Have only started reading the book, did screen the movie as per previous plan of HP 1-5 marathon + HP6. I’m very much taken by how the story has gotten much, much darker – for something I’d (forgive me) hardly any interest when the books came about. Took me years to succumb to reading, but like most once I started I could hardly stop. But that’s a testament to some powerful writing. I take the movies as they are, and especially in this case. No spoilers: But know this, this latest Potter offering ends very sadly, and leaves a heavy feeling in your heart. With things going this badly one can only hope that good triumphs in the end and that the cost is not too great. And now to (re)start on the books, to see just how much they left out in the flicks.