And the Half Blood Prince is...
No...I'm not gonna tell you.....
I am disgusted at my two cousins. Last night, they told me who died in Half-Blood Prince. And I was only 4 chapters short of finishing! Have they no heart??
This happened to me when I was reading Order too. A classmate walked up to me and said conversationally while I was reading, "Hey, did you know Sirius died?" (In Filipino, of course.) It's irritating when people do that. Karma! Karma to them all! Grr!
As if that wasn't bad enough, a few hours ago in school some classmates were saying out loudly who died and who the Half-Blood Prince was. I feel so sad for the others who wouldn't want the book spoiled for them. But whatever...who died and who was the prince really wasn't very important. The story was...and you really can't explain it well to someone. They should read it themselves to understand.
Anyway...time to talk about the book. It was very very nice!! Better than book 5...but you can't really compare it to book 4, because HBP's like a different calibre to the first few books. Reading two thirds through, you'd actually think that the book wouldn't be as dark and gloomy as it was in the end. And it really is gloomy in the end.
Also, there's this really cool chapter near the end. It's the coolest in the book. Though a bit on the freaky side. It's like a Lord of the Rings combined with a Dawn of the Dead scene. I would love to see that on film! It would look so gorgeous (but it's really not supposed to be...it's more of on the scary side really)!
I can't really dwell too much on the book...seeing as it's only been two days since the release. I just really wanted to finish the book before most of everyone else does. I CAN'T WAIT FOR BOOK 7!!!!
New York Times: "... the suspense generated by these books does not stem solely from the tension of wondering who will die next or how one or another mystery will be solved. It stems, as well, from Ms. Rowling's dexterity in creating a character-driven tale, a story in which a person's choices determine the map of his or her life - a story that creates a hunger to know more about these people who have become so palpably real."