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Wednesday, July 20, 2005
july 16, the much awaited sixth installment of the harry potter series had been finally released. i was already in the national bookstore in robinson's pioneer at 11 am just to get a hold of a copy since i didn't get a reservation from any bookstore. thank god they had unreserved copies or else i would have desperately gone to star mall where jem thinks nobody would be buying this book. gosh! how humiliating it would've been to be seen in such a place! whew! and so i was raving so much when i got my copy effortlessly and was even more elated by the thought that i wouldn't have to go to star mall after all. hahaha! i finished reading the book just a couple of hours ago and i am a bit disappointed on how it turned out. as compared to the previous issues, this one is the least thrilling story. i was looking forward to a darker story with more actions installed (more spells and duels). conversely, it mostly turned out to be something like "harry potter meets nancy drew and the hardy boys in sweet valley high." and i don't like the way bleep-bleep helplessly dies in the end. yes, rowling's descriptive skills and ability to stretch out paragraphs in a way that doesn't bore readers is quite commendable. however, she again failed to deliver a dramatic death scene where she could've squeezed more of her creative juices. albeit sirius black's death scene in the fifth book isn't that appealing either, it is actually better as compared to bleep-bleep's death scene. looks like she really is losing her touch. and oh! oh! oh! could it be more hanging? no!!! how open-ended could a story get?!?! uhm, can you please put me down from the gallows! ugh! perhaps the only saving glory of the book is the way she presented potter's prominent character shift. overall, the book is just so-so and could've been a lot better. |
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