Lady Sybil will also be time-displaced from the early 20th century, so she and Steve have something in common.

Lady Sybil will also be time-displaced from the early 20th century, so she and Steve have something in common.

No, they are.  It's a flying broomstick, but it's still affected by gravity, wind, other physical forces.  It has physical limits in how it works and how much it can hold, just like any aircraft.  We've been told a magic carpet, for instance, has far greater capacity than a broom.

No, they are.  It's a flying broomstick, but it's still affected by gravity, wind, other physical forces.  It has physical limits in how it works and how much it can hold, just like any aircraft.  We've been told a magic carpet, for instance, has far greater capacity than a broom.

If anything, at the time, I recall it being generally regarded as a step up from the last season or two.

If anything, at the time, I recall it being generally regarded as a step up from the last season or two.

That season is generally very well-liked.

That season is generally very well-liked.

How are either of those breaches of the rules, or cheats?  The former is Hermione making her parents harder to find, and there's nothing to suggest in HP that wizards can instantly locate anyone they want, and quite a lot suggesting the opposite.  Broomsticks have magic to enable them to fly, but they're still…

How are either of those breaches of the rules, or cheats?  The former is Hermione making her parents harder to find, and there's nothing to suggest in HP that wizards can instantly locate anyone they want, and quite a lot suggesting the opposite.  Broomsticks have magic to enable them to fly, but they're still…

There really aren't any sex "scenes"; they're never the subject of more than a line of description.

There really aren't any sex "scenes"; they're never the subject of more than a line of description.

Well, the polling would suggest at least some people are.

Well, the polling would suggest at least some people are.

The book retains Rowling's talent for plot construction, as well as her tendency from the earlier series to satirize the middle class (here done a lot less whimsically, though the sexually frustrated wife who gradually becomes obsessed with her daughter's One Direction-ish favourite band is consistently funny).  And,…

The book retains Rowling's talent for plot construction, as well as her tendency from the earlier series to satirize the middle class (here done a lot less whimsically, though the sexually frustrated wife who gradually becomes obsessed with her daughter's One Direction-ish favourite band is consistently funny).  And,…

I've got about 100 pages to go, but so far there hasn't been any real descriptions of sex beyond a line or so that it happened.  Nothing nearly enough to qualify for the Bad Sex Award.

I've got about 100 pages to go, but so far there hasn't been any real descriptions of sex beyond a line or so that it happened.  Nothing nearly enough to qualify for the Bad Sex Award.

I thought it was terrific.  Along with Moonrise Kingdom, my favourites of the year so far (both, oddly enough, featuring Bruce Willis).

I thought it was terrific.  Along with Moonrise Kingdom, my favourites of the year so far (both, oddly enough, featuring Bruce Willis).