Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Overwritten?

Note: This article contains specific information dealing with the various events in the seventh installment of Harry Potter. Thus, if you have not finished reading this book and do not wish to have anything spoiled for you, you may not want to read this article.

I am a fairly big fan of Harry Potter. I have attended many of the book release parties, seen the movies, tried to keep up with the happenings of JK Rowling via her website, and read the entirety of the Harry Potter series. However, after getting to the end of the seventh book, my initial thought was, "Ya know, she could have cut this book by about three hundred pages." Although I enjoyed the fairly happy ending where everyone gets coupled off, as well as learning about many of the unanswered questions of the sixth book (such as whether or not Snape was good or evil as well as what would happen between Potter and Voldermont), I became a bit bored reading about the numerous quests that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were forced to undertake before reaching the end. To me, it felt as if JK Rowling was so involved with the many intricacies of her wizarding world that she failed to consider the idea that a more compact seventh book may have resulted in a more entertaining read.

That being said, I would love to hear a counterargument from a big fan of the seventh book : )