by Glory Lennon

Created on: July 26, 2007   Last Updated: March 09, 2009

JK Rowling's seven part series about the coming of age of the boy wizard Harry Potter has intrigued from the start. Imaginative, amusing, frightening, entertaining and gripping, it has a following that surely even she never dreamed of, her innate ability to imagine the extraordinary notwithstanding. As with all great things, however, even Harry Potter's tale must come to an end and what an ending it is though, if truth be told, it is indeed more than a bit bittersweet.

The ending of Harry Potter's story with "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows" is every bit as spectacular and exactly as every Harry Potter fan could want with many an unanswered question finally resolved. But before you get to the ending, as astonishing as that turns out to be, there is non-stop action from start to finish which excite a vast number of more questions. The diehard fan should be used to that by now.

Answers are given for all those nagging questions we didn't even know we had such as what color are Ron Weasley's eyes, what are Hermione's parents' names, is there any way to get Kreacher to like his master Harry and why exactly do Harry and Tom Riddle bear such a striking resemblance? But other strange and thoroughly unimportant things are also discovered like the fact that even JK Rowling can make a blunder.

Perhaps only the true-blue fan can pick it out as it is rather minuscule. Here's a hint: In Chamber Of Secrets we are told a pair of bright green eyes peer out from around a door as Harry is taken to Ron's room at the top of the Burrow. Suddenly those very same eyes become a soft brown in "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows". Even editors make mistakes is the lesson to be learned here.

But that is hardly the most important nor fascinating happening in "Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows". We at last are told what inexplicable reason Dumbledore had for trusting Snape, why Dumbledore never took the post as Minister for Magic, why Petunia Dursley hated her sister so very much and consequently was so vicious to Harry, who broke Dumbledore's nose, what exactly are the Deathly Hallows and who kills whom, who dies, Harry or Voldemort? As it turns out both and neither. You'll need to read the book to truly understand. And you will want to read it as it is explosive, a virtual none-stop, topsy-turvy, devil-may-care ride on a Firebolt.

When we last left Harry mourning the loss of his mentor and ultimate protector Professor Albus Dumbledore in "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince" he, Ron

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