Intense Distress

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "erisedstraeh2002"
<erisedstraeh2002 at y...> wrote:
> Not to worry, no OoP spoilers here, because I absolutely, positively, 
> *refuse* to read that Scholastic summary.  Why, oh, why did 
> Scholastic do this to us???  I just can't believe that our beloved 
> JKR approved this - she who goes to such great lengths in interviews 
> and through pre-publication lock-down to avoid having any details 
> released.
> 
> I am intensely distressed.
> 
> Thanks for listening,
> Phyllis

bboy_mn:

So, does this mean you close your eyes during the previews of coming
attractions when you are at the movies? 

This really isn't even a summary, it's more like a teaser. 

It's one paragraphs of three sentences, one paragraph of two
sentences, and three paragraphs of one sentence each, plus a quote of
Dumbledore from the previous book, and a list of four short teaser
phrases; one of which is "...what every student dreads: end-of-term
Ordinary Wizarding Level exams". I don't feel bad giving you this one
because everyone who has ever read the books all ready knows it.

I certainly respect your desire and choice not to read this
imformation, but this is information that was made public by an
official source, the publisher, it's not some secret inside
information about the details of the story. 

Like all teasers, it's enough to wet your appetite, but not enough to
actually feed you anything.

Still it does give away one genuine plot point, plus the one I gave
you above, and the remaining two are vague teasers.

bboy_mn