Monica Kendrick [“Dark Magic,” July 29] goes to hell in the end!
Although there are no doubt a lot of people more deserving of damnation in this world, there should be a special corner of hell for reviewers who spoil books and movies by revealing crucial plot points. Whether you think of the Harry Potter books as high literature or kid stuff, Ms. Kendrick, to give away the most devastating plot turn possible in your review of the latest episode is mean, small-minded, and really unforgivable. What on earth were you thinking?! Why steal Rowling’s well-earned thunder for your cheap byline? May you–and your editor, who ought to have some notion of common decency even if you don’t–do hard time in a purgatory where every joke is ruined by the premature revelation of its punch line and every movie is ruined by some wise guy telling you the dramatic climax before you can appreciate it in the way in which the artist intended.
