All week I read Northern Lights the first part in the His Dark Materials Trilogy. . . Fantastic book. I don’t care that it’s considered children’s literature.
Yesterday I started the 2nd book, The Subtle Knife. I stopped about 100 pages before the end last night so I could enjoy the end after a good nights sleep.
Stuart and I woke up around 6:30 and were lying there talking a little before we fell back asleep.
“How far did you get in the book?â€
“I have another 100 pages or so.â€
“Did XXX die yet?â€
!!!!!!
“NO XXX didn’t DIE yet! What is wrong with you!â€
“You said that you had a 100 pages left.â€
“I do! But they haven’t. . . WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!†I rolled away and the gulf in the bed was wide with his sin.
At nine I woke up and finished the last 100 pages and I cried when XXX died. It would have been a lot more painful if I hadn’t known about it. I would have enjoyed the story that much more.
Stuart is only now on the third book. I think I will need to finish it before he does, which won’t be hard because I read faster than anyone I’ve ever met, and then I can tell him how the whole shebang ends. . .
February 18th, 2007 at 11:00 pm
UGH! I feel your pain! Someone ruined HP6 for me, except it was actually on purpose. I worked at a major bookseller in the US when HP6 came out. The Saturday right after the midnight release party (so I guess technically later that day), some guy called and when I answered, he asked if I knew anything about the HP series. I replied that I wasn’t an expert and hadn’t read the books in a very long time, and he asked if I had read book six. I replied that it had just come out about 6 hours ago and that no I wasn’t crazy enough to stay up all night long to read it. He replied “oh, so you don’t know the part where XXX dies?” (except he said the name of the character) I said “excuse me?” and he repeated himself. Then I said “so, are you spending your day calling bookstores and ruining the ending to see how people react?” and he replied “yeah, but you’re lame. The last chick cried. It was awesome.” I then said (as my manager was standing right next to me) “It’s very unfortunate for you that you’re such an asshole. Have a great day! Bye!” *click* My manager just about kicked my behind until I told her (without ruining it for her) exactly what had happened. She replied that she probably would have called him something worse and admired my sense of restraint.
It was okay though, I was still surprised at the end and the part I was most intrigued about (who the HBP was) wasn’t ruined, so I still enjoyed it.