Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Spoiler Warning
#1
Posted 18 July 2005 - 07:21 PM
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#2
Posted 18 July 2005 - 07:32 PM
I read it today on an airplane....and wow.
First of all I wanted this one to be as long as the last two. I felt that the ending unraveled a bit.
Other Thoughts:
On Snape: Although I've never liked Snape as a person, I think in this book he may be under the Imperius Curse. Just last year, Snape notified the Order after Harry got caught by Umbridge, after he had yelled something about Padfoot. Despite Snape's intense dislike of both Harry and Sirus, he apparantly saved both of them, or tried to. This got Lucious Malfoy caught and other Death Eaters killed(I think). This sudden turn of side seems very odd.
Harry/Ginny: The breakup really didn't work at the end. It was almost clichéd- someone mentioned Spider-man and I quite agree.
Neville: He'll be really important in the next book. I'm convinced of this for no readily apprant reason. Oh, and if he lives he'll end up marrying Luna Lovegood.
Ron/Hermione: There was a hint at the funeral but somehow I have doubts about this going anywhere.
Malfoy will either:
Do something rash and get himself killed trying to avenge his father.
Switch sides (this sort of relates to my theory about Snape-if Snape is not acting under his own will then Malfoy will have to rethink things. A lot.). It's not impossible.
Tonks/Lupin:
Um, huh?
Bill/Fleur:
I think they met after the Triwizard Tournament. I really couldn't tell how this will turn out. She and Mrs. Weasly seem to finally reach an understanding after Bill gets bitten(odd, isn't it?) but the rest of the family still doesn't seem to like her much.
Grwap: I mostly think this is a side story that will end up being only vaguely relevant. But, it's also possible that he'll become somewhat civilized, and be able to get some giants against Voldemort after,...i dunno, this line is fuzzy. Like my cat.
#3
Posted 18 July 2005 - 07:41 PM
What was your favorite chapter?
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#4
Posted 18 July 2005 - 07:52 PM
I didn't like this one as much as the others, possibly because events didn't fit my theories, or just because it felt more of a set-up to #7 then a full book itself.
I was unhappy Harry went with Ginny instead of Hermione, and then went Spider-Man in the end to top it all off.
I think snape makes a weak HBP.
I was unhappy dumbledore was killed.
I'm not happy that the school-era seems to be over
That being said, I still thoroughly enjoyed the book, and it is a great book in the grand scheme of things, and I maintained my read-it-in-a-day Harry Potter tradition.
Predictions/Theories
Snape is not evil.
Malfoy will come around.
a Black is RAB
Hermione and Ron get together (duh)
Neville plays a key role
#5
Posted 18 July 2005 - 09:55 PM
Predictions:
More Inferi.
After the last book, I thought that because the backfired Killing Curse failed to kill Voldemort the first time around, Harry would have to throw Voldemort through the same archway that killed Sirius. Beats Horcrux hunting if you can lure him there and launch him through. Nothing comes out of there alive.
Voldemort may or may not try a trick like the one in the Ministry in #5.
Voldemort was weakened in the duel against Dumbledore more than he cared to admit. Good excuse for hiding his ugly face in this latest book.
At the beginning, I thought the HBP was Voldemort. After all, he is a prince of Slytherin, and half-blood. I also expected a longer book, and wish something exciting had happened in Professor Binns's class.
Malfoy will do what Snape did the last time Voldemort was around. Or get killed. He may have realized the essence of being a Death Eater-and that he isn't cut out to be one.
Was that plane trip from the East Coast, so you could get the book three hours earlier?
Its like what happens when you cross a phoenix with a super black hole; it's powerful enough to destroy itself, only to be reborn in a vicious cycle of torment and pain. Or in this case, nonsense.
-Avatara, on the life cycle of ATT.
Dude, imagine Redline Trash Talk; the unholy spawn of B&B and ATT.
-ephrin
Will not get involved in a creation/evolution debate.
We're being overrun!
#12
Posted 23 July 2005 - 08:19 PM
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#13
Posted 23 July 2005 - 08:52 PM
#15
Posted 23 July 2005 - 09:13 PM
I also hope that Sirius comes back. He's my FAVORITE...besides Harry of course. I actually think Dumbledore will come back first... You know, the pictures of old Headmasters... I also think that the locket has been destroyed. Definitely. I think Snape's bad. I want him to be. I mean..can you make an unbreakable vow without believing in it?
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#17
Posted 24 July 2005 - 12:54 AM
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#18
Posted 24 July 2005 - 01:43 AM
Dumbledore, I'm 95% sure he's gone.
I agree, that locket was destroyed (possibly by regulas black.... fits the R and B of rab).
Snape is good, 65% sure.
#19
Posted 24 July 2005 - 01:48 AM
Didn't she write that if you do the killing curse, your heart has to be in it? And you truly have to want to kill the person? That's why I think Snape's bad.
#20
Posted 24 July 2005 - 11:03 AM
*saXxy*, on Jul 24 2005, 12:54 AM, said:
I know that the pictures can talk, but I want to know how much they are like the real person and wether they are actually alive.
Sirius could come back because is seems that, eventhough, whatever goes into it is trapped inside they are still alive. It seems to be a sort of doorway to another place.
I agree that Snape is bad, but it oesn't seem to fit the other stuff she wrote about him.
#21
Posted 24 July 2005 - 11:11 AM
*Unless it's Avatara, of course."
-- From the memoirs of Sundered Angel
#23
Posted 24 July 2005 - 12:10 PM
#25
Posted 24 July 2005 - 04:56 PM