"From this point forth, we shall be leaving the firm foundation of fact and journeying together through the murky marshes of memory into thickets of wildest guesswork."
First of all, while I am not a midnight buyer of this book, I did manage to read the whole thing in two days. One nice thing about these books is that they are relatively quick reads, even given their ever-increasing mass (though this volume seems slightly thinner than Order of the Phoenix). Okay, so, no spoilers. You probably already know that someone dies, and the whole book sort of sets you up for it. The underlying theme concerns choices, whether they are the type confronted by typical teens or issues of life and death. A great deal of backstory is filled in, which manages to keep things interesting during intervals of class mishaps and attempts to spy on Malfoy.
The records set for sales of this book so far will be nothing compared to how quickly (magically?) the seventh and final tome flies off of the shelves.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling (2005). Rating (using the poker hand scale): full house.
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