The Lastest - with spoilers

[Barry Arrowsmith]

NO
DOUBT
SPOILERS
REQUIRE
A
BIT
OF
SPACE
AT
THE
TOP
OTHERWISE 
FFA
WILL
RIP
YOUR
LUNGS
OUT.

Well, now - what did you think of that?
What you expected, or not?

Started very promisingly I thought, some serious evil for
a change. And that followed by plenty of action sequences,
yet for all that it seemed to lose a bit of tempo and bite in 
the middle.

And.... didn't like the ending much, all that palaver about
who was the true master of the wand - a bit too much
like a commentary on a game of pass the parcel. From
about p450 on, I could well imagine the shade of old 
Aggie Christie whispering hints on tricksy endings into Jo's
lughole.

Not enough main characters die - and that '19 years later'
Ugh! Grisly.

More considered comments when I've thunk a bit more.  

But overall, first impressions rate it at 6/10.

Which was a bit better than my score on my three main bets:

Possession Theory - nope
Blackwidower/Snape!Son - nothing for sure, though one 
indirect hint that goes against
Puppetmaster!DD - 90% yes

Did better on minor stuff - after the last one:
Sevvy killed DD at his (DD's) request (those that got that one
will be feeling a touch superior to the Snape-ophobes)

and further back, pushed this one about 3-4 years ago:
DD and Sevvy are the best double act in the business and it was
Sevvy's job to keep an eye on Harry.

Gives me an overall of about 4/10, I reckon.
Ah well, can't win 'em all.

Kneasy