It was shocking to see many of the characters die in just one book. I was not expecting some parts where it turned out to be a suprise to me.

A good ending and I am glad the series of books is over.

Gratuitous violence, shocking, totally overwhelming.

I'm a mess. I've cried through most of it. I thought it was brilliant, and loved how the loose ends were tied up. I'm gutted by who has died, I wasn't expecting so many deaths of people we know.The epilogue almost destroyed me.

I haven't read it, but if someone is willing to email me the ending, I will graciously cheat. i just want to know if harry dies!

I thought the ending was very good. There were so many unexpected deaths.

I thought The Battle of Hogwarts was an incredible piece of writing - I was literally in awe at how unbelievably well-written and good it was. The final chapter, however, dissapointed me. Compared to the genius and brilliance of the last three or four chapters, it seemed to be poorly written and very schmaltzy. It was more of a "feel good" ending rather than one that explained things further, or gave further closure to events that came before it. On a whole, however, Deathly Hallows is absolutely her finest book, and while I am devastated that the series has come to an end and that I have lost so many good friends along the way, the ending was, almost, perfect.

Brilliant. Parts of it were so unexpected and yet she did not cease to amaze and she definately did not dissapoint. <3 it. <3 it. <3 it.

too expected

Overall, I was disappointed. Not to mention, heart-broken. :*(

I think the book was one of the very finest she's ever written, perhaps the outcome was a little predictable, but the manner in which the outcome was achived was certainly unexpected and exceptionally masterful. I thought that her exploration of Dumbledores past was wonderful because it showed him to be truely human and that allowed us to relate to him rather than place him on a pedestal and overly glorify him, and thus we are truely able to learn from it.

I thought the ending was, (to quote Ron,) "Bloody brilliant!" I really enjoyed these books and I'm sad. It's amazing that after seven books, she can still leave me wanting more. Now if I could only find a woman like that...

Workmanlike, but effectively tied up all the threads, albeit in a "mostly as expected" and occassionally clumsy and awkward manner ... just as would be expected from a competant ghost-writer trying to meet a deadline. I thought Deathly Hallows - like Half-Blood Prince - had a little too much teen angst while having lost ALL the wonder of the earlier books. True, childhood wonders fade, but there are new wonders -- not all of them involving sex -- to be discovered and felt in your late teens. And just because the hero has to be going through the long-dark midnight of the soul in the final Act, doesn't mean that the narrative or the setting should be devoid of passion, awe, majesty or sublimnity. Ultimately, books 6 & 7 were a let down after 4 & 5, but they did finish the saga in a way that was at least (mostly) satisfying, and were still an enjoyable read -- but only because I was already hooked. Any one of the first 5 can be read by itself, and loved for what it is by itself, and get you to want to read the rest. That cannot be said of the last 2. One major complaint: if Voldemort is supposed to be so bloody brilliant, why is he always such a dunce, and why does he get even dumber as the saga progresses? If a middle-aged reader with A.D.H.D. can figure it out well in advance of the denoument, why can't the great dark wizard who's supposed to know all this stuff already? (I mean as soon as you learn about the Hoscruxes, you know that Harry's the 7th. If you haven't got it figured out by book 1 that Snape's the secret hero, you should certainly know by the end of book 4, and if you haven't got if figured by book 5, there's no hope for you. How would the great Dark Wizard be ignorant of the fact that wands change their allegiance when their master is defeated in a duel. Wouldn't he have figured out that Dumbledore had the Deathstick even before Harry was born? And so on.) Other complaints: 1) the whole thing about a wand changing allegiance when it's master is defeated in a duel WREAKS of deus ex machina. There's no indication of it in any of the first 6 books, and in fact, given all the dueling that takes place, one must wonder why no one ever noticed this little problem before. 2) the whole Malfoy "I'm so bad! ... No I'm not. ... Now I'm really gonna kill you! ... SAVE ME! ... ya dah ya dah ya dah" sub-plot was hoplessly muddled and ultimately unresolved. 3) the Deathly Hallows themselves seem to be something thought of entirely after book 6 was written ... or at least in final edit. 4) it seems more than a little odd that Dumbledore's portrait would be smarter than Snape, such that Snape was following its plans and directions - and the whole opening staged set-up and ambush intended to cement Voldemort's trust of Snape is ... well ... ridiculously risky and unnecessary. 5) after book 5, how did Dolorous Umbridge ever get back into the Ministry of Magic? She should have been sentenced to Azkaban... or at least disgraced into obscurity. 6) where did all these pure-blood nazis and stormtroopers materialize from seemingly overnight? The worst of the Slytherins were just hateful snobs in earlier books. 7) does Lucius Malfoy get another "pass" from the next administration, or is he locked up for good? 8) why does book 7's author do so much to make Lupin look (to the reader) like a turncoat, and then drop it? If he's not a turncoat, either it shouldn't be suggested at all, or the possibility of it shouldn't be dropped until Harry and/or Ron & Hermione start to suspect him too.

Oddly enough I really liked the last chapter because A I wasn't expecting to be carried into the future. and B because we kinda got to meet their kids.

On the whole, I really liked the way the book ended. I, too, thought the battle of Hogwarts was very well written and I also liked how it was Voldemort's arrogance that ultimately proved to be his undoing. However, I must say that I was rather disappointed by the Epilog. I had wanted something that told us more about what each of the main characters was doing with their lives, what had they chosen as careers, etc.

The final battle was absolutely amazing. I really hate how everyone died =/ , but I'm glad about it at the same time. It gave me closure. What did not satisfy me was the Epilogue. It was kind of mmm eh.. ah. pft. I'm not quite sure. No matter though. I thought the ending before the Epilogue was satisfactory enough to end the book with. I'm sure she added in the Epilogue so there would be no question as to whether there would be more to come or not.

I didn't like the epilogue. JKR's focus on the family was myopic, because she didn't give us any other details, such as what the trio chose to do for their careers. I know she answered those questions in an interview, but a good author will tie up loose ends in the book and shouldn't need to do interviews to tell people what happened. She could've easily made a reference to their careers, such as, "Leaving James and Albus at the train station was more difficult for Harry than breaking the hexes on all the cursed items in Borgin and Burkes' shop" (of course, she could do it more gracefully than that).

I think that the ending was kind of rushed, and that the climax of the book is not really the final battle between Harry and Voldemort, but rather, Harry knowing Snape and Dumbledore's deepest secrets.

loved it,since I started late with the series. I'm content unlike some other series that just leave you boggled.