No. It was too much of a shock the first time. It is not written for crying. It is written for impact.



Can thestrals only be seen by magical people who have seen death? Because if not, landing in the middle of London is a bit of a risk.


I love how they get badges with their names and "Rescue Mission".

The rotating room: I like how the room rotates around them, rather than the floor rotating. It is so impossible. Very magical.

The brain room: I am trying to figure out the significance of Ron being suffocated by thought. It seems … ironic, somehow.

The room with the veil: I take it the people who can hear the voices are the same as the people who can see the Thestrals?

The room of time: It is interesting to see where the device Hermione had in book 3 comes from. The cabinet with the hourglasses/time-turners

The planet room: do you think Luna actually blew up the real Pluto? Is that why it is no longer a planet?

I have much the same reaction to smashing Prophecies as I have when I read in the new MI6 history book that they routinely destroyed documents. The historian in me cringes and wants them to pay for it. Ok, so it saves their lives… but!


I find it very strange that Bellatrix refers to Sirius as "the Animagus Black".