Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[Guest confused and hungover]

ok, probably best you don't read this post if you either haven't finished the book or plan to finish the book...

i finished it last night and i need to talk to someone about it!! here in holland it was released in english on saturday but not in dutch untill NOVEMBER!!! no one wants to talk to me about it cos they don't want me to give anything away....

someone please?

EDIT: yes, yes, i know, i'm sad, i read harry potter

Edited July 20, 2005 by confused and hungover

[Guest mupwangle]

I finished it on Sunday. Better than the last one.

[Guest confused and hungover]

i felt quite depressed after finishing it... it's like, dumbledore dies with 2 chapters to go, you think, oh, it'll be ok, 2 chapters is plenty of time for them to go back in time and save him or the pheonix will save him or something similar... then it's his funeral, then the book ends.

??? WTF

[Guest mupwangle]

Yeah, I thought that too - but I'd heard that one of the central characters was going to snuff it so I wasn't that surprised.

[Guest confused and hungover]

Yeah, I thought that too - but I'd heard that one of the central characters was going to snuff it so I wasn't that surprised.

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i think the locket that harry has is a dumbledore horcrux. it raises a few questions about dumbledores past, like the whole killing thing, but i think it's possible.

i haven't been this miserable since Obi-wan died in star wars

[Guest mupwangle]

>>i think the locket that harry has is a dumbledore horcrux.

Mibbe. I doubt it though - after the whole thing about diminishing the soul and stuff. Who's got the real horcrux though?

I thought it was quite obvious that the book was written recently (other than the fact that I knew that anyway!). Some of the ministry of magic stuff was oddly similar to recent UK government anti-terrorism stuff.

[Guest nedge2k]

Heh...i need to bring my misus in here, she been glued to that book for the last two nights. She had this almost tearful look in her eye last night as she said, "i know who dies now...it's Dumbledore"

[Guest virtual alan]

Heh...i need to bring my misus in here, she been glued to that book for the last two nights. She had this almost tearful look in her eye last night as she said, "i know who dies now...it's Dumbledore"

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Why do so many adults read a kids book that`s what I want to know!!

I even made my 10 year old daugther by the adult/mature cover version of it :-)

[Guest confused and hungover]

ok how about this....

just before dumbledore was killed he begged for something from snape, maybe he wasn't begging for his life but for harry's life. snape would have seen the extra broom and put 2 and 2 together... then snape stopped one of the death eaters performing the crusious(ciou?) curse, it would have have been easier to knock HP out and carry him off to voldermort.

second... what if harry potter himself is one of voldermorts horcrux? it would explain why harry is so powerfull and also why it buggered voldermort up so much when he kiledl HP's parents. maybe. also the whole harry potter hearing voldermorts thoughts thing could because he's a horcrux,

and the prophecy, one must destroy the other and all that.

just some of my head ramblings from this week.

[Guest tonijj]

Well I dont think that HP is a horcrux, because it was explained in the previous book that some of Voldemorts powers were transfered into HP when he tried to kill him, but interesting thought though.

However, I thought that Dumbledore ought to have a horcrux as well somewhere hidden, seems a bit easy that Snape just finished him off (never trusted that snearing b**stard :) ) but on the other hand, then Dumbledore had to have killed someone, not in his nature I think....

Furthermore, I was a bit surprised that he died two chapters before the end, that was mentioned in this thread, and still they didnt use the time thingy, whats up with that?? A bit odd if you ask me.....

Still, I think that the previous book was better, this one transported you at times very quickly from month to month, and the dusts between Malfoy and HP was like vanished, a lot of threads from the previous books were lost in this one.

But, he snogged Ginny, who would have thought! ;)

[Guest Jamma14]

Lol, yeah I preferred it to the last one but Dumbledore died too easily, he's meant to be a legend of a wizard and jst does nothing :s. Poor dumbledore... :)

Any1 have any ideas who R.A.B is?? I've heard ppl thinking it is a regulus black (sirius' brother) but I thought he was dead or something...

Anyways guess I'll jst have to wait to the next one (but I wanna read it now lol). Yeah on that note, anyone have an idea of the release date of the seventh book??

[Guest mcwarre]

I am not a party pooper but I have not read a Harry Potter book, or watched Big Brother (or any reality TV show) and I feel that my life is not worse off.......... :)

[Guest Disco Stu]

..and I can add to that in that I watched 30 minutes of the first Lord of the Rings film before deciding that I had better things to do with the time :)

It's good that people are reading books though. I think that is very important. You will not get the same experience by watching the film.

[Guest scm7rap]

I've read all the books and think they are good. They have also been good for childrens literature (although whether you can class them as literature is debatable) as sales of childrens books have risen huge amounts since HP started. There also seem to be a rising number of childrens books that are read by adults as well - The Amber Spyglass and all those wierd ones, even Pratchett is writing Discworld novels aimed at children.

As for Dumbledore dying - dissapointing. He was such an obvious choice I thought it would not be him because of Rowlings love of red herrings and twists.

Of course he isn't really dead as such, as his portrait will be in the headmasters/mistresses office and so he can still advise Harry. Hmm. Obi-Wan and Luke anyone? Next thing you know, Snape will turn out to HP's father and HP's destiny is to kill Snape to replace him at Voldermorts side!!

Or maybe not :-) But I don't think we've heard the last of Dumbledore.

[Guest tonijj]

Of course he isn't really dead as such, as his portrait will be in the headmasters/mistresses office and so he can still advise Harry. Hmm. Obi-Wan and Luke anyone? Next thing you know, Snape will turn out to HP's father and HP's destiny is to kill Snape to replace him at Voldermorts side!!

Haha, well thats a theory that would make millions of children cry their eyes off ;)

You should ask Ladbrokes or some other betting firm what odds you could get for that one :)

[Guest zero_divide_1]

I'm 20 and I can't read anything but Harry Potter and stay focused. Its just compelling to me like that.

But, yeah, the whole Dumbledore dying thing pissed me off. I always considered Dumbledore to be the best example of Harry's support against Voldemort, and also the voice of reason. Now how's Harry gonna think straight?

But what really confuses/worries me is whether the 7th book, or "Year 7" in the series, will take place at Hogwarts? At the end of this book Harry said that he wasn't going back to Hogwarts, and Ron and Hermione agreed to go with him wherever he went, so what's going to happen then?

I don't know, I have mixed feelings about this book. One part of me likes it because of all the twists in the entire storyline of the series and think it will be interesting to see how it all wraps up, but the other part of me hates it because Dumbledore dies and the uncertainty of whether or not the next book will even take place at Hogwarts. We can only wait and see....

[Guest Sir Max]

Ive read all of Harry Potter. Its nothing to be ashamed about its a very good book. If you havnt read it you really should do when youve got some spare time :)

I know who dies ;)

[Guest mcwarre]

Of course he isn't really dead

That's because he is not real. Sorry to spoil any illusions :) ;)

[Guest Gorskar]

I didn't know anyone was going to die in this book before I started reading, and when it turned out to be Dumbledore it didnt shock me anywhere near as much as the last book - it was just "ok shes started killing main characters and its another one, blah blah blah.

Basically anyone who could be Harrys father figure seems to be fair game.

X1- Black (most obvious father figure)

X2- Dumbledore (again most obvious father figure)

X3- whoever turns out to be the most obvious parental figure this time - my guess would be Mrs Weasly

very disappointing as it seems to be simply aimed at tear jerking these last couple of books.

I'll still get and read the last one when it comes out though, as the writing style is very compelling.

[Guest ShaneBoyd]

This was one of my favorites. I really like how it setup the last book to be Harry finding himself away from Hogwarts.

[Guest C00LH4ND]

I am also an avid fan and a number of my colleages are also fans I am a Jnr Exec for a major global IT Company. I got into it after listening to a couple of power dressers behind me in Virgin Upperclass one day on a return flight. They were both in their 40s and from the conversation solicitors or Company lawyers. I thought if they enjoy a childrens book then I too must look into this... Hooked...

As for who is dead... We did not read that Sirrius Black died. He went through the arch. I summise he will return....