Harry Potter reading finale: will I finish this series or will this series finish me? 🥴 📚

[@khalilahd.]

Poor sound quality, the CHAPEST of chapped lips and my lights coming down?!! Yeah ya girl was going through it 😔😭

[@loreofherownstory]

Why do you sound like that did something happen to the audio

[@lavanyasingh6516]

your raw emotions made it a 100 times better🤍

[@betz5359]

No! This is a quality video!!! Love the personality and shenanigans coming thru 🙌

[@ReaderandWriter.]

You and Dobby fighting for the same thing: freedom and to have a life. 😂

[@khalilahd.]

I am Dobby and dobby is me

[@kellymanfredini3835]

You need a grief sock gift 🎁 🧦

[@dbooknerd]

😂😂😂😂

[@ReaderandWriter.]

The first 6 books, a death here and there and that 7th book just DUMPED the bodies.

[@ArtemisWasHere]

Rowling: “oh so you say there’s not enough stakes because no one important dies? *how bout I kill half the cast then hmmmm?* “

[@saharsandoqa5571]

No that's not true they dumped the bodies and in total 157 ppl died in Harry potter 😢😢😢

[@eniev.d8192]

I understand it’s sad but that’s the reality of war sadly…

[@StellaBezemer]

GIRL!!!!!!!! GWOORRLLL!!!! I just finished book 6 TODAY. I'm about to start 7... I'm scared. The not being able to read anything else is SO real, I'm not usually a series girlie but I've literally been wanting to read nothing else since I started. At first I tried picking up different books in between but soon enough it was all abandoned mid-read to get back to Harry Potter. The chokehold is real. What a time to be alive. Reading HP for the first time. We'll never have this experience again, I love it here and I'll never be the same

[@StellaBezemer]

Update. I finished just now and went back to finish your vlog. I feel you so bad girl. The cries I crode for the entire last quarter of this book were just something else. Damn what a journey

[@whitneyw298]

I am actually about to start the Harry Potter series for the first time😅 I never got into it growing up so it’s TIME 🎉

[@zozodioz]

Omg yay have fun!

[@LucasShrock]

Have u started???

[@overwatchnoob_]

how was it?

[@filipa_unbanned]

Omg Khalilah kudos to you for finishing the series! Literally one of my fav fantasy series EVER

[@patriciakeagan9410]

No worries on the breakdown. You are so allowed. What is life without them. I am so glad you enjoyed the series. You are so awesome. Love you lots.

[@AsuraSantosha]

When I read these books as a kid/teen, I hated how JK Rowling seemingly killed off some of our favorite characters FOR NO REASON. Then, after I had kids, I reread the series (to my daughter). She lost interest in the 4th book, because I might have started her too young. Anyway, I finished the series without her. And as an adult, I geuss as an older adult and parent. As a person who has lost people, parents, grand parents, friends in senseless ways, I get it now. The deaths feel senseleas but thats the point. Death is always senselss. And WAR is senseless. And grief spares no one. And you touched on this, but it all feels cruel. The fact that JK made you feel that through her fiction, means she wrote it WELL. That is death and loss. And how amazing is it that this story gave you such a real life feeling and experience? I have some issues with the Harry Potter series now, but I can't say Rowling doesn't have talent. Even though she has some big flaws too. In lots of ways from her writing in the series and her actions as a cultural icon and her management of her franchise, but all that is a rant for another day.

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

No this is true. To quote hamilton "death doesn't discriminate" and that truth, that grief, will never make sense.

[@lorr123x]

I remember reading the final book when it came out I was in secondary school. It really got me into reading it was the first series I was obsessed with. My dad wasn’t very well at the time, he eventually died when I was 23. I found reading the series great escapism. Grief is a very interesting topic and I love how jk wrapped it up in the final book. Life is bitter sweet but still worth the ride. Our brief moment in the sun 💫❤

[@gwenellison5386]

Harry Potter holds a special place in my heart. My eldest son and I would go get the newest book on release day and then when the movies came out we saw them in the theatre on opening day. I read each one of the books to him at night before bed and we had the best time with them. I'm happy to see how much you embraced the story and let yourself get into it. =)

[@WriterlyReads]

The way she started sobbing HARDER 😂💔🥹😅 9:12

[@khalilahd.]

She was going through it 😔

[@freeformknits6338]

Khalilah: There's no way she's taking more people from me! Me, knowing full well you got at least 3 more deaths ahead of you: 👀 No but your intro is exactly why I love fantasy series- you get the characters for longer and it feels like you are apart of it! (and you lose you life as you said but small price to pay lol)

[@TashaxMack]

Your reaction to reading the last book was mine as well. That book was traumatic for me, I read it when it first came out, and never picked it up again tbh because i still haven’t healed from it lmao.

[@Mackenzielai]

the emotions that you went through were so real, at 12:20 mins when you said if we got trauma reading as a kid and YES yes we did the series tore me to pieces as a kid

[@eimere]

This books are just talking about love and death, from the very beginning. ❤ Such a joy watching your journey, it made me remember my first time reading them as they were published, i was just the perfect age, i grew up with Harry.

[@Tonitalksbooks333]

YOU ma’am are killing me!!! Not the “Surviving Harry Potter”!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@khalilahd.]

Documentary coming soon 😭

[@Tonitalksbooks333]

@@khalilahd. 🤣🩷

[@dianaisme]

It's been so fun to follow you on this journey. These books, this world, these characters are everything

[@TSShay]

I read Harry Potter as a kid/teen and have reread them several times since then. I know the stories inside and out, I've binged your Harry Potter videos these past couple days and have loved them! But girl! You had me bawling with you. This really brought back all those first emotions I had with this story. When you said "They're such good kids!" 😭😭😭 floodgates with you!

[@itsamina]

okay okay okay you've convinced me! i gotta read the harry potter series now

[@khalilahd.]

Good luck! It is not for the weak 😭😭

[@anasofiaaceves]

Girl, you did it! And went through it! Sending hugs and magical vibes ✨️

[@khalilahd.]

🫶🏽💕

[@gabgiz21]

You are so lucky to have been able to read the series without knowing the story before. I would LOVE to be able to go back to the first time reading it.

[@vitokorunic3761]

Umm, the Cursed Child movie is not happening. What is happening is a complete reboot of the series in the form of a seven-season long show, one season for each book. Coming in 2026.

[@Kath-t1l]

One thing, that made me sob as hard as the Harry Potter Books, was not a book, but some series. 1. Came out last year... it's a remake (Live Action) of the manga and anime One Peace on Netflix. 2. Stranger Things, season 4, 3. Orange is the new black. But Harry Potter is the best though

[@Clara-o9z]

Is it just me bc after watching her vids it makes me productive. Likeeeee💅

[@shateramcnair436]

literally same!

[@karenchipley3481]

And when you're done, you just want to re-read them again.

[@khalilahd.]

Exactly 😭😩 WHEN WILL IT END?!

[@lavanyasingh6516]

It was lovely watching your reaction. Please make another video where you either rank your favorite books of this series or give a brief review about each one basically a spoiler version where you discuss your favorite parts.

[@AlexAlex98324]

You should totally check out the theory about Neville being the chosen one. It will flip your world!

[@OKSooo_TV]

I read these books as a young adult with no prior knowledge of the storyline. I didn’t want to read them but the first book was left in the employee cafeteria and I had finished my own book sooo. Fast forward and I reacted just like you did!!! It was so enjoyable watching someone else go through the feels like I did. I ended up reading them aloud to my entire family (mom, older sister and her two kids as well as cousins). These are family faves now.

[@nikki.ha9]

So glad you survived the series and liked the books! I definitely remember my parents being so confused at why I was sobbing and distraught while readinf the 7th book

[@khalilahd.]

Haha yeah nobody tells you how rough the last one is 😭

[@jenndflash]

I was waiting for the Mrs. Weasley mention. ❤️❤️❤️

[@pretentioussunshine]

Harry Potter was actually the first franchise to split the last book into two movies, which in my opinion made sense because you can very easily split it into two arcs. Twilight or the Hunger Games copied the concept because money😃

[@victoriakohler627]

Every time you cry, I start crying with you ❤❤💔💔💕 That description of grief was so accurate, immediately reminded of when my grandpa died and after being in the ER with him for probably hours, we were all expected to go celebrate my other grandmas birthday. Totally surreal. I remember I had forgot her birthday at that point and then thought, “he died on the same day someone else was born.”

[@Catsandhorses]

I’m on the first book… now I’m very scared for the rest of the series

[@Eleonora-x8r]

I feel that girl! I was soo attached to these books, they were so magical and these characters were everything! I definitely had some good cries because of this series ♥️🥺

[@ReaderandWriter.]

Neville is a boss!

[@mickyinwonderland9020]

I totally recommend the dramatized audio books with music and sound effects from TLC Audiobooks (TLC- The Leaky Cauldron) They make the books absolutely incredible! The spider part in the Forbidden Forest is actually scary but so good! I've listened to the entire series over 10 times and it's so great, it has ruined any other audio books for me so I start over again about once a year 😆

[@AymYu2024]

1:49 was my most relatable childhood memories from reading this book. Freak, to the point my mom even asked me why I was still awake so late at night (I was in grade school this time, 5th grade?* and by 9 I was supposed to be asleep already). This was what was going through my head… “One more chapter, one more chapter (then each chapter got so long and I just got more addicted..” The effect these books had on me. Whew. 🫶🫶👌🏽🫶🫰Harry Potter was addiction in my childhood days. How I wish I could go back.! 😭😭🥺📚💗📖💖

[@ReaderandWriter.]

Narcissa deserves an award, go, mom!

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

NOOOOOO YOU CRYING MADE ME REMEMBER MY GRIEFFFFFFF I'VE BEEN COPING SO HARD READING FANFICS THAT I COMPLETELY FORGOT CERTAIN PEOPLE ACTUALLY DIEDD 😭😭😭😭

[@ellarose8696]

Thank you for letting us relive our childhoods 🥹

[@keymo9480]

I literally threw my book mad about Fred when I first read it. I HATED her. 😂😂😂

[@souffoue]

Way to go!! I’ve loved watching your videos of reading this series. They are fabulous books. I Need to reread them.

[@Noidea9999]

the roller coasters of emotions you had in that video !!lmfaoo !! I remember reading THAT scene, abou this death, while I was working, had to swallow my tears because a costumer came in*. I wasn't anxious fr harry potter bc i saw the movies, so i knew who wouldn't make it. But, the last book that i was soooo anxious about reading was, six crows, i wanted so bad to know what was going to happen, but i was sooo anxious lmfaoooo

[@khalilahd.]

The way this book will be the topic of my next therapy session isn’t even funny

[@Noidea9999]

@@khalilahd. jk rowling better pay for ur next therapy session !

[@MiFu18]

I grew up with the story of Harry Potter, the first two books I read after watching the films, but from the third onwards, I felt the anxiety of reading the book and having to wait months for the film and the next book, and that was really an adventure , I remember the book Deathly Hallows, I got so excited that I was not able to wait for the book translated into Portuguese (my first language) to be released and to buy the book, so I downloaded a PDF in English and spent the night reading, then I went to school very sleepy, went home again and started reading again until morning, at that time I didn't have a notebook or tablet so I took the computer screen and put it on my lap to read, my English was horrible (not that it's good nowadays) but it was really cool, I ended up enjoying it to study English.

[@aminaobrazhda8103]

One of the books that made me feel this way is Queen by Jacqueline Willson and my grandma died aswell so that book the charectar i connected so much so i get you girl and btw congrats on 100k keep going i love you and your the whole reason of becoming a reading thank you so much. 💓 ps i also started on the harry potter series xx

[@JoyGrise]

I loved this video. I most liked your take on the 6th movie. I absolutely LOVE the Harry Potter books. I always despised that movie because it least resembles the story in the book and of all the movies but your view on the acting and the craft of the children, I will be a little more openminded about it.

[@AlexAlex98324]

Have you ever seen the Minalima editions of the first three books? Minalima are the people who designed all the paper stuff (newspapers, candy boxes, magazines, posters) that appear in the movies and they have released the most gorgeous and fun Harry Potter books!

[@n0tkeyaa]

12:11 i read the hp series in the second grade 😭 i had a HUGE obsession i knew every single detail, read the series multiple times, and watched the movies so much

[@RuthEeeey]

I was in high school when this book was released and I STILL remember how chapter 31 made me feel 😢

[@keymo9480]

🫂🫂

[@Asia82116]

I finished watching the Harry Potter movies for the millionth time 😂 You inspired me to read the books! Never read them. Just started book #2.

[@Elizabethcrossley-r3b]

I've never read the Harry Potter series, but I loved your energy at the start. I feel for you girl. Love your content btw! Your videos always make me so happy and motivate me to read as well. I hope things go good :)

[@latoyaw9102]

😂you should definitely consider being in theatre.😂😂

[@khalilahd.]

A solid plan B if KZbin doesn’t work out 😅

[@latoyaw9102]

@@khalilahd. 😂 yes definitely

[@bookish110]

Best. Intro. Ever. That's all I have to say folks

[@AngieLovesyou7337]

i remember reading the last book and crying my eyes out back in 2010. My mom was trying to make me feel better and my dad was holding my hand, i was 13 years old 😭

[@PowerInYourCurl]

That’s so sweet ❤❤

[@wordlawsl]

Waiting for the day you discover the fanfics 😏

[@khalilahd.]

Stop. I can’t take anymore 😭

[@in_dreamlands]

I understand your feelings so much I haven't read Harry Potter yet, but there are series in which I was that emotional as you. And I thought that it is not normal to show your full emotions while reading due to the sayings of other people. But looking at you I thought that I am not alone. Thank you for such videos❤️

[@Luv_aarya]

Since you like the Harry Potter series, I would recommend the keepers of the lost cities series. It fantasy. I loved it. I hope you read the kotlc series!

[@menucharachelt6665]

24:46 You go girl ❤❤❤

[@menucharachelt6665]

MY ANGEL!!! I'M HERE FOR YOU GIRL ❤❤❤❤❤😭😭😭😭😭😭😥😥😥😥😥😢😢😢🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@dobetterwithchristian4472]

That intro was hilariously unhinged, but now I just want to give you a hug. ❤

[@shante9700]

I was jogging listening to book 7 and literally stopped to sob 🫗

[@amberspade15]

oo i’m super excited to watch girl!👏🏽💗

[@menucharachelt6665]

Im crying with you!!! FRRRRREEEEEDDDDD!!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@leahl442]

Cursed Child is... not good. It wasn't even written by J.K. Rowling!! I refuse to accept it as canon. You´re better off reading HP fanfiction

[@baileyy1_3]

So real this was my reaction with Fred 💀 like sobbing my face was stained like it was bad

[@khalilahd.]

right because there was literally no reason for that 😭

[@latricerebec]

I saw the movies and then read the book and still feeling emotional that you’re experiencing this for the first time. 😢

[@jennyluu9154]

This is exactly how I felt and couldn’t go on with life until I finished the series. Girl I finished it for the first time four months ago AND I STILL THINK ABOUT THIS NO OTHER SERIES COMPARES

[@HannahlovesStories]

I have loved Harry Potter since I was a kid so it has been so fun watching you read Harry Potter for the first time! Have you ever read Eragon? I heard so much about that one when I was younger and just started it for the first time… it’s so good! I would highly recommend!

[@ashleyesabajan]

I’m currently reading this series with me 10 year old son. We are on the 3rd book but I’m so invested in this books! I’m not looking forward to the 7th book😢

[@ANJwriter]

I would love to see a travel vlog of you going to Universal Studios to see the Harry Potter Park 🏰 🐉

[@powgeekooo]

Giiiiirl I remembered myself breakingdown when I saw you started to cry. 😭 it brings back the feelings when I read it the first time. 😅 I feel you girl, I feel you. 🥲

[@Thebookishgio]

Girl, this literally brings me back to my youth. The first read is so much to process. Hang in there. The finale is worth it. 🪄

[@menucharachelt6665]

14:19 I feel you , when my grandfather passed away I felt H.O.R.R.I.B.L.E btw Love you ❤❤❤❤

[@ning._.33333]

I remember the moment after reading chapter 31. I was 17 something and I literally couldn’t take it. 😭😭😭

[@beingmartina]

I read the first book of Harry Potter last year and after watching this video I want to finish the whole saga. After everything you are stronger now 😂

[@FrancescaMulvey]

Hey Khalilah! On the ages you mentioned it's more likely that readers were Harry's age when the book came out as most of the series' readership grew up with the characters and I imagine parents today because of the themes of the latter books wouldn't let their 12\13 year olds read them at that age but will probably depend on the parent and/ or their child's emotional maturity? I could be wrong on that last bit though🙂

[@camillewalters9521]

Great reading vlog. Also apparently there are two versions of the Harry Potter books, the Wizarding version and the Muggles version. So if you wanted to "ride the high" you could read the other version. 💕

[@rachelbolick]

I used to watch/read chat room stories on KZbin of Harry Potter and twilight and I felt this addiction to them. I had to finish the series of episodes of that chat room just to break the addiction. 😢 I love hearing about your viewpoints on the 7th book of Harry Potter. I haven’t read the Harry Potter books yet and I feel like it will be too emotional trauma for me. 😢

[@flippinpages6550]

The kids in the movie had never acted before, Who cares, they learned and stuck with it. Everyone was on a learning curve in the beginning. You should try to love it for what it is. Keep judgement to a minimum and be entertained. Everyone was doing the best they could....

[@cherrypiits]

i also read the series for the first time this year as a 25 y/o, and watching you go through allll the same emotions i went through was incredible 😂

[@khalilahd.]

Haha glad someone gets it 😅🩷

[@Everything_Isla]

Khalilah: Imagine kids - like 12, 13 - imagine the emotional GRIEF they went through while reading this! 7 (very nearly 8) year old me reading the books for the first time(all the movies were out, but i hadn't watched them) in my life and seeing each character slowly die: 😗😑 Khalilah as a grown 4$$ woman: 😰😰😰😰😥😥😥😭😭😭😭😭😢😢😢😢😱😱😱😱😖😖😖😖😖

[@lela1002]

14:15 that's EXACTLY how I felt when my grandpa passed! I was so angry at the world for just... going on

[@HeidzReadz]

The Cursed Child is soooooo bad. I am a massive Harry Potter fan and that isn't it.

[@ruqayahhazari]

Now that you've finished reading Harry Potter, you have to read + watch the Fantastic Beasts series!!! It's so good😍❤

[@davidjuson5608]

I was tempted to proclaim: "methinks the lady doth protest too much", but you dragged me in -- and I read the Deathly Hallows the day it was published. The biggest surprise was when you didn't stop for an extended rant when Harry "saw the mouth move and a flash of green light, and everything was gone." I threw the book across the room -- and I was in my 60s. Thanks for that. It was compelling. I wish I had it on my CV. Hemm, something similar, only befitting my great age and sex.

[@lavanyasingh6516]

You and Harry Potter are my favv❤

[@khalilahd.]

🥹🫶🏽

[@ncanwesha6c13]

You're not the only one, girl.After the 5th book death, I really couldn't hold it together. Like, it's middle of the night and I'm crying for a fictional character who isn't even real. After I told my friends, they were like, "Whoa, girl. Are you Sirius?" (Sorry, couldn't resist it) They just couldn't believe it.

[@KobeLincoln-us3uu]

Book tube is too narrow for your talent . Be an actress. You are hilarious!

[@khalilahd.]

Haha Maybe one day!

[@s-wo8781]

I actually liked the first three movies the most. They stayed closer to the source material. I hated the rest. I was the same age as Harry when the final book came out and I remember everyone on the internet debating who all was going to die including Harry.

[@Riveronmars]

You should also watch the Curse Chuld play on Broadway, it is amazing!!

[@elizabethnelson1910]

If you did a separate vlog for each book of the series I would totally watch. Reread the series lol.

[@khalilahd.]

Haha I might have to!

[@Michaela_GB]

I think most of the people who are watching have read the books or watched the movie. I would love to see you actually speak without the spoiler censors.. welcome to the club, this is the potterhead initiation

[@SiR_Rollins]

Khalilah: They already took someone, they can’t possibly take someone else. Me: Ohhh you poor sweet summer child. 🫣😔

[@khalilahd.]

The way I played myself 🥲

[@Rara-hx2kh]

I cried as well when he the all powerful died 😭😭 My sister and I had a 4-day HP movie marathon to end off 2023, and i still told her oh no way he's*actually* dead, that's just a rouse to throw the bad guy/people off.. but oh how WRONG i was 🤧😭😭😭😫 to this day, it still hurts like a MF 😔💔💔😭😭😭 New subbie! 🤗🤍

[@Stephanie.lewis58]

Now you make me want to finish the series! I’m on book 4

[@Savannah-gl3st]

Omg girl its sooo sad i am on the deathly hallows page 674 😭😭😭😭stay strong

[@mbranche4234]

Peaves, Snape and Dobby... my favorites!

[@shalidarenee84]

“…the acting was in lowercase?” 😂

[@bobtausworthe]

"out of nowhere"??? Neville?Every book he has grown. And based on what we've learned from what Professor Trelawney said, it makes sense.

[@BookDiarieswithTye]

And this was a kid book the emotions it brings out of you as an adult can you imagine if you was a child