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"Ron looked at Harry's forehead then said'Harry, where's your scar'?"
I feel as though i missed something, as i dont recall reading this line. The last paragraph was where Ron insisted Harry come back to "Mum and Dad's" to see the wedding. And then something about them not loosing contact that made Harry feel better.
I was extremly dissapointed at this book. I too feel it was rushed, and did not receive her full attention when she was writing it.
There are possibly 4 horcruxes left.
#1 The locket (of which they found the fake), this may or may not have been destroyed by R.A.B.
#2 The Snake (nagini), also speculation as to wheather or not it is a horcruxe.
#3 The tea cup
#4 Something valueable from gryfendor of the other group (mind went blank all of a sudden).
A few things i dont get:
#1 Why no interaction with Voldemort?
#2 The Death of Dumbledore makes no sense. If he knew Malfoy was after him all year, allowing things to go down the way they did was pathetic. Dumbledore whos supposed to be one of the most powerful wizards looses his wand and cant recall it without speaking (since he paralyzed Harry without speaking just seconds before, this makes no sense). Even in a weakened state, he could have at least gotten his wand back.
#3 I hate snape, and hope hes in with Voldemort, and that Harry gets to kill him. But it just doesnt make sense. Defending himself against Harry, and useing the lame excuse that he has orders, is also pathetic. Snape's character isnt like that, and i could easily see him killing Harry and just saying "Oops sorry had to " to Voldemort. This makes me think it was planned out also.
#4 Lupin and Tonks? What the heck is up with that?
#5 Typos. OMG this book had a lot of typos. Iam no english expert, but i spotted at least 20 typos, that just irked me. It adds to the rushed feeling the book had.
#6 The whole memory lessons Dumbledore had with Harry makes sense. I mean we learned a lot about Voldemort, yet this did absolutly nothing for the book. What i mean is, they only went after the one piece of Horcruxe, and it was a fake. Seems like it was a lot of filler, and maybe setting things up for the next book. But nothing really concluded itself in this book.
#7 As someone else said what up with the new minister of magic? Harry obviously doesnt like him, but i would think the minister of magic would really want to know what Dumbledore was doing, and would arest Harry, and find out (mind reading charms truth serums ect). Would be like me telling the president of the US, i dont feel like telling you where i was last night, when the secretary of state died in front of me ><
I am a huge fan of Harry Potter books, but this one left me so wondering where shes gonna go with book 7. If Harry doesnt return to school (or the school closes), there will be a ton of half wizards/witches floating around, and no one who is educated enough in magic to continue on fighting the evils. Malfoy also mentioned not returning for his 7th year, which i found interesting since Harry said the same thing.
I would love to find out Dumbledore set it all up, and is still alive. I would love to find out Snape is really helping Dumbledore (though ive grown to hate him so). And i always wondered if J.K. would end the series at book7, or tell more tales of Harry Potter after he graduates and is able to actually use his magic (which i agree is rather weak at the momemnt). But if he doesnt go back to school, then i dont know what to think.
Dumbledore and Snape also had an argument that Hagrid overheard, where Snape really didnt want to do what Dumbledore wanted him too. This plays in wiht the theory that he planned it that way.
I also had an interesting theory. What if Snape and Dumbledore used poly juice, and had switched places? Dumbledore would be the one actually killing Snape, and then running off to see where Voldemort is hiding. But i doubt that, it was just a fun thought. Snape dead, Dumbledore knowing where Voldemort is.
Anyways, i hope book 7 redeems the series, as i found this book lacked a little compared to the rest of them.
EDIT:
Something else just hit me. Dumbledore just before Snape **killed** him, mentioned to Malfoy, that the ministry of magic could fake his and his mothers death, and protect them. Interesting timeing, since i am now begining to beleive thats what dumbledore did.
Hmmmmmmm
Edited, Wed Jul 20 13:33:52 2005 by acepod