FINISHED!

[rena_librarian]

So...I finished reading just before nine. So my stats... 13-and-a-half hours actual reading time, taking place in the space of 20 hours and 15 minutes.

That fanfic is probably going to happen after all. Eventually. I might wait until I own my own copy of DH because I think I'm going to need to reference it rather heavily. I first need to write a chapter for Shelly and finish my zombie story, among other things...

Review...when I feel like it. Probably not until I'm done taking down all the quotes I Post-It-ed.

It was better than I expected, but I think that's because two of the three people whose opinions I highly valued said that it wasn't as good as THEY expected. (The third I have yet to talk to about it. *coughhobbitycough*)

I will say this much...once in a while I would look up and be, "Oh, hey, I'm actually reading the book, this is canon. It's not a fanfic." I think JKR's writing might have deteriorated a bit in the sense that in places it felt like a really, really, REALLY good fanfic. Or maybe it was just because a couple of things fans had theorized on turned out to be right. (Will say more in a spoiler-warned post.)

But overall? Definitely not the worst of the lot. If you made it through Half-Blood Prince then you'll want to at least read it and find out how it ends. The epilogue could have been a bit better just because she doesn't really explain who people are, but oh well. It's not my favorite, but it beats out at least two of the others, lol.

Hmm. I wonder which one is my favorite. *begins pondering*

Comments

[smiley-face86.livejournal.com]

I haven't finished the book yet, but I do know most of the spoilers, however I refuse to read about Ron and Hermione. I know the ultimate ending though. By the way, when am I getting my chapter?

[rena-librarian.livejournal.com]

Ahhh...when I write it? Sorry. Haven't been much inspired in that vein.

I'm, ahh...posting...art for it? Yeah. I am. *nods* Really!

And what's this about Ron and Hermione?