Spent some more time reflecting on the book. I think that it is a truly wonderful thing that we have J.K. Rowling in the world right now, and that she is doing what she is doing. Reading the Half Blood Prince has made me feel a little bit of what it must have been like for people reading The Chronicles of Narnia during and after WWII.
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A spoilery analysis that eschews discussion of the Big Thing, mostly )