I finished the book – well, I finished it last night just before midnight. And there was a lot of it to read. I am glad I read it. In the end the story is left a bit up in the air with trouble and tumlt both present and ahead. We, the reader is left wondering where the story goes from here… Although there are some hints…

Hints is not the right word. It is more some really obvious clues… I cannot say what they are without giving away the story, but lets just say that some of the things that Harry must do in the next story are really really obvious.

In this book, Rowling has been using the pensive a lot to explain things. Interesting plot vehicle. It is a great way of telling the history about things without needing to use any of the normal ‘muggle’ techniques…

The death scene… Well… It was not what I expected really. And it did make sense… I saw why Rowling needed to write it, although I suspect I will not see the full reasoning until the final book comes out. I think that the final book will be bigger than this one. I can almost see it being published in two halves given that she needs to tie together so many story lines, and presumably explain everything.

Anyway I cannot wait for the final book…