Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

64 reviews

natashaball's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

abbysingh's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicide, Violence, War, Alcohol, Blood, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, and Torture

kim_lommaert's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Death, War, Violence, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Child death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

missgrangerr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Death, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Child death, and Classism

akacasper24's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Abandonment

mariamj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Couldn't put the book down, especially toward the end. Reading Harry Potter as an adult hits different. Love it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death and Death of parent

briochebun's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

4 out of 5 ☆’s.

“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”

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While this wasn’t my favorite book in the series — and there are things that I wish had been done differently — I loved seeing everyone come together in the end in order to defeat Voldemort & Co. I had chills the entire time that the battle was taking place & was the most emotional while reading that last scene where everyone is running up the front steps and into the entrance hall to fight one last time…🥲

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(Side Note: I cannot get over the fact that Regulus **canonically** made that little collage out of Voldemort-related news clippings. It’s so unhinged & I think about it on a daily basis. That’s my Roman Empire.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, War, and Death of parent

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

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

unicorngirl's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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