I thought of giving 4 stars out of five but the end of the book makes it up for it. The end was one of the most emotional endings of all that I have read so far. I cried my eyes out I couldn't read anymore. Rowling has an incredible skill in stirring the readers' emotions and opening up their hearts and just pouring her words in. I confess I wasn't sure about it when I first read it but when I finished the whole book, I came to think that the book is really great after all.