Juicy Tidbits about HBP?

[ohneill_2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 125341


lorelei wrote:

> "A MuggleNet reader who is the librarian at her daughter's school 
> today received a copy of the 'Publishers Quality Library Service' 
> catalog. She said there is an ad in it for pre-ordering copies of 
> Book 6 that says: 'With something huge revealed about Lily Potter, 
> the truth about why Dumbledore trusts Snape, and a little romance 
for 
> Harry, this promises to be one of his best years at Hogwarts yet.' "
> 

Now Cory:

This is just a thought, but what if by "one of his best years at 
Hogwarts yet," they don't mean that it's going to be a good year for 
Harry, but that the *book* is going to be one of the best yet?

The plain language of what was said favors your interpretation, but 
there are a couple of factors that make me think mine is actually 
what the writer of the catalogue meant.  First is the context -- it's 
an ad promoting 
the book, and whoever wrote it has an interest in telling us that the 
book is going to be the best yet (and not necessarily in giving us 
information about whether Harry is going to have a good year or 
not).  Second, HBP is the second to last book in the series, and from 
a literary standpoint, it would be unusual for its ending to be 
overly positive -- typically the final book in any series has to 
begin with the hero at his darkest hour.

Anyway -- it's difficult to say what the writer meant, but I wouldn't 
read too much into this ad as an indicator that Harry is going to 
have an extremely happy year.

--Cory