Oh. My. God. You and i seem to almost 100% agree on a book. Good lord, i thought such a day would never come!!

SPOT ON about Tonks. Oh, i wanted to love her so much. Curse you, Rowling!! [shakes fist]

And i was glad that Hermione's SPEW thing actually *went* somewhere and wasn't just a youthful "fight the system!" thing. Tho' Hermione has been saying since at least book 4 that "she wants to do some good in the world." Maybe i should have taken her at her word.

I've posted my thoughts over in the newsgroup, if you're curious.