Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Incredible. I believe Ms. Rowling outdid herself. Exciting from the start. Very few draggy bits you know you need but have to slog through. Excellent call-backs to all 6 previous books to really reward you for paying attention. And a story that jerks you beats you throws you down and picks you back up again. In other words fantastic.

Book 7 makes it worth reading all the other books even more. Even the parts I didn't like about the other books all make sense in light of book 7.

I especially commend Ms. Rowling on not avoiding hard choices, even though she is essentially writing a fairy tale. This is no sugar and spice children's story. It's hard-hitting and gritty, or at least as much as children's story can and should be.

Well done.