Well, as its been written about plenty, the newest H@rry Potter book, H@rry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is coming out tommorow.
I have to be honest. I am somewhat nervous about this. When HP 5 came out, I went crazy beforehand. Greg and I waited the entire day for the books to arrive and they finally did at around 7:30 pm. As soon as shabbos was over, we both ripped open the boxes and started reading. We both read straight for the next few days (kids, what kids? Just kidding- I actually had surgery the Thursday beforehand, so our parents were taking care of the kids for a few days). Honestly, it was quite a dissapointment. I felt that JKR was so desperate to fill up space that she forgot how to write an interesting book. It was a painful read until around half way through the book when it got somewhat more interesting. I also felt that she wrote it more like a screen play than a book. There were certain scenes (think of the scene at the end with all the killing in the Ministry of Magic) that seemed more like movie scenes than book scenes. That bothered me.
There were some cliffhangers from the previous books that were addressed, but I thought they were addressed somewhat dissapointingly. For example, the Mrs. Figg connection, the Snape situation, the Prophecy, etc.
I don't mean to sound cynical about this, but I really hope JKR improved Book 6 and wrote a quality work that will remind me why I fell in love with this series to begin with. I'll write more when I finish reading it (Should be done at around 3AM Sat. night- Just Joking!).
Posted by peninah at July 15, 2005 11:47 AM | TrackBackI know what you mean about HP5 seeming more like a screenplay. But I caught it at a different point. At the very beginning when the Order of the Phoenix was introduced and she described each member, I can't believe that she didn't have a movie scene in mind. Of course, you can't really blame her for thinking movie when she writes her books these days?