The long-awaited and final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released this weekend. It was probably entirely too important to me that I be able to read the book before anyone ruined any of the surprises that I knew would be contained in the final book. So after picking up my pre-ordered copy at the local bookstore just down the street (and even for several days before, as there were reports of leaks–some of which turned out to be genuine), I took a strategy of avoiding all radio, television, and Internet until I was through reading the 759 pages for the first time.
There are some people that don’t mind having the surprises spoiled in movies or books, but I am not one of those people. In fact, as I was walking up to the bookstore to retrieve my copy, somebody walking out with their copy was already turning to the final pages to see what secrets they might discover (thankfully they did not spoil anything before I was past them and out of earshot).
As the headline promised, there will be no spoilers contained in this post. Those wishing to discover the many secrets of the book have only to perform a simple Internet search and all will be revealed. I will say, though, that reading the final book was very satisfying, and a worthy conclusion to a very entertaining series of books.
