"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all, those who live without love."

This is probably one of the most profound statements that Joanne Kathleen Rowling has ever made in any of her books. A fitting end to an epic series that has enthralled me and millions of others for the past few years. It does not in any way match to JRR Tolkien's, 'Lord of the Rings', but what Harry and his friends have to say is something special. Hats-off to JK Rowling and her inimitable writing style.

The seventh and the final part of the series - 'The Deathly Hallows' does not disappoint. Rowling has tied up all the loose ends pretty well. Even though there are gaping holes in many places, she has done a pretty good, rather a great job of concluding the saga of Harry Potter. The book on the whole was very dark and more loaded with information and facts than the previous books. And as rightly said in the review by TIME, the final book does not have the necessity to deal with all the minor details. The book depicts the final battle between good and evil and Rowling has done an amazing job. The pre-final chapter, which is the final battle between Harry and Lord Voldemort, is decently written, though not as well as I expected, but on comparing it to the final battle in LOTR, I got rushes reading the final pages of the Return of the King, not as much in HP7.

Anyway, on the whole, it is a very satisfying book and thank you again Mrs.Rowling for giving the world such a wonderful book, though not of any literary value, a book which is absolutely entertaining and worth all the trouble of reading it.

Here are a couple of passages I enjoyed the most in the book,

But Harry had eyes only for the man who stood in the largest portrait directly behind the headmaster’s chair. Tears were sliding down from behind the half-moon spectacles into the long silver beard, and the pride and the gratitude emanating from him filled Harry with the same balm as phoenix song.

"Albus Severus,” Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, “you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew."

Anyway, ..........

"The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well."