HP and the half-blood prince
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HP and the half-blood prince
I just finished reading it (bought it Monday night ).
Perhaps the best Harry Potter book yet. Really, It is very good - Harry is now 16 and the themes are somber now.
What amazed me is the cross references with the previous 5 books. Miss Rowling really planned well those 7 books. I was really amazed of the way everything in the previous 5 books mingled into something very well crafted. She would make a great DM
Highly recommended!
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Perhaps the best Harry Potter book yet. Really, It is very good - Harry is now 16 and the themes are somber now.
What amazed me is the cross references with the previous 5 books. Miss Rowling really planned well those 7 books. I was really amazed of the way everything in the previous 5 books mingled into something very well crafted. She would make a great DM
Highly recommended!
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I think just about everyone with an internet connection's knows that by now, weither they've read the book or not. Hell, I've seen a few livejournal icons in memorial to the character.Drinnik Shoehorn wrote:I don't care for Harry Potter. So I'd just like to let everyone know that it is *** who dies.
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I was more surprised at the identity of the Half-blood Prince! Haven't read it yet, but I was at a midnight release party and got it when it came out. Have to wait for my kids to finish it, so I'm re-reading Goblet of Fire & Order of the Phoenix until they let me have it.Drinnik Shoehorn wrote:I don't care for Harry Potter. So I'd just like to let everyone know that it is *** who dies.
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Indeed, the Half-blood prince is a revelation that explains many things.Catman Jim wrote: I was more surprised at the identity of the Half-blood Prince! Haven't read it yet, but I was at a midnight release party and got it when it came out. Have to wait for my kids to finish it, so I'm re-reading Goblet of Fire & Order of the Phoenix until they let me have it.
Good idea indeed to reread the last book before this one. Many small details will get another significance ...
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I hope the series ends with an epic fight between harry and the prince. like Matrix or Star Wars or the NEW Star Wars or Me, Myself and Irene...
Really, cannot understand what's so great about that boy... Looks a bit like me when I was younger... Glasses and scar... hehehe I am how Harry will be when grown up... no good
Really, cannot understand what's so great about that boy... Looks a bit like me when I was younger... Glasses and scar... hehehe I am how Harry will be when grown up... no good
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And married to Lisa Simpson?Desdichado wrote: Really, cannot understand what's so great about that boy... Looks a bit like me when I was younger... Glasses and scar... hehehe I am how Harry will be when grown up... no good
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I am not a big fan of the Harry Potter books, but they are a good read if you don't take things too seriously. Plus, as Joel has already stated, Rowling really has pulled the stories together with each new book. I was rather impressed with how much this sixth book used from the previous five stories. If her storytelling continues to improve for the seventh book, then I would be interested in seeing just how she ties everything up in the end.Joël of the Fraternity wrote:What amazed me is the cross references with the previous 5 books. Miss Rowling really planned well those 7 books.
Me too! I had guessed who would be the major character that died long before the book ever came out and wasn't very surprised to be correct (although the actual death scene did surprise me a little bit). However, I was completely off with the true identity of the half-blood prince.Catman Jim wrote:I was more surprised at the identity of the Half-blood Prince!
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What kind of Harry Potter thread is this? Wiccy didn't show up spewing vitriol about how much he hates HP! That's very lax of him!
I haven't read it yet, and have thus far avoided getting spoiled about anything. Thank you for not spoiling it for me here.
I'll guess right off the bat that the Half-Blood Prince is Voldemort, since it seems like something he would call himself. I guess it could be a total wildcard like Hagrid, Dumbledore or Lucuis Malfoy. Maybe Harry's father, to make Harry more of a Mary Sue or something... As to who dies, hmm, Harry is of course safe. Ron and Hermione, probably also survive. But I think most of Harry's mentors are fair game: Dumbledore, Hagrid, Lupin, the other teachers, Ron's family, and members of the Order of the Phoenix... so that when Harry eventually has to face down Voldemort again, he can't rely on them for help. The Durselys are undoubtably safe, no matter how much they desreve getting squashed like bugs. Well, I guess they don't actually deserve death, they're merely (EDITED), not evil.
I haven't read it yet, and have thus far avoided getting spoiled about anything. Thank you for not spoiling it for me here.
I'll guess right off the bat that the Half-Blood Prince is Voldemort, since it seems like something he would call himself. I guess it could be a total wildcard like Hagrid, Dumbledore or Lucuis Malfoy. Maybe Harry's father, to make Harry more of a Mary Sue or something... As to who dies, hmm, Harry is of course safe. Ron and Hermione, probably also survive. But I think most of Harry's mentors are fair game: Dumbledore, Hagrid, Lupin, the other teachers, Ron's family, and members of the Order of the Phoenix... so that when Harry eventually has to face down Voldemort again, he can't rely on them for help. The Durselys are undoubtably safe, no matter how much they desreve getting squashed like bugs. Well, I guess they don't actually deserve death, they're merely (EDITED), not evil.
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Maybe someone should propose that to her and speak about all RPG thing!Joël of the Fraternity wrote: I was really amazed of the way everything in the previous 5 books mingled into something very well crafted. She would make a great DM
As about Harry Potter I'm really curious to see how everything will end at the last book. I'm sure that we will have the super-extra finalbattle Potter-Voldermont! But what will happen then? Harry and his friends will be gratuated wizards and I'd like see them have more adventures. But I don't think that Ms Rowling will continue writting stories about them.
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#1 - Nope, Voldemort would never admit to being half-blooded. You are getting close with the wildcard guesses, though.Charlatan wrote:I'll guess right off the bat that the Half-Blood Prince is Voldemort, since it seems like something he would call himself. I guess it could be a total wildcard like Hagrid, Dumbledore or Lucuis Malfoy. Maybe Harry's father, to make Harry more of a Mary Sue or something... As to who dies, hmm, Harry is of course safe. Ron and Hermione, probably also survive. But I think most of Harry's mentors are fair game: Dumbledore, Hagrid, Lupin, the other teachers, Ron's family, and members of the Order of the Phoenix... so that when Harry eventually has to face down Voldemort again, he can't rely on them for help. The Durselys are undoubtably safe, no matter how much they desreve getting squashed like bugs. Well, I guess they don't actually deserve death, they're merely (EDITED), not evil.
#2 - Yup, one of those dies.
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Wrong!Charlatan wrote:I'll guess right off the bat that the Half-Blood Prince is Voldemort, since it seems like something he would call himself. I guess it could be a total wildcard like Hagrid, Dumbledore or Lucuis Malfoy. Maybe Harry's father, to make Harry more of a Mary Sue or something...
And I edited your post to remove ***hidden word. Please make sure you use gentlemen's words
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Re: HP and the half-blood prince
No, it isn't Voldemort, but he was my first guess through a majority of the book. I certainly won't spoil the surprise for anyone reading this, but the actual Half-Blood Prince was not a character that I would have expected...Joël of the Fraternity wrote:Wrong!Charlatan wrote:I'll guess right off the bat that the Half-Blood Prince is Voldemort, since it seems like something he would call himself.
On a sidenote, I am rather surprised that some company hasn't created and published some sort of Harry Potter RPG (or I haven't heard of one if they have). With such a large fanbase for the books, I would have thought that there would be been a significant demand for a game where players could be characters at Hogwarts...VAN wrote:Maybe someone should propose that to her and speak about all RPG thing!Joël of the Fraternity wrote: I was really amazed of the way everything in the previous 5 books mingled into something very well crafted. She would make a great DM
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