Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

64 reviews

akacasper24's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Abandonment

sparksofkell's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Toxic friendship

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

unicorngirl's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows finds Harry and the Golden trio struggling to find the Horcruxes while learning more about Dumbledore and the Deathly Hallows. I thought it was one if not the best Harry Potter book in the series. But there were some things that I didn't like or was confused about. 
First, why did Hermione lash out at Ron like that when he returned? I know she is angry, but that seemed a little excessive. 
Next, I was wondering why the character changes with Lupin.

He was embarrassed that he and Tonks were going to have a baby that was possibly going to be a werewolf, because Tonk's family doesn't really like werewolves, so instead of being there for Tonks, he decides he is going to run away with a bunch of seventeen-year-olds!!

Gladly he had a character change and he became more loyal.

Also, Tonks' and Lupin's death were unnecessary and didn't add anything to the story, we just had to accept that they were dead.

 
Speaking of character changes, why did she make Dumbledore more of an anti-hero? Was it that J.K. Rowling wanted him to be a hero, but didn't want him to be a hero, so instead, make him an anti-hero? I feel like she wrote Snape like that. It felt like she didn't want us to like him, and then, oh, he redeemed himself in the last book because

we get to see his memories after he dies,

after making him an unlikeable character for 6 whole books. I don't know if it's me, but this stuff is kind of icky to me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War

mconroy9137's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Slavery, Blood, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

a_alves00's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War

sunnycollins_'s review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I really enjoyed the last 1/3 of this book, but the road to get there was too drawn out for my liking. 

This book feels so different from the other 6 in the series and, while I think it closed it out well, it wasn't as enjoyable for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

jelliestars's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Classism

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

eule's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The Harry Potter Series is one of my comfort reads. I cried the first time I finished this series and I will repeat that process again and again and again (I’ve already done it seven times). 

< huge spoiler regarding deaths >

I am devastated every time I think about the many deaths in this book (deaths will not be in a particular order). 

Nimphadora Tonks. Remus Lupin. Fred Weasley. Dobby. Lavender Brown. Hedwig. MadEye Moody. Colin Creewey. Severus Snape (yes, we do love him. Rip Alan Rickman).

We all love and miss you and no, I don’t care that you are „just“ fictional characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail