I read the books this year because I wanted to feel pain, basically, and I wanted to be justified in disliking Harry Potter. I was not disappointed. However, I still don't understand how the fuck the end of the book worked. It was so harebrained and convoluted and sloppy as fuck that I don't know what actually happened. Am I stupid or was it a bad ending? And what the fuck happened? How did they actually kill Voldemort?
Also the setting of a school where all the students know each other and their teachers over seven years is super nostalgic because I went to a small school for seven years and all the friendly/funny/mean interactions between characters reminds me of times I had with the people at my school. My university is way too big to get the same sense of community. I hope when the revolution comes we can find a way to build small communities again instead of everyone being isolated in their suburban homes and only making connections with family and a few friends.