HBP Review in Globe and Mail / next deaths

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 135630

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" <delwynmarch at y...> 
wrote:
*****Yes, but what if it *doesn't*? See, THAT is what I am afraid of: 
that
Snape will be shown to be a very simple character, who either always
worked for LV or simply always played both sides for his own
advantage, and in both cases DD was simply *wrong* to trust him. I'm
afraid that we might discover that DD had NO good reason to trust
Snape, that he did it only because he believed in giving second
chances. I'm afraid to discover that Snape is nowhere as complex as I
think he is, and that DD's death is exactly what it looks like: Snape
finally either showing his true colours or choosing his side.
*********

I just can't imagine Dumbledore being SO WRONG about Snape.  He met Tom 
Riddle at the age of 11 and he knew - KNEW! - even then that this was 
not a person to be trusted.  So after knowing Snape for how many years 
now, he could be so wrong as to not realize that this was a person 
capable of murdering him???  That would be SO disappointing.

As an aside - of course he had to be the one to die.  Nobody else would 
make sense at this point.  The hero goes on alone.

But which major character will die in the next book?  I came to the 
awful realization today that in addition to Snape (a given, in my 
opinion, regardless of which side he's on) it's going to have to be one 
of the children.  Not Ron or Hermione, please, please!!  Maybe a more 
minor character like Luna or Neville?  :(  This scares me because I was 
right about the deaths in OOtp and HBP....


Allie
(and if it's Ron, the wrath and grief of the Potter fans will be 
Greater and More Terrible than Ever it Was...)