OOP: The Death - Spoilers

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> ----- Original Message ----- 
:(  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.  :(
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> eric_and_lauri

me:

I didn't cry on the first read.  I was too stunned to react.  But 
when I re-read the book last night and got to the part where Sirius, 
as a dog, said goodbye to Harry at Platform 9 3/4, sigh, Niagara 
Falls.

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