Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

[justalurkr]

OK, finished it. Can't give a whole-hearted "dis/liked it" yet, I'm afraid.



Huhn. Well, there went my One True Slash Pairing.

I had a feeling how the shippiness was going to work out the second JKR introduced Ginny Weasely.

I don't understand the fake thing. Why a fake thing? All that is less pointful with a fake thing.

Half. Blood. Prince. [exorbidant eye-roll] Well, it was a better explanation than I expected.

We'll always have fanfic, darlings.



I was glad to see from planet_mel that I am not alone in having an unusual amount of trouble finishing the book. I'd chalked it up to the adolescent angst slopping about, as well as the expository nature of the KEEL BAD GUY! plot, but really? That book seriously wandered around.

I'm sure JKR will sew it all up in sequined bows in the finale, but the narrative's got an unpleasantly loosey-goosey feel at the moment

Must nap now. Up far past my bedtime.

EDITED TO ADD: There are now very specific spoilers in the comments

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Snape is supposed to be unequaled at Occulemency (or whatever,) so I wonder if some of the misinformation might come from him.

My fanwank on Snape whacking Dumbledore is that Snape was (a) under the Unbreakable Vow to do just that and (b) as the best Potions Master Hogwarts ever had, I'm sure he knew there was nothing he could do for the dying Headmaster and that was really a coup de grace, vigorously ignoring that it was an Unforgivable Curse. 0:)