Yeah when it was first announced that DH was gonna be split that's where I thought it would end except when Harry was choking. It would be been a nice cliffhanger cuz Harry would be on the verge of death while choking from the necklace and at the same time Harry and Ron's friendship would have been left broken. But this is fine too...it'll be like the end of the chapter when Harry says "Voldemort" and the snatchers appear. When I first read it, it reminded me of a tv show ending where its like "next time will our heros be able to escape?!" jk. that's what I always thought so I guess this is a good split...although as someone said, its gonna be really hard to wait with such a cliffhanger!!!! Ahhh come DH release already!