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Started well but did seem to drag on in the middle then rush to a quick conclusion near the end. It seemed as if the author almost ran out of ideas and patience and hastily penned through the destruction of the remaining horcruxes in a matter of a chapter or so.

I was disappointed with how the really rather engaging Horcrux story that had been started in the previous book had been accelerated to it's ultimate anticlimax. The first Horcrux, the locket was surrounded by an interesting plot, was hidden in a location that contributed towards the plot of the previous book, clearly required the sword of Gryffindor to destroy it and it's destruction was dramatic. The locket takes most of the book before it can be destroyed, the cup takes quite some retrieving and the idea of the Gringotts break in is interesting, though this is where it all starts to go wrong with the far fetched escape on the dragon. Once they arrive back at Hogwarts the plot and quality of writing nosedives with the poorly put together, and rushed through destruction of the tiara in the room of requirement by the fiend fire. Ron and Hermione are unrealistically absent from the plot later on and then return with the destroyed cup - basilisk fangs, chamber of secrets etc - this takes away from the importance of the sword somewhat, the fang is acceptable against a soft organic book but not against metallic items such as the ring, locket, cup and tiara. Then Neville Longbottom turns up with a sword, which turns out to be the sword of Gryffindor and unceremoniously beheads the serpent - just to get that one out of the way and save a few pages. All far too easy and convenient. I'm not entirely sure how the sword magically made it's way from Griphook the Goblin, last seen in Gringotts, to Hogwarts ending up in Neville's hand... perhaps I missed that bit somewhere?

The way that Voldemort was destroyed did make some sense however. As I understood it, Harry was the true master of the Elder Wand as he had acquired it from Draco Malfoy who had been the previous master. His disarming of Malfoy and taking of his own wand caused the Elder Wand to recognise Harry as it's master, this is why Voldemort's curses against Harry with that wand had all failed - the first killing the Horcrux inside harry and the second rebounding and killing Voldemort with his own curse. It made sense that Voldemort would bring about his own end, though the whole scene of his demise seemed rather contrived.

As to the deaths, they were far too clinical and callous from the author's perspective. Central characters killed off with hardly a mention, especially in the case of Snape, one of the Weasley twins, Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks. Killing off for just for the sake of it just to boost sales with the "who get's killed off?" mania.

I liked the book, and the previous 6 better, but I do think it could have been so much better if the last few chapters had been better thought out and not rushed through to conclusion.