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Harry Potter
Aug. 9th, 2005 04:16 pmYeah, yeah, I'm okay, survived the tube down the throat thingy, couldn't tell you what it was like, since they drugged me with valium and demerol. Still a little loopy. A kind wonderful friend showed up at the hospital, escorted me home, stayed with me until she was certain I was fine and even made a call to my family to let them know. She made me feel safe, which was exactly what I required.
Also finished Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince (only a month after everyone else read it...didn't take me a month to read, but it did take longer than 36 hours, but that's only because I read it intermittently in doctors offices and subways. Spent an hour tracking down people's reviews, could only find one - d'herblay's and stuff on the ATPO board, lj won't let me scroll all the way back to July 16 - stops at July 22, damnit!). Now that I've finished it, I'm not sure what all the fuss and bother was about. Was the kerfuffle about who Harry ends up with?
Pretty formulaic book actually. No where near as interesting and complex as the first five. My two favorites continue to be Prizoner of Azkaban, Phoenix, and then Sorcerer's Stone. It really is every other one. Which means I'll probably like seven better than six. Assuming of course she does the plot twist I'm hoping she does in seven and doesn't go the trite and true route. There's evidence supporting both, depends on how good the writer is, I suppose.
( incredibly long rambling analysis/review/critique of Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince, cut for length, spoilers, and to protect those who could care less )
Also finished Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince (only a month after everyone else read it...didn't take me a month to read, but it did take longer than 36 hours, but that's only because I read it intermittently in doctors offices and subways. Spent an hour tracking down people's reviews, could only find one - d'herblay's and stuff on the ATPO board, lj won't let me scroll all the way back to July 16 - stops at July 22, damnit!). Now that I've finished it, I'm not sure what all the fuss and bother was about. Was the kerfuffle about who Harry ends up with?
Pretty formulaic book actually. No where near as interesting and complex as the first five. My two favorites continue to be Prizoner of Azkaban, Phoenix, and then Sorcerer's Stone. It really is every other one. Which means I'll probably like seven better than six. Assuming of course she does the plot twist I'm hoping she does in seven and doesn't go the trite and true route. There's evidence supporting both, depends on how good the writer is, I suppose.
( incredibly long rambling analysis/review/critique of Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince, cut for length, spoilers, and to protect those who could care less )