Wow. What a ride these books have been. A ride I kind of regret not going on when I was younger; but on the other hand, reading Harry Potter for the first time in my early twenties also has its charms, I suppose. In any case, I'm so glad I decided to read them at all. 
 This isn't going to be a long review, because I've said everything I wanted to say before. I love these books. The pace is perfect, the characters are perfect (exactly because they are all flawed, which makes them so much more realistic), the plot is perfect. The ending was (again) a little rushed in my opinion, but maybe that's just because I get into these books so deeply and then no ending will ever be drawn-out enough to satisfy my curiosity about what happened to all the characters, how they dealt with things, etc.. 
 This is a wonderful book series and I am really happy I finally got to share in the greatness that is the Harry Potter books. Thanks to my friends for persuading me to start reading them.