Snape was the biggest surprise to me. I had a feeling near the beginning that I knew who wasn't going to make it, and I was right.
But Snape.... I always felt a little sorry for him after finding out how he had been tormented by James Potter and friends. I just figured that he couldn't have been as bad as he was portrayed to be.
And now we have to wait for book 7. Sigh. I'm in withdrawal already.
Irene