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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storminator" data-source="post: 979294" data-attributes="member: 305">I thought it was a very satisfying book, too bad I got in late on the discussion.I LOVED Harry's portayal in OotP. My son is 15, and it read so true. The poorly handled frustration, which goes wrong wether bottled up or released, the fundamental incompetence with girls, the shock of a heavy course load, the bitching at friends, the irrational outbursts... I've seen it all this year. Rowling really writes to the age of Harry brilliantly.Umbridge was classic. Slowly insinuating her way in to Hogwarts, thoroughly hateable, not a Death Eater, she's a great change-up villian.After Sirius died in the big battle, I was still trying to figure out which character was going to die. LOL! I thought it was cleverly done. The repercussions of his death seemed to stretch out a long time, and I thought that added depth to the grief scenes. I thought Dumbledore's explanation was a great way to cover the fact that you can't say your main character has to kill or be killed in a kids story. It's only once the readers grow up that the characters become old enough to learn the truth. PS</blockquote>