I've read the first two books but then i could'nt be bothered so other people just told me what happened in the others so c'mon somebody. One of you guys must have read the book by now so c'mon dish the dirt, and reviews we can all be harry potter geeks.:help: :help: :help: please

OK then, but this is spoilerific
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Draco is told by Voldemort to kill Dumbledore but doesn't manage it... Dumbledore is killed by Snape (who is, incidentally, the Half Blood Prince). Ginny and Harry get it together, Hermione and Ron nearly do. Both Draco and Harry leave Hogwarts, not planning to return for their final year.

It's very good. Much better than the last one.

MORE HUGE SPOLIERS TO COME
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It is much better than the last one. We get a lot of insight into Voldemort's background - his family, his time at Hogwarts and after. We discover that he has split his soul into 7 parts - storing 6 of them in various antiques of wizarding legend (known as Morcruxes) and the final part is still within his body. This is why he did not die when the killing curse he fired on Harry as a baby rebounded on him. Dumbledore has managed to find one of these 'morcruxes' and destroyed it. He and Harry then went on a mission to find a second, only to find it had been replaced with another lockett and a note to Voldemort from someone else who has already destroyed it. Harry now knows that he must find and destroy the remaining morcruxes before he can actually kill Voldemort, hence why he has stated that he will not be returning to Hogwarts for his final year.

Ahem - horcruxes :)

Originally posted by Wizzzard
Ahem - horcruxes :)

oh yeah! :hihi: Not read it enough yet!

is there any way of changing the title of this thread to say that it includes spoilers? so that anyone who comes in to read the poll or anything doesn't read the spoilers if they don't want to !

Originally posted by KookyKoo
is there any way of changing the title of this thread to say that it includes spoilers? so that anyone who comes in to read the poll or anything doesn't read the spoilers if they don't want to !
Done.

I've just finished reading it and I am finding it hard to believe Dumbledore would be so wrong about Snape. I'm hoping that Snape will turn out good in the end, and this is all part of some sort of plan to thwart Voldermort. Or maybe Dumbledore really was wrong about Snape, afterall, he did say "Being ... rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger."

Oh, a little more, Harry will not return to Hogwarts next year, but spend the year attempting to find the remaining Horcruxes. Ron and Hermione have pledged to be at his side.

Originally posted by Sidla
Done.

I've just finished reading it and I am finding it hard to believe Dumbledore would be so wrong about Snape. I'm hoping that Snape will turn out good in the end, and this is all part of some sort of plan to thwart Voldermort. Or maybe Dumbledore really was wrong about Snape, afterall, he did say "Being ... rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger."



I too still think that Dumbledore may have been right about Snape. I can't help but think he planned in advance with Snape that if Narcissa asked him to make the unbreakable vow then he should go ahead - and that Dumbledore was prepared to sacrifice himself to keep Snape in with Voldemort. But how Snape will be trusted by those who remain is beyond me.

Sounds good i might go and buy it now, which doesn't really make much sense but hey ho:loopy:

Oh I read it in 24 hours!

Hmm....quite a scene setting, interim sort of book, not a huge plot really.

I was so depressed after Dumbledore died, sad, aren't I :rolleyes:

but the book is more detalied than the film. so i sugeest to those who want to read the book yes go ahead. dont let one person stop you from reading it!:P

Originally posted by ReginaldD
Sounds good i might go and buy it now, which doesn't really make much sense but hey ho:loopy:
It was 20x better than the 5th book.

One thing I don't get, why can't Voldemort just make some more Horcruxes? He must have split his soul enough times to make way more than 7, and he already knows that at least one has been destroyed.

Oh, and also, Harry said at the end that there are 4 horcuxes left to find, but surely that should be 3? Riddle's Diary has been destroyed, so has Slytherin's ring, and the note from R.A.B in the locket said he had destroyed the real Horcrux. That just leaves 3 more, followed by the "seventh bit of Voldemort's soul, the bit that's still in his body".

It was surprisingly good, the last one should be a killer, though I'd imagine it very challenging to write a brilliant finale to such a good series.

Originally posted by Sidla
It was 20x better than the 5th book.

One thing I don't get, why can't Voldemort just make some more Horcruxes? He must have split his soul enough times to make way more than 7, and he already knows that at least one has been destroyed.

Oh, and also, Harry said at the end that there are 4 horcuxes left to find, but surely that should be 3? Riddle's Diary has been destroyed, so has Slytherin's ring, and the note from R.A.B in the locket said he had destroyed the real Horcrux. That just leaves 3 more, followed by the "seventh bit of Voldemort's soul, the bit that's still in his body".

Voldy could create more horcruxes theoretically - but didn't he choose seven because it has historical magical properties? He also had problems finding the kinds of objects that he wanted to create as horcruxes, hence why he ended up using Nagini. he seems very fussy about only using objects of significance.

I'm not sure Harry was counting the locket when he was thinking about the horcruxes still to be destroyed. R.A.B only said that he had taken it and intended to destroy it. Harry has to assume it has not been destroyed, and ensure it has been - otherwise another dual with Voldy will be pointless.

Any guesses who R.A.B. is?

I think R.A.B may be Regulus Black - Sirius' brother who "got in too far" with Voldemort and was murdered on his orders (it's mentioned in the "Order of the Phoenix").

The horcrux could be at 12 Grimuald Place??

Originally posted by Longcol
I think R.A.B may be Regulus Black - Sirius' brother who "got in too far" with Voldemort and was murdered on his orders (it's mentioned in the "Order of the Phoenix").

The horcrux could be at 12 Grimuald Place??

I think it probably is - as long as Mundungus hasn't sold it! JKR has pretty much admitted already that RAB is Regulus - Sirius would have been proud!

Originally posted by banesmabes
I think it probably is - as long as Mundungus hasn't sold it! JKR has pretty much admitted already that RAB is Regulus - Sirius would have been proud!
Where has she said that?

There was a bit in Order of the Pheonix where they found a locket which nobody could open if I remember rightly; maybe this was it. Mundungus is in Azkaban now so hopefully it'll still be at Grimmauld Place and he never got around to selling it, unless he's sold it back to Voldermort or a Death Eater in another plot twist.

Originally posted by Sidla
Where has she said that?

There was a bit in Order of the Pheonix where they found a locket which nobody could open if I remember rightly; maybe this was it. Mundungus is in Azkaban now so hopefully it'll still be at Grimmauld Place and he never got around to selling it, unless he's sold it back to Voldermort or a Death Eater in another plot twist.

Yes, a locket that couldn't be opened was mentioned in Order of the Phoenix, and also an uncle of Sirius's whose name began with A (can't remember the full name now) - so could have been the middle name of Regulus. There's a really good interview with JK Rowling on The Leaky Cauldron Site: the-leaky-cauldron.org an exerpt of which is:

"MA: R.A.B. Can we figure out who he is, from what we know so far?

[Note: JKR has adopted slightly evil look here]

JKR: Do you have a theory?

MA: We've come up with Regulus Black.

JKR: Have you now? Well, I think that would be, um, a fine guess."