Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Where to buy Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows books online?
- ISBN13: 9780739360385
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
The most keenly anticipated book of the year, the grand finale of the Harry Potter series, is here. Harry must at last fulfill his destiny: to ruin the Dark Lord Voldemort or be ruined himself. Take Harry with you everywhere you go with this audiobook, narrated by the award-winning Jim Dale.Amazon.com Review
Readers beware. The brilliant, breathtaking conclusion to J.K. Rowling’s spellbinding series is not for the faint of heart–such revelations, battles, and betrayals await in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that no fan will make it to the end unscathed. Luckily, Rowling has prepped loyal readers for the end of her series by doling out increasingly dark and treacherous tales of magic and mystery, shot through with lessons about honor and contempt, like and loss, and right and incorrect. Dread not, you will find no spoilers in our review–to tell the plot would ruin the journey, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is an odyssey the likes of which Rowling’s fans have not yet seen, and are not likely to forget. But we would be remiss if we did not offer one tiny suggestion before you embark on your final adventure with Harry–bring plenty of tissues.
The heart of Book 7 is a hero’s mission–not just in Harry’s quest for the Horcruxes, but in his journey from boy to man–and Harry faces more danger than that establish in all six books combined, from the direct threat of the Death Eaters and you-know-who, to the devious perils of losing faith in himself. Attentive readers would do well to remember Dumbledore’s warning about building the choice between “what is right and what is simple,” and know that Rowling applies the same hard principle to the conclusion of her series. While fans will find the answers to hotly speculated questions about Dumbledore, Snape, and you-know-who, it is a tribute to Rowling’s skill as a storyteller that even the most astute and careful reader will be taken by surprise.
A spectacular end to a phenomenal series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a bittersweet read for fans. The journey is hard, filled with events both tragic and triumphant, the battlefield littered with the bodies of the dearest and despised, but the final chapter is as brilliant and blinding as a phoenix’s flame, and fans and skeptics alike will emerge from the confines of the tale with full but heavy hearts, giddy and grateful for the experience. –Daphne Durham
Visit the Harry Potter Store
Our Harry Potter Store features all things Harry, including books, audio CDs and cassettes, DVDs, soundtracks, games, and more.
Start at the Beginning
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Hardcover Paperback |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Hardcover Paperback |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Hardcover Paperback |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Hardcover Paperback |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Hardcover Paperback |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Hardcover Paperback |
Why We Like Harry
Favorite Moments from the Series
There are plenty of reasons to like Rowling’s wildly well loved series–no doubt you have several dozen of your own. Our list features favorite moments, characters, and artifacts from the first five books. Keep in mind that this list is by no means exhaustive (what we like about Harry could fill ten books!) and does not include any of the spectacular revelatory moments that would spoil the books for persons (few) who have not read them. Delight in.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
| |
* Harry’s first trip to the zoo with the Dursleys, when a boa constrictor winks at him. * When the Dursleys’ house is suddenly besieged by letters for Harry from Hogwarts. Readers learn how much the Dursleys have been keeping from Harry. Rowling does a wonderful job in showing the lengths to which Uncle Vernon will go to deny that magic exists. * Harry’s first visit to Diagon Alley with Hagrid. Full of curiosities and rich with magic and marvel, Harry’s first trip includes a trip to Gringotts and Ollivanders, where Harry gets his wand (holly and phoenix spine) and discovers yet another tie to He-Who-Must-No-Be-Named. This moment is the reader’s first full introduction to Rowling’s world of witchcraft and wizards. * Harry’s experience with the Sorting Hat. |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
| |
* The de-gnoming of the Weasleys’ garden. Harry discovers that even wizards have chores–gnomes must be grabbed (ignoring mad protests “Gerroff me! Gerroff me!”), swung about (to make them too dizzy to come back), and tossed out of the garden–this delightful scene highlights Rowling’s clever and witty genius. * Harry’s first experience with a Howler, sent to Ron by his mother. * The Dueling Club battle between Harry and Malfoy. Gilderoy Lockhart starts the Dueling Club to help students practice spells on each additional, but he is not prepared for the intensity of the animosity between Harry and Draco. Since they are still young, their minibattle is innocent enough, including tickling and dancing charms. |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
| |
* Ron’s attempt to use a telephone to call Harry at the Dursleys’. * Harry’s first encounter with a Dementor on the train (and just about any additional encounter with Dementors). Harry’s brush with the Dementors is terrifying and prepares Potter fans for a darker, scarier book. * Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s behavior in Professor Trelawney’s Divination class. Some of the best moments in Rowling’s books occur when she reminds us that the wizards-in-training at Hogwarts are, after all, just children. Clearly, even at a school of witchcraft and wizardry, classes can be dull and seem pointless to children. * The Boggart lesson in Professor Lupin’s classroom. * Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s knock-down confrontation with Snape. |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
| |
* Hermione’s disgust at the reception for the veela (Bulgarian National Team Mascots) at the Quidditch World Cup. Rowling’s fourth book addresses issues about growing up–the dynamic between the boys and girls at Hogwarts starts to change. Nowhere is this more unadorned than the hilarious scene in which magical cheerleaders nearly convince Harry and Ron to jump from the stands to impress them. * Viktor Krum’s crush on Hermione–and Ron’s objection to it. * Malfoy’s “Potter Stinks” badge. * Hermione’s creation of S.P.E.W., the intolerant bigotry of the Death Eaters, and the danger of the Triwizard Tournament. Add in the changing dynamics between girls and boys at Hogwarts, and suddenly Rowling’s fourth book has a weight and seriousness not as present in early books in the series. Candy and tickle spells are left behind as the students tackle darker, more serious issues and take on larger responsibilities, including the knowledge of illegal curses. |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
| |
* Harry’s outburst to his friends at No. 12 Grimmauld Place. A combination of frustration over being kept in the dark and dread that he will be expelled fuels much of Harry’s rage, and it all comes out at once, directly aimed at Ron and Hermione. Rowling perfectly describes Harry’s frustration at being too ancient to shirk responsibility, but too young to be accepted as part of the fight that he knows is coming. * Harry’s detention with Professor Umbridge. Rowling shows her darker side, leading readers to judge that Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven for young wizards. Dolores represents a bureaucratic tyrant capable of real evil, and Harry is forced to suffer their private battle of wills alone. * Harry and Cho’s painfully awkward interactions. Rowling clearly remembers what it was like to be a teenager. * Harry’s Occlumency lessons with Snape. * Dumbledore’s confession to Harry. |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
| |
* The introduction of the Horcrux. * Molly Weasley asking Arthur Weasley about his “dearest ambition.” Rowling has permanently been fantastic at revealing small intriguing bits about her characters at a time, and Arthur’s answer “to find out how airplanes stay up” reminds us about his obsession with Muggles. * Harry’s private lessons with Dumbledore, and more time spent with the fascinating and treacherous pensieve, arguably one of Rowling’s most ingenious inventions. * Fred and George Weasley’s Joke Shop, and the slogan: “Why Are You Worrying About You-Know-Who? You Should Be Worrying About U-NO-POO–the Constipation Sensation That’s Gripping the Nation!” * Luna’s Quidditch commentary. Rowling made scores of Luna Lovegood fans with hilarious and bizarre commentary from the most unlikely Quidditch commentator. * The effects of Felix Felicis. |
Magic, Mystery, and Mayhem: A Conversation with J.K. Rowling
“I am an extraordinarily lucky person, doing what I like best in the world. I’m sure that I will permanently be a writer. It was wonderful enough just to be published. The greatest reward is the enthusiasm of the readers.” –J.K. Rowling
Find out more about Harry’s creator in our exclusive interview with J.K. Rowling.
Did You Know?
 |
The Small White Horse was J.K. Rowling’s favorite book as a child. |  |
Jane Austen is Rowling’s favorite leader. |  |
Roddy Doyle is Rowling’s favorite living writer. |
A Few Words from Mary GrandPré
“When I illustrate a take in or a book, I draw upon what the leader tells me; that’s how I see my responsibility as an illustrator. J.K. Rowling is very descriptive in her writing–she gives an illustrator a lot to work with. Each tale is packed full of rich visual descriptions of the atmosphere, the mood, the setting, and all the different creatures and people. She makes it simple for me. The images just renovate as I sketch and retrace until it feels right and matches her vision.” Check out more Harry Potter art from illustrator Mary GrandPré.
Buy Cheap Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Online
Related posts:
… I should tell you that I know some satanic, malign cutthroats who contend they once overheard Joanne Rowling say, “I want to reap a harvest of death when you least expect it”. To plunge right into it, if you ever question Joanne to do something, you can bet that your request will get lost in the shuffle, unaddressed, ignored, and rebuffed. The primary point of disagreement between myself and Joanne is whether or not I like to speak of her as “grubby”. That’s a reasonable term to use, I maintain, but let’s now try to know it a small better. For starters, either Joanne has no real conception of the sweep of history, or she is merely intent on winning some debating pin by trying to pierce a hole in my logic with “facts” that are taken out of context. I’m not very conversant with her background. To be reasonably frank, I don’t care to be. I already know enough to state with confidence that Joanne teaches workshops on mysticism. Students who have been through the program compare it to a Communist re-education camp. Let me give you an vital hint: When trying to know what she is up to, look at what she is doing and what she has done. Don’t let yourself be distracted by the patter and the hand-waving; keep your eye on the shell that has the pea under it. And focus your mind on the fact that her desire to force us to do things or take stands against our will is the chief sign that she’s a scummy pseudo-intellectual. (The second sign is that Joanne feels obliged to legitimize the dread and hatred of the privileged for the oppressed.)
Agreed the unyielding political speechifying of our times, Joanne is a faithful student of Sun Tzu, the very ancient Chinese strategist who advocated demoralizing one’s enemy as the highest art of warfare. To top that off, all of the terrible things that are currently going on are a symptom of Joanne’s illogical intimations. They are not a cause; they are an effect. Do you ever get the feeling that her whitewash of the issue offers no real analysis of the situation that resulted in her grungy criticisms in the first place? Well, you should, because I am tired of hearing or reading that she can walk on water. You know that that is simply not right. Now that you’ve heard what I’ve had to say, I want you to reflect about it. And I want you to join me and criticize the obvious incongruities open by Joanne Rowling and her pals.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
In the sense that pooping in front of your grandmom is fantastic. I’d poop on this book, that’s for sure. Or on J.K. Rowling’s chest. Now that would be a fantastic finale.
Potter lives! Viva La revolution! Buy more toilet paper and linens!
We should all be reading the 9/11 report as a replacement for. Contains more magic and loopity doo’s than this entire series.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I reflect that this book is both excellent and terrible for the world. It’s excellent because at the very least, it got children reading again and that’s a excellent thing for the long haul. The hope would be that when these children grow up, they will read more and read more salient works by authors who have something to say about reality, not automatically fantasy.
The terrible news here is that this book is about Sorcery and sorcerors. We all know this kind of thing is not real, but I marvel how much the immature mind will realize this after plowing through seven very well-written training courses on how to be a sorceror and use magic and sorcery in the world. In my mind, since there is no such thing as sorcery, and no one in my lifetime has ever proven it to be so, then, is it inappropriate to be teaching children that sorcery is the way to defeat all the evils in this world? See, evil has to be fought by one person at a time realizing where the evil lies and where the truth lies and then uniting forces with additional people of like minds. And, then once identified, the united force has to take action, before the evil spreads and takes over the whole world, as is happening now. Certainly sorcery is not going to stop it. That’s the problem and I don’t see any gathering forces out there to stop it, not in the real world. I don’t see children growing up waving magic wands at the problems in their lives and that attack this country or our planet. There’s so much at stake, is it wise to spend so much of our collective will on sorcery? Are there additional thoughts that would fare better in the fight for our freedom and liberty? And, remember, the children are our only hope. It’s too late for this generation to do anything substantial about it.
And, I must admit that I am a small jealous of the success of J.K. Rowling. I am a write who has been struggling all his life to make a living at this game and so far it has eluded me over my lifetime, that’s nearly 60 years now. Yet, this woman, who is a fantastic writer, don’t get me incorrect, is sitting at a coffee shop, her family tree on welfare, scratches out the Harry Potter book and it immediately finds a publisher and the largest readership in history, even over the Bible? Now, that’s sorcery.
(…)
Michael Mathiesen
Leader
God Bless you for READING anything, really. You are a dying breed.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
JKR finishes her series with a whimper. All the mythology and all the characterization which made the previous six books such a joy to read is thrown out the window in order to compensate her hackneyed tale. Inconsistencies galore grace the pages of this muddled mess. Characters we like, like Hermione, Ron, Lupin, and Dumbledore are turned into perfect and utter losers and shmucks. Sex, violence, nudity, and language litter the pages. Parents do NOT let your children read this garbage!
If JKR was sick of Harry, she should have left the series alone as a replacement for of giving her faithful fans this poor excuse of a finale, but I guess I now know what has driven her these last ten years to end her series: money.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this book for two of my grandsons and my daughter. I have not read it, nor do I intend to read it.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5