They have some detail terribly wrong...

[peter_jacobi.rm]

No: HPFGUIDX 103449

I've started a new thread, as it wouldn't fit 
anymore under "The Longbottom's secret message".

Allison Denny <allisonblair at g...> wrote:
[...]
> Harry and co. have found a "bad guy" (or at least an evil 
> plan of some sort) in every book, and they go to great 
> lengths to foil him, but in every book they have some 
> detail terribly wrong.
[...]
> In PoA, Harry thinks Sirius has betrayed his parents and 
> is coming to kill him. He hates Sirius and is almost 
> willing to kill him in the  Shrieking Shack, but it turns 
> out that Sirius was always loyal and did everything within 
> his power to protect Harry. 
[...]
> In GoF, no one suspected that Moody was really Crouch and 
> was planning to deliver Harry to Voldemort.

I'd like to concentrate on these two books, as I've found
me most disturbed by these turns of events. 

Perhaps I'm just not a carefull enough reader (and reading the
german translation doesn't help either), but what about any
clues to the reader of these outcomes? In PoA, there is some
clue, as the intruder in the sleeping room doesn't kill Ron, 
right?

But what about Mad Eye? Was there a hint I missed? I feel the 
reader has the "right" to get some hint, however subtle it is.
After the great revelation the reader should be able to say:
"I should have known!"

Regards,
Peter Jacobi