Half blood prince disappointing

lagattalucianese katmac at katmac.cncdsl.com
Sat Jan 14 02:06:57 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 146436

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La Gatta Lucianese:

I felt HPB was not so much disappointing as incomplete. While the 
first five books, in spite of some connective tissue, were pretty 
much each one complete unto themselves, ending at a climactic 
stopping place, HBP left so many things hanging that it really felt 
like the first half of a two-volume set, particularly the way it 
ended. We don't know whether Dumbledore is alive or not, we don't 
know what Snape was up to or where he has gone, and we are left with 
the tantalizing bit concerning R.A.B. and the false horcrux.

It may be that one of JKR's messages is that as one grows up, life 
becomes less certain, but the book left me with a strong desire to 
keep reading, just to find out what was going on.









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