Jesse, it doesn't to me. But then again, if you read it very literally, every book ends with closure. Ya know - closing the damn book. Har.
Oh, wow. This place looks great. Oh, I feel like a witch in a magic shop.
Willow ,'Help'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Aims - Jul 19, 2007 3:57:30 am PDT #3248 of 28197
Shit's all sorts of different now.
DebetEsse - Jul 19, 2007 3:58:37 am PDT #3249 of 28197
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I heard a reference to that review on NPR this morning. I stuck my fingers in my ears and said, "lalalalalala".
And now, no more news for Abi. This slow dissociation from media is kind of entertaining..
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2007 4:02:56 am PDT #3250 of 28197
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Runs off to nytimes.com
Runs back to thread
It's spoilery, but not outrageously so. I think I can read between the lines a little on a few of the things in it that it doesn't spell out, so I'd say read it at your own peril.
Jesse - Jul 19, 2007 4:12:26 am PDT #3251 of 28197
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, sure, like most any review. I mean, they have to talk about what happens!
flea - Jul 19, 2007 4:20:08 am PDT #3252 of 28197
information libertarian
I read the review in full, and while there are no specific spoilers, if you are spoiler averse I would avoid it. She talks generally about themes, and mentions deaths without naming names, but in a way that fans might find spoily.
Also, she apparently bought the book by walking into a store in NYC???
Jesse - Jul 19, 2007 4:22:12 am PDT #3253 of 28197
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Maybe she walked in and said, "I'm Michiko Kakutani."
sumi - Jul 19, 2007 4:33:24 am PDT #3254 of 28197
Art Crawl!!!
Yes - and now that it's been on NPR and the NYTimes I'm sure that Scholastic has contacted the store about their error.
(Also, I thought professional critics got advance copies?)
sumi - Jul 19, 2007 4:37:10 am PDT #3255 of 28197
Art Crawl!!!
In NON-HP book news: has anyone read Tasha Alexander?
I am currently reading And Only to Deceive, thoroughly enjoying it and think that others here will too. It's set in the UK (and France so far) at the end of the 19th century about a young widow.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 19, 2007 4:41:17 am PDT #3256 of 28197
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Re early copies of HP: There's also a kerfuffle that DeepDiscount.com sent out some of their copies early (approx. 1200), and Scholastic is going to sue.
Scholastic are also begging via press release that those who receive them prior to the actual release date not open the packages. Like that's going to happen.
Toddson - Jul 19, 2007 4:51:19 am PDT #3257 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
oh dear ... the news is out (about early shipments of HP) - does this mean that rabid fans will be lurking in the shrubbery waiting to waylay hapless postal workers?