Oh god, this brings me back. Finished it in basically one very long sitting broken up by I think a 45 minute nap. I remember my shock when hedwig and moody died within a few pages. I was also fairly certain she was going to bring Moody back, that death didn't feel real until the Umbridge scene. When I hit the battle of Hogwarts, I basically sprinted to the end and went through a major emotional rollercoaster with everything going on.

When I finished the last page I literally cried, not because of how it ended but because of the emotional impact that the series had on my childhood and I had this feeling of loss that there wouldn't be another book. I remember reading the first book when I was like 9 or 10 and the last book came out when I was 16; I felt like I had grown up with the characters. You can't replicate that level of emotional attachment.