Like other's this was my first time reading the series. My biggest complaint about the final book is that Harry didn't die. I know everyone wants him to live, but I like to think that he was willing to give his life for the better of the wizarding world. Also, I didn't like that Harry was immune from dyeing in his battle with Voldermort.
My fillings towards Dumbledore didn't change very much throughout the series. However, my love hate relationship with Snape was a rollercoaster. I felt the whole time that Snape could be a bad guy, then when it was confirmed in the Order of the Phoenix, I was almost happy. Then it was turned around, when he was shown to be good after all. It makes for good suspense, but I would have like him to just be bad. I was happier hating him after the order of the Phoenix.
Reflecting back on Harry, I felt that Harry always seemed to get out of things. Sure you can be lucky a few times, but seven times? I liked the character of Harry, I just didn't like the way he always ended up triumphing over everything. Sure, he suffered, by the loss of hiss family (Sirius, Mom & Dad, and Dumbledore), but I wanted him to suffer a little more as an individual (ie: die). I guess I just like darker books and this series was dark, but it still ended a little clean for me.
As far as Ron and Hermione go. I liked their characters for the series. I wish they would have rebelled against Harry a little more than they did. Sure they had their disagreements, but they always ended up back together. In the real world, all of your friends don't make it through four years of high school with you, let alone seven years of wizard school. I don't think one of them should have died, but it would have been nice if one fell out of the group for a a year or two and showed up in the end. I guess I'm a revisionist.
I'm not really sure where all of this fits in a social context.
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