Ranking of Harry Potter Books

The End

This book is my second least favourite book of Harry Potter series (I’ll explain why Deathly Hallows didn’t become my worst HP book while I give the ranking of HP books). I expected Harry’s character to mature a bit after he fucked up because of his recklessness in the last book. But guess what, he was the same and it costed Albus Dumbledore’s life.

Okay!

That’s a cruel thing to say. But when I read the book, I wanted Dumbledore to live. (It all changed when I read the next book!) And he deserved more respect from Harry. I knew Dumbledore never trusted anyone and all that shit. But Harry should’ve trusted Dumbledore (even though Dumbledore blamed himself in this book. This is mutual respect motherfucker!)

And the climax was another tragedy and this time, I didn’t like the tragedy. Mainly because how the final book was set up in the climax of the sixth book. I didn’t want the trio to wander away to find some weird deathly hallows. I wanted them to stay in Hogwarts and fight Voldemort. And with this sad note, I finally reached the end of my journey.

The Deathly Hallows was a book that I would’ve hated the most.

But!

I loved it because of two reasons.

1) The Magic System

2) Dobby’s death

I didn’t wanted Dobby to die. But when Harry wrote “Here Lies Dobby – A Free Elf” in Dobby’s tombstone, I had an intense emotional moment that I had in a long time.

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This is the essence of Harry Potter.

For me, Harry Potter was not a story of a bunch of good magicians fighting off a bunch of bad magicians.

I consider Harry Potter to be the story of the rise of oppressed people. It was registered as one way before in the first book when it addressed the concept of Mud bloods and how they were treated as an abomination by the pure bloods. This is why Sirius Black hated pure bloods even though he was one. And this is why his death (who helped a boy born by a mud blood and pure blood dying) meant as a fuck off to the pure bloods.

And this is precisely why I liked how Dobby was respected in his death. I didn’t like the fact that Dobby died (as it conveys something like dying will be the only result when one chose to become free) but how his death treated proved why Harry Potter was not just a sorcerer’s story but a political story.

And the other thing I liked about this book is the magic system and how it got explored more in this book than in any other book.

One of the examples is the concept of Deathly Hallows itself. Snape’s Patronus twist was so cool and the whole Snape-the-good-guy twist was so emotional. (It was more emotional reading it then watching it)

And the time skip climax was a nice way to end this decade defining series.

And thus on 9^th of September 2021 @ 1:20 PM, I finished reading the last book of Harry Potter.

Ranking the Harry Potter Books

7^th – The Chamber of Secrets

There were a lot of logic holes and worthless characters just didn’t make me feel good about this book. Moreover, this has one of the longest intro sequences of all the HP books. It nearly took more than 100 pages for the story to start. And I didn’t like the climax fight between Harry and the Snake.

6^th – The Half Blood Prince

Only one reason. Dumbledore’s death! Even though I came to know that Dumbledore was actually a lying and manipulating piece of shit in the last HP book, I kind of liked that dynamic of Dumbledore and I still don’t hate him for being a manipulative guy. That makes him badass. And I still feel like he needed more respect from Harry in this book. Harry got bat shit crazy in this book to be honest.

5^th – The Goblet of Fire

I was surprised at my decision of ranking the Goblet of Fire in the 5^th position. But the truth is, I didn’t like the competitions held in this book. This is an unpopular opinion. Because I always saw this book in the number one position in mostly all the HP rankings. The thing I liked about this book is that the transition it had from being a fun filled story to a darker one. That saved it from going too low in my rankings.

4^th – The Deathly Hallows

Well! I explained why I liked these one more than the last three books earlier. So, I don’t have to repeat it here. But I want to add one more thing. I forgot to mention the King’s Cross Station scene and the final battle between Harry and Voldemort. In the movies, the battle scene had heavy graphics but, in the book, the scene lasted for just one paragraph. In a weird way, I liked how Voldemort got defeated quickly. I don’t know I had become a HP stan or something, but when I read the climax, the most touching moment for me was the King’s Cross station scene. It follows the epic scene of Neville Longbottom becoming badass and quickly followed by the all-out battle. It was just awesome.

3^rd – The Philosopher’s stone

This is a masterpiece. But I loved the next two books more than this book. That’s why it has placed third. If I have to say a flaw, then the climax was a bit clumsy and childish.

2^nd – The Prisoner of Azkaban

This book has a lot of Nostalgic value for me. Even though I had some issues with the time travel thingy, the epic reveal of Sirius Black and the Patronus scene were a bliss. And this one had the most wonderful and greatest Quidditch match of all time.