Harry Potter
Wow....I have so much to write about. Maybe I should save some topics so I don't run out. Or not.
So I followed along with the trend and bought the new Harry Potter book. I must say, I am quite impressed. J.K. Rowling really outdid herself with this book. Not only is it funny (I'm sitting here listening to my brother laughing away as he reads it) it is well written and very hard to put down. I finished it in 8 hours. Something I liked about this book is that Rowling at least started to start to wrap up the story. A lot of writers with long series (cough Robert Jordan cough) just dig themselves deeper and deeper with each book. While I can't see the Harry Potter series being finished in one (or even two) more books, you get al least the feeling that the plot is moving along. While I would love to read many more Harry Potter books, if you stretch the story too far, it gets tired.(cough Terry Goodkind cough)
I won't give any spoilers out but I would highly recommend Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Plus it's 20% off at Indigo.
So I followed along with the trend and bought the new Harry Potter book. I must say, I am quite impressed. J.K. Rowling really outdid herself with this book. Not only is it funny (I'm sitting here listening to my brother laughing away as he reads it) it is well written and very hard to put down. I finished it in 8 hours. Something I liked about this book is that Rowling at least started to start to wrap up the story. A lot of writers with long series (cough Robert Jordan cough) just dig themselves deeper and deeper with each book. While I can't see the Harry Potter series being finished in one (or even two) more books, you get al least the feeling that the plot is moving along. While I would love to read many more Harry Potter books, if you stretch the story too far, it gets tired.(cough Terry Goodkind cough)
I won't give any spoilers out but I would highly recommend Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Plus it's 20% off at Indigo.
Would it make any sense whatsoever without reading the earlier ones? I'm really not one to follow book trends. I've always been partial at best to those fantasy type books. And for some reason I've always regarded the Harry Potter books in a childish manner. Perhaps it's because everytime I think of Harry Potter I think of that geeky little kid...
Posted by
Charlie |
July 19, 2005 1:16 AM
My, my, my, 3 posts in one night. We don't want to run out of material now, do we? :D
Posted by
Rushan |
July 19, 2005 6:55 AM
Will, congrats on following through and getting a blog.
I finished the book today, I liked it more than the last one because it tied up some loose ends. But you are right, it is hard to believe that everything will wrap up in one book. But maybe it won't? If she just kills Harry in the next book, it would make for quite the ending...
Posted by
Reese |
July 19, 2005 8:15 PM