i've just read 4 pages of this thread and no ones has griped about the thing that bothered me the most about this book...
the new DaDA teacher. she was a fricken nazi! i had to put the book down several times because she made me so mad (the detention, qudditch and all the rules).
i was kinda suprised about Sirius death. i knew the some one was going to die, but i thought it was a main charecter.
i think that harry's moodiness is just teenage boy-ness with all of this dumped on him.
i also think that it's going to be a Harry/Ginny Ron/Hermione world
I've heard that JK is going to do 2 books after the 7 years at Hogwarts. 1 about what happens to every one in the future and one about the times when Harry's parents and them were in school. that would be awesome of her to do that.
oh if any one wants to share thier fanfic, let me know. i've started writing one, and i like to read them too...
btw im 42% obsessed with Harry Potter