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The knot in Harry's stomach tightened. If Sirius really was not here, he had led his friends to their deaths for no reason at all...

I will never understand why, sometime during Harry's first conversation with Sirius from Umbridge's fire, Sirius didn't ask Harry why he hadn't used the much safer method of the magical mirror he gave him at Christmas. Or at least admonished him to use it the next time instead of risking breaking into her office again. But, then, that would have solved the final conflict too easily. So stupid/forgetful Sirius it is.

"I should have made my meaning plainer," said Professor McGonagall, turning at last to look Umbridge directly in the eyes. "He has achieved high marks in all Defense Against the Dark Arts tests set by a competent teacher."

Ever since the first time I read this book, I always skip right past Chapter 20, "Hagrid's Tale." Sorry, Hagrid, but I really don't care about what you did and said during your time with the giants, since it doesn't do much at all to move the story forward, either in this book or in the series.

Harry's third detention passed in the same way as the previous two, except that after two hours the words "I must not tell lies" did not fade from the back of Harry's hand, but remained scratched there, oozing droplets of blood.

Something you notice the umpteenth time you read a book: At the end of Chapter 10, Harry has Hedwig in her cage, Ron has Pig in his cage, and Hermione has Crookshanks in her arms when they get into the carriages at the Hogwarts train station. Yet when they get out of the carriage to enter the castle, they go straight into the Great Hall for the feast and sorting and no longer have the animals with them.