harry potter and the deathly hollows

at last, i find time to read the last series of harry potter books i bought in changi last july, why it took me that long before i start reading? memory loss - forgot where i exactly put this book - tsk tsk tsk...

so i finished "harry potter and the deathly hollows" last night, and all i have to say is, the book truly lives up to its title. before reading the book, i avoided going on line, promised not to read blogs about it, thus sticking to my vow avoiding the likelihood to read any spoilers.

after dinner, i plunged straight on, so i could finish the saga and find out if harry would get to the other horcruxes. there were times when i sat up on my bed, eyes widened with shock, fingers gripping the book tightly; other times, i had to grab end of my pillow to dab the corners of my eyes.

i couldn't decide whether i wanted to read it slowly, or read it quickly so i could get to the ending ( i do not understand why anyone would want to read the ending first). on one hand, i had the final piece of the harry potter mystery, and on the other hand, i knew that once i finished the book, there would nothing after it any more.

it was still fresh in my mind the first time i came across with harry potter - it was one boring afternoon here at work, one of my peer let me borrowed her copy of "harry potter and the sorcerer's stone" that's when i met the durleys of number four privet drive.

the next seven years were spent waiting for the ending of the story.

now, my sister's reading the book and i'm still stunned. long after i finished book 7, i was still staring blankly and thinking about the sudden turnarounds, the explained mysteries, and well, the deaths. harry potter isn't the best-written series in the world, and there are a lot of plot holse and all too-convenient escape hatches, but it was a series that i sort of grew up with and anticipated for seven years-litlle pieces of the story were fed to readers every two or three years, and we devoured each piece hungrily. am still a fan and the sorting hat said i belong to ravenclaw.

it's all over now, and i can't help but feel a little sad that there's nothing more to look forward to. hope there's more...