Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince

[pelinxf]

I finally ran away and spent the weekend with my parents at the summer home. Sun,sand, sea, pine forest...and I spent most of my time reading the latest HP book.

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[pelinxf]

The book is ok but not great. She drags the story for 20 chapters while she could have done much better in a few well thought pages. Only interesting chapters were Spinner's End where we see Snape with Narcissa & Bellatrix and the parts where we learn about Voldermont but even that's dragged too much. Why don't you tell his story at once instead of endless pensive visitations in every other chapter? I liked "Advance Potion Making" book and Harry's need to be "good" at the class with the prince's help. But was there a bigger point to make with Half Blood Prince other than Harry pointing his finger to Snape at the end and uses as a "proof" that he is actually evil because he was half blood and he invented new curses. Lame...At least for now, Harry had hidden the book before everything went to hell so I'm expecting them to find something in it in 7th book.

I might excuse her, as she was pregnant while writing this. I suppose hormones got the better of her because there's no other excuse to write Hermione as a just a hormonal teen. I think I'm bored with endless "they went to the Transfiguration class...Neville dropped something..." ordinary school days when everything is going downhill. No one did a single thing in this book other than Harry, Snape, Draco and Dumbledore. Lupin doesn't do a thing, just stares at the chimny and tells Harry that Greyback was the one who bit him.

JKR needs to fulfill the spaces but I don't know how she'll manage that without writing 3000 pages.

Cornwell's Grail Quest Trilogy What is it about? Should I read it?

Cornwell's Grail Quest Trilogy

[hesadevil]

Bernard Cornwell.

Book 1 - Harlequin
Book 2 - Vagabond
Book 3 - Heretic

Set at the beginning of to 100 years' war. Follows the story of an English Archer and his quest, from the battle of Crecy to the seige of Calais and the outbreak of plague.

It's beautifully written and rich in acurate historical detail. Cornwell is author of the Sharpe books (Sean Bean played him in the TV series) and is an expert in historical warfare. I've just started The Winter King, Book 1 of the triology based on the Arthurian Myth.