HARRY POTTER and the HALF - BLOOD PRINCE

Note: There might be some spoilers, so read at your own risk.

Finally! I am able to finish Harry Potter today after almost a week. I could've finished it faster if only I need not to go to work. Ohwell, I just brought the book with me so I can read during breaktime. As always, I was so excited to get my copy last Saturday that I woke up early just to go National Bookstore in which I arrived 15 minutes earlier than its opening time. I patiently waited until manong guard let us in. My sister was smirking at how many we were already lining up early in the morning just to get a copy of this new installment of HP. But knowing I needed to get my cuz's CPU fixed, I had to endure 10 hours before I finally get to start reading, even though I had a review at 8am the next day. So it took me about 6 days to finish reading. As expected, I can't get myself off the book that I even brought it with me in my workplace. As the story goes on, the suspense and excitement increases that made me become more eager in finishing and knowing how will JK Rowling end this installment and what she's gonna do with the main characters. And just like HP5, it surprised me. Well, I know an important character might die based on the speculations that I've been reading about HP and I've only considered only 2, Harry and Professor Dumbledore. I just didn't expect that she had Professor Dumbledore died on this book. I was thinking that she's gonna have this part on the last book. Or maybe, there would be another death of an important character on the last book. I hope I'm wrong. Dumbledore's passing actually made me so sad. It just can't happen! Dumbledore who appeared to be so strong and smart, he just can't die! It's unacceptable! But then again, his death played a key part in Harry's decision. Even this book is so far the saddest amongst the HP books that I've read, it still made me drop my jaw and scream because of excitement or suspense. The 'little battle' that happened in Hogwarts made me feel like I'm also there, fighting those Death Eaters. Dumbledore's death because of Snape made me wanna curse Snape back with Avada Kedavra. Turning Bill Weasley's pretty face into something like Mad Eye Moody, as what Harry described, made me wanna shot Greyback with a silver bullet. And even though I know it's so stupid to think that Dumbledore's merely unconscious after being hit by the death curse, I was still hoping that some miracle will happen and that when Harry go back to the Astronomy Tower, he would find him sitting or maybe already at the hospital wing, trying to regain his lost energies. I was almost teary eyed to finally realized that Professor Dumbledore was really dead. It's as if I was feeling what Harry and Hagrid were feeling. On the other hand, there are still questions left answered. Why did Dumbledore trusted Snape so much? Was it really because he was so convinced that Snape regret informing Voldemort about the prophecy that led to Harry's parents death? Or was there any other reason? Or Snape was just really a very good actor that he was able to fool Dumbledore? Why did he gave him the Defense Against the Dark Arts position when everyone knows he was or is a Death Eater? What's Professor Slughorn gonna play in the last installment? I believe his teaching Potions is not merely something to fill-up a vacant position but an important decision that Dumbledore made. Is Dumbledore's death still part of a plan? Ah! I really can't wait for the final book. I'm betting it's gonna be really dark since it's gonna be the final battle between good and evil. And without Professor Dumbledore around, I don't know who's gonna provide more wisdom to Harry, or the rest of the members of the Order. I hope the book comes our very soon.

Cheers to JK Rowling for another excellent book! It's bloody brilliant!