#chapterthirtyone is bookended with two tremendous losses--controversial deaths in the Potter universe that split readers. It's a war and people must die for realism. It's how they die that matters. Fred goes quickly, early and his mourning happens much later. Snape dies ironically, sacrificially, without honour, which is restored, also much later. But the battle itself--spiders, desks, giants and plants. What a thing to behold.
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In desperation, I picked this sweet picture of Umbridge, but only because I know what's coming for her. #welldeserved she's not sweet. She's clever, power hungry and thinks she's doing the right thing. Once again we are saved by Hermione's quick but desperate thinking.
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I love all the testing details here. They could easily have been left out, or the whole drama about to happen could have stopped them like they been in previous years, but I am glad Rowling put them in and in so much detail. Good to see that Harry didn't blitz them all. That wouldn't have been realistic at all.
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I had forgotten about this part of the third task. Harry's time in the maze is relatively easy and we now know why this is the case. The chapter ends on a cliff-hanger and most of us would be unable to stop reading. The next few chapters devastated the Potter community when The Goblet of Fire was first released. It remains one of the most poignant moments of the series. #getonwithit
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