7th Time is the charm

Hello Everyone!
I hope everyone's summer is going well. Now, that July is almost over and the "Harry Potter July" as some of my friends called it is settled down.
I am going to start off with the movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) was an interesting perspective to the longest book in the series. To the dismay of some fans, such as myself, they left out unique parts to the story like flashbacks in the Pensive. The directors made the shortest Potter film but yet it was the longest book. Entertaining for the summer, not an Oscar competitive film. The standout performances from the film were from characters that I did not like in the book- Luna Lovegood, Umbridge, and Bellatrix Lestrange.

Now, lets zoom to the last book in the series that has made its author, J.K. Rowling, richer than the Queen of England. I apologize in advance for the spoilers. I will preface the comments of the spoilers with SPOILER ALERT, so you know not to look at what I wrote. After finishing the final epic, my first thought: What was with all those deaths? I am sure I am not the only one who did not expect most of them. There were some where I was like "Oh my!" and others where I was like, " What was the point?"

SPOILER ALERT! The deaths that I were sort of upsetting were Dobby, Fred, Tonks, and Lupin. Some of the other deaths were shocking but these four were each catered to their personality. From Fred's smile as he went to the other side to Dobby dying while serving Harry. Rowling wrote these four deaths well.

This book's main disappointment was that it was too choppy.

SPOILER ALERT!! For example, Rowling did write a lot about the relationships of wands between the owner and wand, wand and wand, and most interesting is dealing with the rules of the wand during a duel. She gave us bits here and there, nothing all in one shot which led to some confusion.
One of the final battles, was fantastic! It drew the lines with good and evil.

SPOILER ALERT! The Houses (minus one house: can you guess which one?), teachers, creatures, and the Order gear up to fight the lone House, Death Eaters, and the other Dark creatures at an epic battle that takes place at Hogwarts which leads to several deaths.

Overall, the story was good, bit choppy but not one of the best like I liked 5 and 6 the best. Seven gave us the answers to lingering questions, which was nice. But everyone is reading, for the final showdown between Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter. The best thing to take from 7: Is that no one seems to be who they truly are until the very end. This can be applied to the final outcome of Potter because the ending is open ended and the ones who survive you don't know where they really stand.
Signing off,
Sam