marathon read.......

ok, so after reading book 6 in less than 24 hours........there are many things clear and many more things left to book 7 for clarification......without giving away the plot....here are my initial observations.......in no particular order........a)i will have to reread this book several times to hit all the nuances i missed the first time in trying to find out what happens rather than savoring anything as it happens, but that is part of the next-to-the-last reality of this installment.....it sets the stage for the last book...rowling must know how she wants this all to end up....so this book is merely a way to get from the end of book 5 to the end of #7 rather than unfolding a semi-contained storyline...like volumes 1-5.......b)and that is why i didn't enjoy this book as much as i did thep previous books .......c) didn't enjoy is not the correct term......i found the book to be unnecessarily depressing........and hopeless, rather than hopeful.........and i am saddened that rowling would leave the majority of planet earth in such a funk awaiting book 7 for the next...say...... 2 years....if the whole storyline is going to end so badly.....then shame on the author for dragging us all in only to leave us terribly scarred by the experience.....and if the story is going to end on an up note......why bother to be so depressing just before the end?..d).my gut instinct is that the person(s) killed off will return in book 7, and that the illusion of death was a ploy that will all make sense in the end........ah well.........after i finish studying for my sunday school lesson i am on to the kite runner.......our last bookclub book of the season..........and hopefully a more chipper read than the 672-pager i just slogged through............