Marcus Mattsson

Major Spoilers. 

I happened to stumble upon the release date for the last Harry Potter book (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), and was chocked to see it's already being released this july, I've never been wanting to read a book more than this one, so I probably just suppressed the fact that the seventh book wasn't coming out anytime soon when I read the Half-Blood Prince the first time, but now it's almost here!

Therefore I've read the Half-Blood Prince (once again) during this Easter, to refresh my memory. I was actually a bit let down by the first two thirds of the book, it's a very good read, but it doesn't seem to have all these small things, that all seem to be solved in the end, well it does have these, but Harry has, more or less, already guessed them all. One major thing I didn't guess when I read the book the first time was the fact that Snape is the Half-Blood Prince, and that still shows what a genious writer Rowling is, considering how many hints you get while reading the book (well, maybe I'm just an idiot, and you all guessed it). Also, I wanted to read more about Harry and Ginny and a lot less about the Hermoine-Ron-Lavender drama, although It'll probably fit nicely when Hermoine and Ron start dating in the final book (because they will, right? ;)).

The ending though, is incredible, no one probably anticipated the death of Dumbledore, and even by the hand of Snape. Also, it seems like Harry has a revelation, he accepts that he has to journey onwards to find the last Horcruxes and that's where the book ends. Now I'm actually looking more forward to Harry's confrontation with Snape than the final one with Voldemort. It's sad to think this extraordinary legend is soon coming to an end though, I heard a fan say he didn't want to read the final chapter of the Half-Blood Prince at its release, because he knew he had to wait for two years until he could read the next book, I truly understand that, and it's gonna be a bit sad when the last line in the seventh book has been read. Can't say I'm not looking forward to the film-version of the sixth book though, that's gonna be great.