As an adult I have to suspend so much disbelief to get through these. The world-building is a fucking crime. It's so frustrating. And Harry and Ron and Hermione spend huge swathes of the book mad at each other for dumb reasons and you don't even get much out of the side characters to make up for it. This was much too long for the amount of story it contained, but I can't say I wouldn't have written this much if I had such rabid fans, so I'll let it slide.

Hagrid is the fucking worst. Dumbledore fails Harry again, 4/4, good job. I liked learning more about the Death Eaters. The death at the end was simple and painful and still a gut punch even when you know it's coming.

Thanks again to Dumbledore for the nice summation: "Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory."