It's probably a good thing that J.K. Rowling is ending her Harry Potter series with Book #7. After all, were she to continue chronicling the life and times of the world's best-known boy wizard, she would be hard-pressed to imbue Harry's later years with the usual myth and magic, especially as he fell into the more mundane, post-Hogwarts routine of real life. As Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times wrote in her review of the final Potter installment, "[Harry Potter and the] Deathly Hallows is, for the most part, a somber book that marks Harry's final initiation into the complexities and sadnesses of adulthood." And it's all downhill from there.
Harry Potter and the Woefully Mediocre College Entrance Exam Scores
Harry Potter and the Mostly Buzzed Semester at Cornwall Community College
Harry Potter and the Satanic Slacker Roommate's Monster Hookah (aka "The Other Goblet of Fire")
Harry Potter and the Soul-Deadening Graveyard Shift at the Covent Garden Kinko's
HARRY IN HIS 30's:
Harry Potter and the Mysterious Allure of the Somewhat Common Coat Check Girl at the Shank & Claw Grill
Harry Potter and the Perilous Prospect of Commitment
Harry Potter and the Jaw-Dropping EPT Results
Harry Potter and the Hastily Planned Shotgun Wedding
Harry Potter and the Order of the Bjorn Media Hutch from Ikea
Harry Potter and the Raging Battle Over the Toilet Seat
Harry Potter and the Shrieking 72 Hours of Back Labor
Harry Potter and the Deadly Diaper Detail
HARRY IN HIS 40's...AND BEYOND
Harry Potter and the Curse of the Creeping Bald Spot
Harry Potter and the Rapidly-Shrinking 900-Square-Foot Flat
Harry Potter and the Terror of the Sub-Prime Mortgage
Harry Potter and the General Contractor from Hell
Harry Potter and the Never-Ending Drive to Euro Disney
Harry Potter and the Dignity-Draining Supervisor Suck-Up
Harry Potter and the Merciless Demons of Downsizing
Harry Potter and the Tequila- and Regret-Filled Hogwarts Reunion
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of OxyContin
Harry Potter and the Witches of Hazelden
Harry Potter and the Crushing Boredom of Early Retirement
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Kidney Stone
Harry Potter and the Early-Bird Special at Chauncey Cohen's Cafeteria Just Off the M5 in West Bromwich
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Assisted Living Facility
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