My Favourite Harry Potter Book

My favourite Harry Potter book is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This is because it obviously has the most complex story line, and there is much suspense and many twists and turns in the plot. Of course every Harry Potter book is brilliantly written, but Rowling truly surpassed herself in the last novel of the Harry Potter series. However, the ‘Prisoner of Azkaban’ is in close second. 

Each Harry Potter book is written to a nearly impossibly great standard, it would be unfair not to say and think this. However, it is noticeable to nearly all Potter- heads that the last book was immense. In my opinion the first book was relatively basic, it had a simple story line- but it was a magnificent idea. Everyone marveled at the phenomenon and the whole world awaited more on Harry, Ron and Hermione’s adventures. It was well written but lacked the many twists and turns that later books had. It is evident that the first book can be read by children of all ages, where as books after the third are much scarier and are normally read by those, maybe nine and up. The second book was brilliant, the chamber of secrets had a ring to it which terrified the reader, the blood on the wall and the many petrified creatures of the school, created a creepy allure. This would have been my second favourite, if it wasn’t for Hermione getting petrified. Hermione is my favourite character, so after she was gone it didn’t have the original excitement as before. The third book has to be my second favourite, therefor. The books get a little bit darker at this point. I liked it because of the whole concept of time, Hermione’s time turner is the heart of the book- capturing the readers attention. The time turner is a mystery, as nobody knows how Hermione is taking so many classes as once- although there are many quotes throughout which give hints that time is in some way connected. ‘I reckon he’s lost track of time, being on the run,’ said Ron. ‘Didn’t realize it was Hallowe’en.’ This snippet of the story tells the foreshadows the truth behind Hermione’s many choices for O.W.L.’s. ‘Then he stood up, stretched, and checked the time on the luminous alarm clock on his bedside table. It was one o’clock in the morning. Harry’s stomach gave a funny jolt. He had been thirteen years old, without even realizing it, for a whole hour.’ Again this gives us a clue into the time turner- the word ‘time’ is used deliberately here, Rowling wanted hints throughout the novel, it seems. In ‘The goblet of fire’ a much darker route is taken. Right from the beginning this is foreshadowed in Harry’s nightmare. What starts off as a normal school year, ends as one of the most disastrous events that the school has ever seen. ‘The goblet of fire’ is my third favourite Harry Potter book, because, in this one, the Magical world expands showing the reader other wizarding schools from different countries. Beauxbatons and Durmstrang are introduced. Also, a traditional event organized between Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. In the fifth book, ‘The order of the phoenix’, every thing is suddenly different. You can never tell who is really on your side, anybody could be teamed up with Voldemort. It is scary in that way because anybody could be against you, as Moody had been the year before. It seems like you can’t trust anybody, especially when Professor Umbridge joins Hogwarts as the new defence against the dark arts teacher. In this book Fred and George are more in the center of the novel, because of their new company, Weasley wizard wheezes. A slightly absurd character ‘Luna Lovegood’ is introduced, a lovely girl in Ginny’s year. Many call her ‘Loony Lovegood’ as Hermione, out of habit, introduces her to Harry and Ron, much to her embarrassment. Harry also makes the group ‘Dumbledores army’, containing most of the Gryffindores, a few Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs and no Syltherins. It ends however with only Harry, Ron, Hermione, Luna, Neville and Ginny. This book mainly puts across a message of loyalty, friendship, bravery and getting the necessary done, no matter what. The fifth book is the longest in the series, and as a result took Rowling the longest to write, with a wait of three years between ‘The goblet of fire’ and ‘The order of the phoenix’. In ‘The half-blood prince’,  lot of questions are answered- the main thing being Voldemort’s horcruxes, explaining the diary in the second book. In this novel, the ministry has finally accepted that Voldemort is back, telling the reader that all are prepared for the worst, and that you should be too. Romance is introduced, though, as a way to perhaps keep things from getting too gloomy. This book is the fastest selling novel in history, selling 6.9 million copies in the first twenty-four hours! Wow, is that an accomplishment for Rowling! Finally, ‘The deathly hallows’. This is probably the best book I have ever read. It is dark and complex, whilst still woking with friendship and loyalty, it is sad but also happy. This is the perfect book, all emotions are covered- from Ron’s loneliness to the acceptance that Harry must give when he walks into the forest to Voldemort. The sign of the deathly hallows hooked the reader in, absorbing the many clues that were thrown to the trio.  It is a tear provoking book where many trusted companions that were there they whole way through the book, sadly passed on, fighting for the order. Fighting ‘UNTIL THE VERY END’.