All right! All right! It’s about JKR’s most happening book these days, “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince”. Before I even start off with the blog, I should say this blog is restricted only to those who have read the book. Those intending to do so in the near future, you wouldn’t want me to break the suspense hidden in it. Do you? Get back after you read up!
17th July 2005 Sunday, 9:00 PM: My roommates and I had gone for dinner to a friend’s place. We were served yummy food, and my roommate sitting besides me unusually did not utter much as a single word. She hardly ate two spoons and she just sat head hung down occasionally sniffing (She wasn’t smelling if you are considering the actual meaning of the word, she was obviously sobbing). Then one of the guys in that house asks
Guy: What’s wrong with you today?
Roomie: Nothing, if I tell you guy’s you all will scold me. It’s the book
Me: Oh! Come on…. Don’t tell me you are crying over something that happened in the wizarding world?
Roomie: He shouldn’t have died! :(
I was shocked! Somebody dies in HP6? And it’s someone who is very dear to faithful Harry Potter fans? They were discussing more I just left the place so that I dint have to spoil the suspense of the book. The knowledge of the fact that someone dies is by itself a big spoilsport!
18th July 2005 Monday, 11 AM: My copy arrives from amazon.com, and my friend at work, who is yet to read the book, says
Friend: I know who dies, I found out today morning. Actually I dint want to know but I guessed it right :(
Me: Please don’t tell me.
Me (in my mind): Yeh! Just don’t make it obvious. Even though my brain 1/4th realizes who it could probably be. I’m just refusing to know before even turning a page of the book.
19th July 2005 Tuesday, 7:00 AM: I check my mail and my friend from India sends me a mail saying that she can’t but wait to discuss the book with me and wanted me to finish as soon as possible and a chat window pops up…
Friend: How many pages?
Me: About 10 chapters!
Friend: I got a little emotional you know! But I wont tell you who dies!
Me(in my mind): What else can be so disastrous? Not the dead of Prof. Mcgonagall or Prof. Flitwick obviously
Friend: SNAPE!!!!!! I’ll kill him…. And Pavi, this book will disappoint you.
Me(in my mind): Yeh! True! Snape is my favorite! Don’t tell me JKR ruined his character! And what’s more disappointing than the person you like turning a murderer/traitor?
20th July 2005 Wednesday, 8:00 PM: In the bus back home, I was reading the 20th chapter and I meet one of my friends and she finishes off in one sentence
Friend: Harry Potter? Dumbledore dies!!
Me: Great! Thanks a Ton!
Friend: Err! I haven’t read it… I’m just guessing!
Me (In my mind): Hmph! Like that consolation is going to help!
22nd July 2005 Friday 6:00 AM: Finally finished the book. That which would have taken me normally about one and a half days took me 4 days because of work and all that happened above. I did enjoy it, but .....
Anyone see how difficult it is to refrain from discussing a happening book like this? I bet I would have blabbered a whole lot to people who haven’t yet started reading the book. Sorry guys! I know how it feels! Today I take an unbreakable vow “I shall shut myself until I finish reading any Harry Potter book which will be as soon as possible and never spoil the other’s joy of reading the book!”
More to follow about Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.... real soon :)
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3 comments:
You know how much trouble "your" favourite character had to endure, after making an "unbreakable vow".
Why are you falling into the trap willingly?? :)
My manager, at workplace, had to make the intelligent guess that either Hagrid or Dumbledore is going to die in this book. This was, when I had only 150 pages to complete the book. I never knew that there is going to be a death :(.
On hind sight, I am glad I had the heads up. It was a difficult thing to take when it really happened.
The same old tame death to so called
powerful/skillful people (Sirius / Dumbledore). JKR should try to make it spicier.
After all the story has its base from Lord Krishna's story. Kamsa (Voldemort) tries to kill Krishna (Harry) right from the time of Krishna's (Harry's) birth - Same prophecy thing again. But there big difference "Lord" Krishna is the hero but "Lord" Voldemort is the villian :P.
Why didn't she continue to read Mahabharata? A Karna's death or Bhishma's death, however painful still signified the greatness of the warriors. But Sirius and Dumbledore had to die without fight :(
ok, let me wait for the next blog..
Good Vow.. Everyone should keep. Especially your "friend from India", she was giving me remote hints abt the course of the story, but nothing major :P
~Barath
Hi "friend frm India",
I was first angry at severus too, It was Pavi who suggested that Severus can afterall be not that bad..
~Barath
Barath:
You anology between Harry and Lord Krishna is amazingly hilarous. I never ever thought of it. Shows that you are quite strong with hindu mythology. Dint deal much with it apart from watching the Mahabarat series on doordarshan with my grandmom every sunday.
And yes, the next blog is about how i am convinced that Snape is good... its a special blog ;) so will take some time but not too long though.
Roni:
Chill! the eagerness to discuss is understandable, i had it too! I couldnt stop myself either! thts why the Vow ;)
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