I spent the time inbetween this book and the last preparing myself to say goodbye to certain characters that I expected to die in this book. So Severus's death, while sad, did not effect me the same way as some of the others.

Moody upset me because he was a favorite of mine and because, as stated, he seemed the eternal survivor. Fred was shocking and sad, because he'd been so full of life...and Tonks and Remus was whole disheartening to me. Their deaths really knocked me back for a moment.

But Rawling did her job. She kept me tuned in and turning pages...for a whole six hours. ;)