One-word review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: July 21, 2007
Posted by Evil Bender in language and lit.trackback
Brilliant.
[More from me on this topic soon, including a brief meditation on death in Harry Potter. But that will wait--I'm just going to enjoy for the moment.]
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I checked your blog today guessing you had finished it too. Brilliant indeed.
Haven’t read much of it yet, because the wifey and I just finished rereading the first six. But I must say, if the epigrams from Aeschylus and William Penn are any indication, I expect that Rowling has indeed dealt with death in interesting and satisfying way in this book.
I agree completely, now I have to go wash my face.