Rate Deathly Hallows, What would you rate it out of 10? Options

[crmhpfan]

I was looking through the topics for DH, and I noticed there weren't any poles. So I decided to do a poll. Probably the most boring poll imaginable: a rating poll. Anyway, back to the subject: Rate Deathly Hallows out of 10; I suppose around 1 is pretty crappy and 10 amazingly brilliant, so yeah, your choice (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) .

[enara]

I gave it a 4.
It is my least favorite book out of all of them.

I really didn't like Ron's character in the book. I guess I've come to terms with him leaving Harry and Hermione, but in my opinion the locket scene carried on for way too long. That was one of my least favorite things in the whole book. I could go on a rant about it, but I wont.

Just the whole flow of things was off for me. It felt like a part of a different series. The main part of this reason is the lack of Hogwarts. I agree that not going helped with the transition from child to adult, and that hearing information solely from a biased portrait adds to the suspense of things. But I feel a larger chunk before the battle should have been spent there, working on strategies, preparing for battle. Even Harry's search for the diadem was a bit rushed for me.

4. One of you mentioned the fact that the climax in the book (Harry killing Voldemort at last) was disappointing. Well, I don't agree with that, and I'll tell you why - just before this, we read what must have been the longest and most emotinally-packed confrontation between Harry and Voldemort. Everything they had to say to each other, every ounce of contempt, insult and emotion came flowing out of their mouths, and I loved it. In fact, the simplicity of the way Voldemort dies is kind of symbolical to me - how something so small could cause such a great change, which was parallel to the entire plot - wasn't it Trelawny's prophecy alone that made Voldemort notice Harry was a threat, or BELIEVE Harry was a threat? Had this tiny thing not happened, whould Harry had been the one to stop him? Whould Voldemort be finished earlier, or whould he not be finished at all? The questions and imagining how to answer them are fascinating.

For me, it's the fact that it was such a small thing. What would Harry have done if the wand had been in Snape's allegiance? He would have been screwed. The buildup was pretty good, although having then circle each other was a bit cliche. I think that if they really were talking for that long before fighting they would have just stopped and stood there, wands ready.

When I was first reading, I did have an issue with Harry killing Voldemort, because that would be splitting Harry's soul, but I think in this instance, that is a sacrifice he should have had to make.

Relationships seemed to be thrown together at the end for the sake of it. I'm going to leave it at that, but that's another subject I could talk about for hours.