Reading the Same Book as a Different Person: The Man Who Couldn't Be Loved

As a child, I celebrated Voldemort's defeat. As an adult, I found myself pitying a man who spent his entire life pushing love away. In the final installment of my Harry Potter reread, I reflect on Voldemort's loneliness, Snape's complicated legacy, Harry's greatest act of selflessness, and what seven books taught me about the person I've become.