"Deathly Hallows" bought Wed. by NYT reviewer Kakutani; SOME SPOILER INFO AT NYT LINK TO HER REVIEW

[DeepModem Mom]

Michiko Kakutani says she purchased the book in a New York store Wednesday. She does not reveal the ending, but does reveal some information. Here is the link for anyone who would like to read the review:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/books/19potter.html

What do you think about the New York Times decision to run this review before the book was made available to reviewers?

[Hekate]

1. The review is okay, and reveals little that a discerning reader would not already have thought out

We've been told before this that there will be important deaths, but the reviewer doesn't tell us who.

We know from Book 6 that Dumbledore has given Harry a mission, so it should appear in Book 7.

At the end of Book 6, Ginny Weasley gives Harry a "blazing look" as she embraces him in farewell -- romance would appear to be the logical outcome.

And so on.

Now Keith Olbermann! I watched his end-of-news-hour speculation on the outcome of Book 7, and he was highly detailed. For one thing, he believe the scar is another Horcrux.

Hekate

[regnaD kciN]

2. I think the only real "spoiler" in that review...

...is that there's an epilogue set some years in the future. And, considering said epilogue (or a convincing forgery thereof) has been up on the net for about a week, that's scarcely a major scoop.