Hmmm, looks like I haven't posted in a while. Must be because I was one of those folks who waited in line at midnight last Friday to get a copy of the new Harry Potter book. Well, I finished it today during lunch. Wanna know who dies? 
If I said Voldermort, would you be surprised? What if I said Harry? What if I said Snape? Yeah, if any of these afore mentioned characters die in book 7 it still isn't as big of a surprise as Dumbledore dying in book 6.
It's a good book and it is a good series. Not quite a Lord of the Rings, and no closure like what Return of the King had. They just don't make them (or should I say "write them") like they used to. Overall it is a good story and a good read, and I did like it more than I liked the Narnia series.