First reading -- HPB SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!

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Okay...what it's like to be a Snapefan in the wake of that book....

Severus: He's my baby.  All right...I still think he can be good.  He 
*had* to kill Albus, and I hope that Albus stored those memories 
somewhere so Harry can see them.  I was a little surprised about him 
being the Half-Blood Prince, but it made me happy.  I do love 
Severus.  On the topic of him being a half-blood...I was surprised, 
but not at the same time.  All of the Death Eaters apparently are 
hiding what they are to be what they cannot be.  It's kinda weird.  I 
fear that my Severus is marked for death after this last encounter.  
I agree with everyone who said maybe Dumbledore was pleading with 
Severus to kill him; that's what my sister and I thought after our 
first reading.
Draco: Crying to Moaning Myrtle?!?!  WTF?!?!?  I want a 
DeliciouslyEvil!Draco.  We had him at the beginning, and I hope he'll 
come back.  I don't want this "I'm-too-scared-to-do-what-I'm-always-
threatening"!Draco.
Harry: Well...I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I don't 
like him.  He was better in this book, but I think that he should've 
told SOMEONE about his Potions Book.  I think I might even like him 
in the last book.
Tonks and Lupin: Um...yeah...whatever.  I'm not sure what I think yet.

The book overall was good.  I just hope that JKR lets Severus live 
and repent.  She had the best message with Severus: Nice is different 
than good.  If she ruins that, she ruins teaching children that 
lesson.  I hope she doesn't screw it up (IMO anyway lol).

Oryomai
--Who read it in three hours, forty-five minutes!