i thought some of the deaths seemed a little stretched to me.
moodys i could take, it was liek the death of a mentor and hero (as an auror) in harrys eyes. Snapes also, while a little rushed, felt sinister enough and unexpected enough to show voldemorts true evil.
hedwigs was a bit silly imo, and i felt that it didnt add anything worthwhile to the story. if owl messages were pointless, harry could've just left her at the weasleys in the story instead.
Dobbys death seemed kind of random aswell, and i dont get why they killed him AFTER the scene at the malfoys. also, i had to read twice to udnerstand where the knife came from. also, if people survive iron bludgers to the head, i fail to see how a magical creature like Dobby would die to a knife wound, especially when these seem easily heald by magic.
Freds death was like "omg!" but i dunno, it seemed to be there for the sake of having a character die in the final battle, and seemed a bad choice of character, as fred was only a comic bit-part anyway.
lupin and tonks was fair enough, but imo lupin didnt need to die (seriously, its kinda expected as all of harrys other father figures were killed off too) and killing both lupin and tonks seems a bit pushed, and its only purpose seems to be making Teddy be like Harry, which is a bad juxtaposition imo.
Crabbe (it was crabbe right?) dying seemed kind of dumb too, how did he manage to cast such a powerful spell (hes been nothing but dumb and hopeless until then) and if hes practised enough to cast something so powerful then he must surely have control over it too, which doesnt explain his death in the flames to me.
Finally, and most importantly in my eyes, WTF COLIN CREEVEY!?
hes been a character with zero coverage in the last few books, who wasn't over liked or disliked, and didnt really do anything to make you feel any emotion much at all. Also, upon seeing his body Harry's kinda like "yeah, whatever"
I liked the book for the most part, but it seemed to me like Rowling just threw in a new death every couple of chapters for the sake of somethiong happening. often these were unnecessary, or seemingly unimportant (muggle studies teacher, although i can understand this showing voldemorts aversion to muggles, Colin Creevey as above, Wormtail, Dobby, Hedwig, Fred and Bathilda bagshot come to mind)
I enjoyed the book, but meh, i would've preffered a more positive finale, maybe im immature.
oh yeah, what happened to Xeno Lovegood? did he die or what?
