BPoM*

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 179799

Mike wrote:
>
> *Best Piece of Magic
> 
> What was the Best Piece of Magic JKR put in the books?
> 
> Not necessarily the strongest, but it could be. It can be a spell, a
potion, a magical object, or some magical rule/result. Whatever
strikes your fancy. <snip>

Carol responds:

For me, it's Snape's final act of wandless magic--causing memories to
flood out of his head as he's dying so that Harry can not only receive
that crucial message from Dumbledore but also finally understand who
Snape really is. Amazing and wholly unanticipated, at least by me.

Second best is Snape's splendid Patronus even though I think it
represents an idealized Lily rather than Lily as she's represented in
the books.

Carol, who can't think of a worst bit of magic at the moment but does
find it annoying that the magic (e.g., Apparition) isn't described
consistently (and why would a Shrinking Solution turn Trevor into a
tadpole rather than a smaller toad? It's not a Youth Potion!)