the destruction of the Dark Lord in an odd way.
The first few chapters were hard to get through. Once we’re getting through one question another one is presented which is drawn out and leaves you very ‘scattered’. My focus was guided in every direction that I forgot why Harry and friends were even on the journey. I started to forget why they were camping in the woods, etc. I do believe that is why I have mixed emotions about the writing of this story instead of easily following the story, it was hard to read. I understand it, but it hard to read for that matter. It led me to much frustration, yet I continued to the end only because I spent $16.00 on the book and I wanted to do this review.
After about chapter 11 the book trailed on the jumbled components of this story we were presented with in the beginning of the book such as, Harry finding Horcruxes, introduction of the Hollows, who wanted them, a mixed obscured past for Dumbledore, and that yes in fact, Snape was on Harry’s side all along (confusing). Yet through out all the mixed, scattered focus of the story it stuck to a story line. It stuck closely to everything in this mixture to bring us to the Dark Lord ending himself in an odd accidental way. It was an interesting story nearer the end, still the focus was all jumbled and scattered. Hopefully screenwriter Steve Cloves had made enough sense out of this cascade of confusion to write a half way decent movie. Have to wait until November to find out.
I can’t say I like the book but I can’t say I disliked it either. For it being so scattered mixed my opinions greatly. I would tell someone about this book and/or recommend it to them, maybe they may be able to get more out of it than I did, but I would tell them my frustration of reading it and get their feedback after. Not a bad story once you are about to get into it and make out what it happening.
Smile lots 
Kyann Zorain, author of The Stones of the Hidden Power and The Diary of Twitched Whiskers.
