the end of GoF

[Kathy]

No: HPFGUIDX 8313

> well, this may be cruel, but I wasn't in shock at all, I just 
thought
> "that's it??" .
> 
> In some way I WANTED it to be someone important who dies, after all 
the
> noise that was made about it at the time...
> 
> Maya

I felt exactly the same way!  In fact, I kept reading on pins and 
needles because I wasn't sure Ron was safe until the last page.  (I 
was halfway convinced he would be run over by the Hogwarts Express at 
the very end.)

Kathy (who still fears for Ron)