Finished reading Harry Potter 6? (Reviews/Thoughts/SPOILERS)

[SofaKing381222]

I do not believe Snape is truely evil, and I think there is a chance Dumbledore is still alive. I just think it needed to look as though Snape had killed Dumbledore. 1. so that Snape could keep up his act as a death eater, and 2. so that Harry, thinking Dumbledore, his last protecter, was dead, could finally become the wizard that he needs to be in order to defeat Voldemort.

I dont think Dumbledore will come back. He is dead. JK stated that the Avada Kedavra curse is final and that nobody can come back from the dead.

As for Snape, in the Muggle Net interview: http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview2.shtml AND http://www.mugglenet.com/jkrinterview.shtml

It says:

ES: Was Dumbledore planning to die?

JKR: [Pause.] Do you think that's going to be the big theory?

MA & ES: Yes. It’ll be a big theory.

JKR: [Pause.] Well, I don't want to shoot that one down. [A little laughter.] I have to give people hope.

MA: It goes back to the question of whether Snape is a double-double-double-triple-

JKR: [Laughs] Double-double-quadruple-to-the-power-of - yeah.

MA: …whether this had been planned, and since Dumbledore had this knowledge of Draco the whole year, had they had a discussion that said, "Should this happen, you have to act as if it is entirely your intention to just walk forward and kill me, because if you don't, Draco will die, the Unbreakable Vow, you'll die," and so on —

JKR: No, I see that, and yeah, I follow your line there. I can't — I mean, obviously, there are lines of speculation I don't want to shut down. Generally speaking, I shut down those lines of speculation that are plain unprofitable. Even with the shippers. God bless them, but they had a lot of fun with it. It's when people get really off the wall — it's when people devote hours of their time to proving that Snape is a vampire that I feel it's time to step in, because there's really nothing in the canon that supports that.

ES: It's when you look for those things —

JKR: Yeah, it's after the 15th rereading when you have spots in front of your eyes that you start seeing clues about Snape being the Lord of Darkness. So, there are things I shut down just because I think, well, don't waste your time, there's better stuff to be debating, and even if it's wrong, it will probably lead you somewhere interesting. That's my rough theory anyway.

I honestly have no idea what the answer says in this rambling, but maybe ther is some hints.

[lord-of-sith]

I think Dumbledore is dead. period. But I think Harry will still be able to talk to the painting of him in McGonagall's office.

[memnv]

I thought the book was great, Surprised me who the Half-Blood Prince was. The big fight at the end was great, hopefully the Movie will go into it more. How will J.K. finish the series, I hate that we have 2 wait a few years to find out.

[yankees]

Well I Just Finihed

Heres What Happend... On Friday Nite I went to go See Charlie and The Choclate Factory..... Then After I went to the bookstore and I waited about 20min to get the book..

I Would Have Finished The Book Alot Earlier But I was so busy this week.

Now On To The Reviews and Thoughts and The Reviews

First of All I Thought This Book Was Excellent. It Is My Favorite 2nd Book In The Series. The Thing I really liked about This Book was Harry himself.. In Order Of The Pheonix he was way too serious and got mad all the Time. In The Half Blood Prince he never really got mad and that was good. In This Book Harry is alot More Independent.. In the other books he really Needed Ron And Hermione but This Time he is More Byhimself. I really Like How In This Book We learn about Voldermort's History.. I always wondered what he was like at a younger age.... It Was Very Sad To Know That Dumbledore died in this book... now Snape is not one of my favorite chracters. I like how Ron and Hermione were in this book.. I think they well get together in this book... The Only Thing That Really bothered me in This book was the romance.. Sure i didnt mind Harry Getting Together with Ginny or Ron having a GF but Lupin and Tonks getting together is just wrong.. there way too difference in age.. I also found Harry telling Ginny that Voldy is always gonna be after him and Dumpin her at Dumblerdores funereal way Too much Like Spider-Man.

Overall I love This Book... It Is My 2nd fav one in the series and I plan to read the book again
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[Jake Lipson]

Let me point out that JKR did the Harry/Ginny funeral stuff LONG before Spider-Man did it. Though HBP is just now coming out, she has had the whole series planned out in extensive detail since the idea came to her, and the first book dates back to 1997 publication in the UK, with the idea taking shape long before that. And anyway, it is used and reused because it's a logical idea for the hero to want to protect those he loves by distancing them from him; it's a logical, selfless step in his journey that he had to take.

[SofaKing381222]

Let me point out that JKR did the Harry/Ginny funeral stuff LONG before Spider-Man did it. Though HBP is just now coming out, she has had the whole series planned out in extensive detail since the idea came to her, and the first book dates back to 1997 publication in the UK, with the idea taking shape long before that. And anyway, it is used and reused because it's a logical idea for the hero to want to protect those he loves by distancing them from him; it's a logical, selfless step in his journey that he had to take.

Yes, we know this. I think he is just saying what I thought, that when he read that scene he was reminded of the scene between Peter and Mary-Jane in Spider-man. It is difficult to read it and not see the similarities between the two.

[yankees]

I Decided That I wasnt glad with the review I wrote So Im Gonna Write Another one lolol

Harry Potter And The Halfblood Prince
Written By J.K. Rowling

Story
Harry Potter Continues his adventure at Hogwarts... and with the help of the new mysterious halfblood prince he does well in potions and Dumbledore helps Harry to destroy Voldermort.

Review
Let Me Just Say That J.K. Rowling is a amazing writter.. since 1999 I have been addicted to those books. This Book Is No Different When You Reach Page 100 it is hard to put the book down. My favorite thing about this book is Harry himself.. In OOTP all he did was get mad and scream.. in this pone he doesnt do it as much. The Stories has many surprising moments like Dumbledore Dead, Snape the halfblood prince, and Hagrids house getting On Fire. I Found It very sad that how JK decided to kill Dumbledore (while I sortof think he is still alive). It was also very sad how Hagrids house went on fire. One of my Favorite things about the Harry Potter books are Harrys Ron and Hermione's Friendship.... I love how they always stick up for wach other. The Only Thing that bothered me about the book was some of the Romance.. Sure I didnt Mind Harry and Ginny or Ron Having a GF.. but Tonks and Lupin?? there way to old for each other. Also Like I said in My Review Earlier The Scence where Harry Breaks up with Ginny at the funereal because Voldy always gonna be after him I found way too much Like Spiderman... its not a bad thing but just sortof found it familiar... I also found the first chapter kindof pointless .This Book also has a ton Of adventure and I like I said Earlier its Hard to Put The Book Down. After Reading The Book I Found Many Question Running Through My Head Like Is Maybe Dumbledore Still alive Or Is Snape Bad... I Love This Book Everything is great about it.. Let Me Just Say That Rowling is the best writter ever

Closing Thoughts
Overall Harry Potter 6 is the 2nd Best Book in the Series and Everyone Will Love It.

Favorite Potter Books In Order
1. Prisoner Of Azkaban
2. Half Blood Prince
3. Goblet Of Fire
4. Socereers Stone
5. Order Of The Pheonix
6. Chamber Of Secerts

Let Me Just Say Though All The Books are Great
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[lord-of-sith]

I JUST HAD A THOUGHT! There is a way Snape can be good! And It goes certainly with what I've thought for some time! I've always thought Dumbledore was not Dumbledore, but a Death Eater in disguise. That would make it so Snape would've killed a death eater if he knew. And I kept thinking Dumbledore seemed a bit off in this book. But if it is actually Dumbledore, just read my thought earlier in this thread.

[yankees]

I Also Have a Thought

I Think Snape can still be good.. maybe he pretended to kill Dumbledore so The Death Eaters and Voldermort wouldnt Hurt Him.. So maybe he is actually protecting harry.. and that Stuff Dumbledore drank maybe put him into a long sleep so thats why they mite think he is dead
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[Alan]

So is Harry really not coming back to Hogwarts in his seventh year? Since in the end, Harry said he isn't coming back.

[yankees]

So is Harry really not coming back to Hogwarts in his seventh year? Since in the end, Harry said he isn't coming back.

Its hard to tell...... Harry Still Has to find the horcexus so he mite do tat

My prediction: he will return to school or atleast a half a year of school
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[magicalwands]

So is Harry really not coming back to Hogwarts in his seventh year? Since in the end, Harry said he isn't coming back.

Its hard to tell...... Harry Still Has to find the horcexus so he mite do tat

My prediction: he will return to school or atleast a half a year of school

If he doesn't go back at all, I wonder what they will do with the "Year 7" that should be printed on the binding. Like unmatching dvd styles for a series, i dont want my harry potter books to not have a pattern.

[lord-of-sith]

Well, Harry might go back to school. But Snape used Avadra Kedavra, which is an unforgivable, and unfakable, curse. So either Dumbledore's dead as a Dumbledorenail, or it wasn't Dumbledore. It would be conveinient for the movie makers if it was not Dumbledore because then they could say that's why Dumbledore looked different starting 3rd year.

[yankees]

Its hard to tell...... Harry Still Has to find the horcexus so he mite do tat

My prediction: he will return to school or atleast a half a year of school

If he doesn't go back at all, I wonder what they will do with the "Year 7" that should be printed on the binding. Like unmatching dvd styles for a series, i dont want my harry potter books to not have a pattern.

Well JKR always sed 7yrs of Hogwarts and I think thats what its gonna be

Anyone Think Snape Is A Good Guy

I still think he is. (I say why he is goods in other post in this forum)
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[SofaKing381222]

They can still have "7th Year"

The "7th Year" doesnt have to mean 7th year at Hogwarts, it can mean 7th year of us following Harry's life, or the 7th year of the Harry Potter novels. It'll still work. I hope he doesn't return to Hogwarts (change of scene) but it'd still be nice to catch up with some of the old charcters.

[pinkrenata]

I <i>finally</i> finished the book this afternoon (I didn't get around to even starting it until a few days ago). I just skimmed through what people had to say about the book and didn't see my possible theory about Snape mentioned, so I thought I'd throw it in.

Now, it seems pretty certain now that he is a Death Eater <i>but</i> what if he pretended to know about the plan with Malfoy in the beginning just to make it look like he was close to Voldemort? Because the plan is never mentioned, he could have made the vow to protect Malfoy and complete his task for him if necessary, without knowing that the task was to kill Dumbledore. Having made the vow, he couldn't go back. I think that Dumbledore would have a better idea whether or not Snape was lying to him than Voldemort. Of course, who knows. This book (obviously) lacks the comforting end in which everything is explained by Dumbledore.

[Escapay]

I <i>finally</i> finished the book this afternoon (I didn't get around to even starting it until a few days ago). I just skimmed through what people had to say about the book and didn't see my possible theory about Snape mentioned, so I thought I'd throw it in.

Now, it seems pretty certain now that he is a Death Eater <i>but</i> what if he pretended to know about the plan with Malfoy in the beginning just to make it look like he was close to Voldemort? Because the plan is never mentioned, he could have made the vow to protect Malfoy and complete his task for him if necessary, without knowing that the task was to kill Dumbledore. Having made the vow, he couldn't go back. I think that Dumbledore would have a better idea whether or not Snape was lying to him than Voldemort. Of course, who knows. This book (obviously) lacks the comforting end in which everything is explained by Dumbledore.

I was thinking the same thing. Since Snape made the unbreakable vow, he'd have been forced by himself to complete the task, AND protect Draco. So while he's running away, it's essentially that he is only doing it to protect Draco. Maybe later on he'll return and explain things.

I don't know, maybe it's just because I don't want Snape to be on Voldemort's side.

And Dumbledore KNEW that Draco was trying to kill him, so perhaps...just perhaps he enlisted someone...don't know who yet (maybe Nicholas Flamel since he'd be due to die since he couldn't take the elixir), to take a polyjuice potion regularly and be HIM. It'd be easier for Dumbledore to find out information and do things on the down low if people thought he was dead.

Escapay

[magicalwands]

Then again, the story wouldn't be as good if Dumbledore hadn't die.

[Disney-Fan]

This is without a doubt my favourite book. Dumbledore's death was no surprise to me ( I wonder why) but every other discovery made was truely shocking and painful. The funeral ending really got to me, it was so sad seeing a character so dearly loved leave after six year of "knowing" him. Overall, this book is great! Tied up lots of loose ends and has got me hyped for the final showdown of good and evil!

[Disney's Divinity]

I, personally, think that Dumbledore is dead (never coming back). If he were to come back, it would just take away from the whole significance of his death. I also do not think Snape is evil. Dumbledore is the one You-Know-Who feared for a reason. He knows what will happen beforehand most of the time. Did anyone else notice how he kept on referring to himself as a useless old man there at the end? Most likely knew that he would be gone soon didn't he? He also probably told Snape never to reveal where his loyalties lie, because Harry could use someone on the inside (of Voldemort's side) more than a man who's already given all his worth to helping the war. I think that's the reason why Snape kept chasing after Malfoy and asking him if he could help. If Malfoy didn't find a way to get Death Eaters into the school, then Snape wouldn't have to fulfill his duty as far as the Unbreakable Vow goes.

And, thinking of the Unbreakable Vow scene, did anyone else just love all the character building that went on? Narcissa, Malfoy and Voldemort's mother all suddenly ranked very much higher on my list of favorite characters in this book. I always hated the way they displayed Voldemort, Malfoy and their families as unreasonably evil people. I'm glad that there're now facts of WHY people acted or did the things they did, rather than being the way they are for the sake of plot. Of course, I thought that werewolf guy (the one at the end, the one that bit Bill and made Lupin a werewolf; I forget his name) was just plain creepy. @_@ But I guess no darkside would be great without its true nasties.

On another note, I would like to mention that I didn't like any of the pairings that came along in this book. While I could endure both Bill/Fleur and Harry/Ginny somewhat, Lupin/Tonks was just WAY too much. For a while, I thought Tonks would turn into the next "godmother" figure, because I thought her and Harry would somehow relate with each other over Sirius' death. Yet, it turned out she was just lovesick. Bleh.

By the way, I loved the way Hermione sent her birds on Ron in that one scene. Has anyone else noticed how Ron gets crueler and more selfish as each book goes by? But, I suppose, he is your regular immature, school boy. -_-