There are midair broomstick chases, last-minute escapes from Voldemort's clutches, a daring break-in at Gringotts, the goblin bank, and a siege at Hogwarts involving just about everyone from the previous six books. Tolkien's, but she is a world-class storyteller. Lewis, or have a mythology as elaborate as J.R.R. Rowling may not be as elegant or precise a writer as C.S. The body count starts earlyon page 12, to be exactand the hunt for Harry and his friends doesn't let up for the next 700 pages. Anyone who stands in their way will be eliminated. Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters have launched a reign of terror and are on the verge of replacing the Ministry of Magic with a Nazi-style government that will enslave muggles and "mudbloods" alike. Albus Dumbledore, Voldemort's greatest enemy, lies buried on the ground of Hogwarts. It can even conquer death.īy the time Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows opens, however, it seems that death finally has the upper hand. In Rowling's world, that kind of love is stronger than any magic. Rowling's fictional works, was defeated not by power but by loveby a young mother who sacrificed her life to save her young son. Both pointed the way to hope in the face of death.Īnd there was at least one echo from the Scriptures in the Sorcerer's Stone: Lord Voldemort, the Hitleresque dark wizard in J.K. The night I spent with her, I brought along my Bible, the biggest cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee I could find, and a new novel, picked up from the bookstore on the way to the hospital: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.īoth the Bible and the "Boy Who Lived" proved good company during the watches of the night.
Not wanting her to die alone, we took turns sitting by her bedside, round the clock. On New Years Day 1999, she had a massive stroke from which she would never recover. I first met Harry Potter when my grandmother was dying.
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