It Is Done

I have received and finished Harry Potter, at the cost of staying up all night reading (something I reserve for occasions like this). It was very good, and did an admirable job of wrapping up the series. I must say I’m still in a little bit of shock that the series is over at all. It’s such a vivid mythos, it seems like it can’t just end. I’ve grown up with Harry Potter. It’s bizarre.

Also an interesting bit of trivia I noticed (non-spoiling, I promise): the last book takes place the year the first book was published. It’s mentioned indirectly that Harry was born in 1980, and in the book he turns seventeen. That places the date at 1997, the year Harry Potter and the (Philosoph|Sorcer)er’s Stone was published.