There are no Quidditch matches or lessons on defence against the dark arts. And 'dating opportunities', as noted from the onset, 'are going to be pretty thin on the ground'.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and last instalment of the children's book series by British author J.K. Rowling, is a fast-paced, action-packed thriller from the word go.
With few side plots to distract, the story is pretty much focused on what thousands of Harry Potter fans have been waiting to read: the final showdown between the boy wizard and his powerful nemesis Lord Voldemort, who murdered his parents.
If you thought the previous books (especially the last three: Half-Blood Prince, Order of the Phoenix and Goblet of Fire) were dark, this one is downright nasty, with characters dropping off like flies and more deaths than you can shake a wand at.
Deathly Hallows picks up immediately from where the Half-Blood Prince has left off, with the dark lord plotting to capture Harry on the advice of Severus Snape, a teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who killed its headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
Meanwhile, the soon-to-be 17 Harry and his two chums, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, are about to embark on a quest to find the remaining four of the seven 'horcruxes' that hold fragments of Voldemort's soul. Destroying all will finish the evil wizard off once and for all.
And if the prophecy, that 'either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives', is anything to go by, the race is on for who will kill the other one first.