For me the saddest parts were definitely when Fred died and when Dobby and Hedwig died. First off, Fred was like an older brother to Harry, he had an obvious connection with him and the Weasley Family and for him to lose Fred like that would have tugged at his heartstrings even more, losing all aspects of his "family" (Sirius, Dumbledore ect) is what made me so upset as well me loving his character.

Dobby dying was something that I did not see coming at all. I did not even know that Dobby was going to be returning to the book and then next thing you know, Harry is digging his grave, it was so sad.

And finally Hedwig, someone who has been with him ever since he had found out that he was a wizard, his companion through all those summers where he had to endure the torture of the Dursley's and also without hearing from anyone, so sad when she fell down

This book was very sad, and yet it also had many happy times, but even though it was sad, it needed to be done.

Saddest parts: Fred dying.......I still don't even know what caused that part of the castle to fall apart....Then Harry just sees Lupin & Tonks lying dead next to each other Dobby.....I was shocked, him turning up at all was completely unexpected!.......and then Snape crying in Grimmauld place over Lily's letter....he actually seemed human for once and he didn't deserve to die the way he did, but now Harry knows that he's not a coward. But the worst part was when Harry found out he was a Horcrux..........I was like holding my breath the whole time and literally jumped for joy when it turned out that he was alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But yeah, I would like to know how George feels now that his twin's dead.

I basically cried through the whole book...from the moment that Dudley said, "I don't think you're a waste of space," to the last sentence, "All was well," I was bawling like a baby. Heck, I started sobbing when I opened the book and saw the front flap: "We now present the seventh and final installment in the epic tale of Harry Potter." <Couldn't stop the tears flowing. And, obviously, when I closed the book for the first time (I read it in 12 hours, so I only closed the book once), it was so overpowering, the sadness and the end.

I cried very very hard when Fred saw George without his ear. The fact that Fred was speechless for the first time in his life...I'm a twin. I know what it's like to have that kind of relationship, and almost losing your twin is...there aren't words.

I cried at all of the deaths. How could you not? (Professor Charity Burbage, Hedwig, Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, Dobby the House-Elf, Fred Weasley, Remus John Lupin, Ted Tonks, Nymphadora Tonks Lupin, Colin Creevy. Rest in Peace.

When Harry "died."

When Voldemort told everyone to look at the "dead" Harry, and everyone was in a panic...Hagrid was heartbroken.

Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville painted on Luna's bedroom ceiling.

When Harry saw his parents' graves...and the monument as well as the messages some left on the sign.

I cried about Snape, but I think since I knew he was good, I knew Voldemort would kill him, and I knew he loved Lily, I wasn't as taken aback about it, therefore, I didn't cry as hard as I might have otherwise.

This may be pathetic, but I actually cried when I read all that stuff about Dumbledore's past. That dynamic in the story made me angry...they were angry tears. I HATED that part of the book. I, like Harry, felt deceived about Dumbledore, which I didn't like, so I felt very emotional about it.

Oh, obviously, when Ron and Hermione had their first kiss...I was jumping up and down screaming and smiling to no end...but there were tears dripping everywhere...FINALLY!

When Lupin said he regretted marrying Tonks? I was so angry at him, I was crying...especially when Harry said that no parent should leave their kid unless they had to.

OMG: The best part of the book. When Bellatrix said to give her Hermione, and Ron said, "take me instead!" *Heart melts* And when they were in the dungeon and could hear Hermione being tortured, Ron was writhing and aching against his bonds, screaming her name and sobbing, "HERMIONE! HERMIONE!" I LOVE HIM!

I think I cried most and hardest, though, when Ron left. I was honestly like Hermione in the book. I was sobbing and in shock that he left...and crying even harder when he came back. I LOVE RON! Can we just take a moment to say THANK YOU that JKR didn't kill him?!

Shannon

Let's be honest. I cried before I got my book, while I was reading it, and after I finished.
My eyes got watery when I read the inside of the jacket--> We now present the seventh and final installment of the epic tale of Harry Potter.
I cried, a lot, when Dudley told Harry he was not a waste of space and didn't want to leave him and was grateful for Harry saving his life.
Then when Hedwig died. She had been the only magical thing that had always been with him since his first year at Hogwarts. Harry's reaction was heart-breaking.
When George got his ear blown off. And Fred was speechless. I thought George was going to die.
When we found out Mad-Eye Moody died. I never thought he'd die. And stupid Mundungus Fletcher could have protected him but he fled.
Albus Dumbledore's family story. I felt, like Harry, Dumbledore wasn't what we all thought he was.
When the Ministry fell to Voldemort and they were informed by Kingsley.
Kreacher's Tale, his love for Regulus, and his change of attitude when Harry gave him Regulus's fake locket.
When Ron left Harry and Hermione. I was mostly shocked.
My eyes got watery when Harry visited his parents graves.
Ron coming back and saving Harry's life.
I felt a sort of sadness for Luna when Harry sees his face, Ron's, Hermione's, Ginny's and Neville's painted on her room ceiling.
I felt sad for Draco because I knew he and his parents did not want to be with Voldemort anymore.
Dobby's death was shocking. I never thought he would die. And I started crying when Harry was digging Dobby's grave.
Fred's death was heart-breaking. Percy trying to shield Fred's body, Ron wanting to kill.
Remus and Tonks death. They had left Teddy all alone which reminded me of Harry and how much he had suffered without his parents.
How Harry turned himself in to Voldemort and when he "died".
Reading Dumbledore crying is horrible. It makes me want to cry too. And that was when he was talking to Harry.
Hagrid and everyone else shouting in pain when they thought Harry was dead.
Neville killing nagini. That was sooo brave of him.
Voldermort's death. I wasn't crying because he died. It was tears of joy.
But what made me cry the most and what still makes me cry when I think about it was The Prince's Tale. Poor Sev....he was really Dumbledore's man all along and the love he had for Lily was heart-breaking. At first I was shocked when he died, it was a horrible way to die, but after reading The Prince's Tale I really start crying.
And then at the end when Harry is talking to his son:
"Albus Severus," Harry said quietly so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, "you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew."
I officially love Severus Snape. Saddest book of the series and the best as well.

Snape.
God! I cant believe it.
When he said, "Look.... at... me..." then he looked Harry in the eye, I got the impression that he wants to see Lily through Harry's eyes.
It was just so sad!

yeah.. Thanks JK!

Dobby dying was pretty sad. He was so scared when he got to the dungeon; he was not only in Death Eater territory but his old horrible masters' house too. Yet he still did what Harry asked and even came back knowing full well the risks. What a brave, brave guy. I think Bella should have been crucio-ed a good long while before death.

The other thing that was really sad was Harry wishing he'd brought something to his parents grave and Hermione without even being asked, conjuring up the Christmas roses. It really touched me. And then, them putting their arms around each other and walking out. Conjuring a wreath out of thin air notwithstanding, it seemed like a very normal grieving moment in some non-magical person's life.

Severus dying was the worst. I mean, such a strong character like himself having to go? That really bites.. Voldemort just killed him just to get a wand. Plus, I fancied him. Then after knowing he loved Lily and never got her. What poor luck. I mean, he'd been friends with her since day 1, basically. But she chose James.

Dobby dying was another big one. He was such a helpful character. Always kind, pretty cute. Harry took a big blow when that happened, and seemed to make it worse for the reader.

And when Harry "realized he had to die", that was sad. But at the same time, kind of triumphing because he was willing to sacrifice himself. Not many people would've came out of the castle and stood in front of the Dark Lord. Most would have run off, scurrying far away to find a hiding place for the rest of their life.

The part I cried most was when Harry saw all of the people that had been killed and then saw Lupin and Tonks. Tonks and Lupin were two of my favourite characters, and they just had Teddy.

I cried thru out the book.. All the deaths... I was so happy when everyone showed up in the Room of Requierments to help fight the war. I have a whole new outlook for Sev. Much more Respect.

But I cried the hardest at the end of the whole book... Knowing that there is no more books to come. I am still in shock..

hmm i cried when mad-eye died and then i cried more when dobby died cause i was not expecting him to die and then i cried also when i found out that fred died i mean omg was not expecting that and i also cried some more when snape died so basically i was crying quite a bit through the book but after i finished reading it i was kind of in mourning for all the charries i liked that died

The worst was when Snape died, but all the deaths made me sad. Fred's was the second worst death for me, and I felt really sad that just after Percy came back to his family and started to fight, his brother died in his arms Also when Harry realised that he was going to have to die and when he spoke to his parents, Sirius and Lupin again. And when Harry was visiting his parents graves. I also couldn't bare it when Bellatrix was torturing Herrmione

Is so totally with Shannon!
Thanks Jo, if u'd have killed Ron, everything would have died with him.
I love him so so much too.
Tho Ron acting so suddenly leaving his friends had me by surprise, but that was so like Ron. I loved it when he kept crying HERMIONE HERMIONE!
and their kiss

But the saddest part for me was The Prince's Tale.
My heart goes out for the lil kid Snape <33333
*sniffs* and blows her nose on her sleeve*

The saddest part for me was when Dobby died. I cried and cried and cried. *sob*

yes I cried at Dobby's death too.
Why did he have to die? I cried when harry made his grave....... *sobs*

I gotta say I was not prepared for any of the deaths! I was devisted with them all and rejoiced in those that survived. Several of the deaths came as a complete surprise! Colin Creevey, Dobby and Hedwig especially! Tomks, Remus and even Fred were at least somewhat thought of as possible. There were many parts where I cried and laughed....to find out several of my theories had been right on from the beginning, etc, and eventhe one I had rejected becuase I thought it would have to lead to Harry's death (Harry as a horcrux) ...I never would have guessed the meaning of Deathly Hallows!!!! Thank Rowlng for them so that Harry could appear to die and yet survive in the end! I loved this book and I think it is the best of them all!

when harry was walking to his death of course.

then when george was over freds body, that really got me.

digging dobbys grave was tough

EDIT: also when i found out that snapes patronus was a doe

OMG!!! When could you not have cried in that book.

The top most part that I cried was when Snape died. That was the saddest book. I always had that thing in me that said that Snape was good, and I knew that he was going to die somhow. Tjhen when he did, I burst into tears. And when Harry saw Snapes memory, that made me cry even more. It was all very sad.

At the part where Hermione was caught by Bellitrix and Ron kept on saying "Take me instead" and all of that stuff, that made me cry a little. You could really tell that he loved her.

When Ron and Percy were trying to take care of Freds body when he died. That was really sad. I didn't want a weasley to die as much as i didn't want any of one of the trio to die.