OOP Quidditch

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No: HPFGUIDX 62073

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Melinda Leydon 
<melindaleo at m...> wrote:
  I'm
> still in a state of denial over Sirius (No no NOOOOO!) and my heart 
is
> breaking for Harry.....  I'm
> going to get back on this when I pull myself together, but overall, 
the book
> just left me so sad!  Why oh why was Harry left to grieve alone at 
the
> lake (oh my breaking heart).  


I'm glad someone else has said that - I was beginning to think that 
I'm starting to live the books too much and I can't believe how cut 
up I am about Sirius' death and betrayal, and Harry's heartbreak.  
But is anyone else thinking that this is all a bit too much grief and 
heartache? For a children's book, at least. It seems as if the 
picture's so bleak and there's no redemption anywhere - there was 
none of the 'we'll pull together and get through this together' 
spirit of the last book which offset the tragedy. Everyone seems so 
divided. It's hard to see how this could go on in books 6 and 7. Does 
anyone think that there'll be a more positive tone in book 6? I don't 
think I could bear it if there wasn't. I spent the weekend under a 
cloud of depression (after finishing OoP at 3 in the morning...got up 
a 7am with my 4 year old daughter, so the lack of sleep probably 
didn't help). Books 1, 2 and 3 seem like they're from a completely 
different series.
Can't believe I'm already thinking about predictions for book 6 and 7.