Okay, I know everyone else has already written tons on the amazing last book of the Harry Potter series, but I wanted to chime in as well. I have been trying to post on this, but life just gets in the way sometimes. That's just how it goes.
Anyway, since finishing the book about two weeks ago I have been elated, sad, happy, looking forward to re-reading the entire series, and many other feelings as well. I think the most predominate feeling is not believing the series is actually over. I just can't wrap my head around it. It's kind of the feeling you get when you are first married and most definitely having a baby. Things change so much that it's hard to believe at times you are living with another person on your terms without parents and with a baby that this little person affects your life in more ways than you can imagine, but that every moment is incredibly special, even those crazy, long nights of no sleep and endless crying. Granted a book series does not even compare to these life joys, but they are definitely similar; however, on a much lesser scale. I guess I'm just trying to explain my feeling of something that is still new and hard to completely understand and realize that this is reality. I am still not completely used to the whole marriage thing (not in a bad way, just still trying to grasp that this is the wonderful reality, even after six years it still feels amazingly new). A baby is even more fresh, but even after almost seventeen months, it still does not seem real. I can't completely grasp that there will be no more new Harry Potter books. Perhaps it will sink in more after a couple years have gone by and there is no big release date. Perhaps then it will be real.
The wonderful thing will be to share these fabulous books with my daughter (and a second child, when ever my husband and I get to that point). J. K. Rowling has created an incredible world of characters and wondrous things. It has been amazing simply visiting with each book. She has given the literary world something truly special to cherish.
I guess I just wanted to thank J. K. Rowling for adding something fresh and new to fantasy and to bring so many children and adults into a world of fantastic creatures, magic, and truly memorable characters. She has done something very grand in getting so many non-readers to read. She has made children want to read, which in this day and age is sometimes extremely hard to accomplish. Books are so wonderful and important that to not have an experience or at least want to share the joy of turning each page in anticipation of what comes next is upsetting to me.
Being such an avid reader, I am so thrilled that one book series created readers out of so many people. I can't tell you how many people I know who really do not read much of anything have picked up these books to find out what the fuss is all about and they were amazed at what they found.
So, thanks J. K. Rowling for something wonderful that will be treasured always. I can't wait to share these whimsical and compelling books with my children!
