OOP: The Death - Spoilers

[fordy_the_hobbit]

No: HPFGUIDX 63123

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rachel Williams Peckham" 
<rachelwp at a...> wrote:
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> All I know is that the death was empty for me. Harry's 
> reaction was very realistic and one of the saddest parts of the 
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> 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 
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> evening heartbroken.  Sirius was my favorite character.
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> rachelwp
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I agree with EJ; I never got much feeling for that much closeness 
between Harry and Sirius. That may not be helped that I haven't read 
the first four books for a while and the fact I've rushed a bit 
though OOP, but Harry's reaction seems very strong. This is also not 
helped by the suddenness and uncertainty of Sirius's death; Firstly, 
only a few paragraphs separate Sirius laughing at Bellatrix and his 
complete disappearance. Secondly we are not told specifically the 
curse which Bellatrix puts on Sirius; Harry seems to think he will be 
all right, but behind the curtain. Lupin (?) tells Harry that Sirius 
is dead, but is this just because he has fallen into (presumably) an 
area where Ministry wizards are investigating death (while still 
alive, not through death?). I'm still not sure Sirius will not be 
back in a later book, either if we find out he never really died, or 
because the wizards will do more research or something

Peter