"Harry Potter and the Bummer of Bummers"

So here are my throughts on the much-talked-about HP Book 6:

I think that J.K. Rowling has succeeded in her attempt to unsettle her more mature audience by completely moving out of their comfort zone and creating the ultimate bummer in the plot: the scandalous termination of the character that embodies the Good and symbolizes Wisdom.

I am more inclined to dwell on this huge loss, and so this commentary will revolve around the death of Professor Albus Brian Wulfric Dumbledore.

I call this a "scandalous death" because it took half the hope left in the readers, hope of finding good in a world replete with evil and of finding wisdom in tumultuous situations in the story. The death of Dumbledore is most unexpected in that, from Book 1, he has been made out to be powerful and nearly invincible. He has been delineated as a persona who exudes grace under pressure and who can crack a joke in the tensest of situations. His death, therefore, is tantamount to the death of hope, wisdom, and the Good.

And so, as the "half-blood Prince' was aiming his wand at him prior to that dreaded coup d' gras, I was hoping for some deus ex machina to pop from out of the blue. But no, this book is meant to be the bummer of bummers.