[HPforGrownups] OOP: The Death - Spoilers

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rachel Williams Peckham" <rachelwp at attbi.com>
> It's just the opposite for me.  I kept thinking the death was everyone
> but Sirius.  Then when it finally happened, I put the book down and
> cried for 5 minuted before I could continue reading.  I went to bed that
> evening heartbroken.  Sirius was my favorite character.


:(  Poor Rachel - CBBC had an article on the number of broken-hearted readers, as well!  When Arthur was bitten, I was stunned.  I thought, "She actually killed of Mr. Weasley!!!!!"   - I hadn't seen that coming.  On the first reading, Sirius' death left us somewhat bewildered - was he or wasn't he?  But after reading further, DD and Nick seemed to answer that for us.  I read the book aloud to our family, and teared up when Harry imagined Phineas  going from portrait to portrait all over the Black house looking for Sirius.  Isn't that the way it happens with a death IRL?  We wonder around the rooms where the person once was, feeling like they could be just in the next room - but they're gone.  :(

eric_and_lauri