#7 will be a tough movie to make, esp. as I’ve heard that the stuff about Neville being an alternate for Harry in the prophecy was removed from film #5, and that is linked to the end of the book. I agree that there was too much crammed in at the end of the cloak and Dumbledore, and I’d add Snape to that list. I think the book will be hard to film because of some odd dramatic choices she made in the narrative–Harry just runs off during the final battle and spends a bunch of time watching the pensieve and Snape’s redemption? Talk about taking you out of the moment. I forget if Yates is the director for the upcoming HP films, but perhaps he’ll find a good way to make that work better than JK did. But if Yates could condense the hugest book into the shortest film, and the film does well, then I don’t think there would be a need for a 2-film ending.

I don’t think there are any spoilers here, but if any other readers fear any information about No. 7, I guess I’d stop here.

It’s weird because you need a lot of 5 and 6 before reading 7. Since I remembered so little about the horcruxes, I knew I really needed to read 6.

You think the Hallows might have come up a little earlier in the series, considering Harry has had the cloak since the beginning. And some of the Dumbledore material, too.

How are they going to make a movie of that? While perhaps you can consolidate some of the camping around Britain, almost every blip action directly leads to something of consequence at the end. Would they consider two movies, like “Kill Bill”?

I didn’t mind the chapter from the parrot’s perspective. They’re very intelligent and verbal, so it wasn’t that much of a stretch for me.

I liked “Final Solution” until the chapter from the parrot’s perspective.

Now I’m charged up to go get “Yiddish Policeman’s Union,” because of another what-if murder mystery — and the fact that I managed to finish a book.

(And kudos to the new look and the return of comments!)