New Harry Potter Novel

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The more important question is:
How many pages will Part VI have?

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I demand to have some booze (spoilers)!

 

Originally posted by Gocad:

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Luna Lovegood

I wonder why Rowling gave her this name...     

Reminds me of

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Holly Goodhead

I'm sure I could read the book pretty fast but that would involve buying it.

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Originally posted by BarneyBurnham:
I demand to have some booze (spoilers)!

 Reminds me of

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Holly Goodhead

I'm sure I could read the book pretty fast but that would involve buying it.

Who is that?
Do I need to know?
Do I want to know?

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It's nothing to do with Harry Potter under my spoiler, but someone to do with James Bond.

EDIT: Gocad, yes.

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Bond, right. (-> Moonraker)

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and yet here we are in the HARRY POTTER THREAD, not the James Bond thread. . .

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Velour, I think it's more the journey that Rowling cares about. The whole thing about the non-plot explanation in half book is to purposely catch you off guard at the end...every book is written in some variation of that way...although LOTR is kinda in reverse...it explains the plot, then the adventure begins...in harry potter, it's the adventure that leads to the revelations at the end.

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yeah but it's gotten to the point where they are keeping everything a secret.

"what've you got for lunch today, Ron?"
"wouldn't you like to know. . ."

*susupensful music plays*

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Originally posted by BarneyBurnham:
I'm sure I could read the book pretty fast but that would involve buying it.

I hear there are these places called "libraries" or something, where they just GIVE you the book, and all you have to do is bring it back later!

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I hear Harry Potter dies in this one....  But then again that's probably a secret to the end...

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in fact its probably a load of garbage concocted by those evil companies determined to destroy J.K. Rowlings good name.

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they can't kill Harry Potter in book five. he's kinda needed for the rest of the series. You can't have a Harry Potter series without Harry Potter.

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You had Taggart without Taggart though.

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"The Late Harry Potter and the End of Trees". It could work.

"After their best friend Harry Potter bites the dust, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasely take it into their own hands to further protect Hogwarts. With their new best friend, Neville Longbottom, the trio seeks to overthrow He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and avenge their late friend once and for all. Will Ron and Hermione realize their love for one another? Will Neville become less incompetant with a wnad? And after the death of his hero, will Dobby the house-elf become an alcoholic like his associate Winky? Come join us for a tale of action, adventure, romance, magic, and an occasional throw-back to the Boy Who Lived For A While But Then Died."

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*sends BNLbum a Howler*

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Originally posted by BarneyBurnham:
You had Taggart without Taggart though.

It's hardly the same though is it?

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Originally posted by Smitty:
 It's hardly the same though is it?

Hmmm, one's a boy wizard, the other's a Scottish policeman.

I see your point but still think my point is valid.

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*waits for Howler to explode, then uses resulting explosive flames to light cigar*

Ah, that calms the shakes.

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Well its pretty good as far as I am. Just found out that *Someone..* is related to *its a secret!*
I was shocked!!!!! cause then technically *another person* is related to *its a secret!*
Anyway im on page 124.

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There are no spoilers in this post, dont worry 

I finished reading the whole book today and its amazing! In my opinnion, it goes on a bit too long, and there are some parts in there that just dont need to be. JK just seemed to be dragging it out a bit. They get longer each time so god knows how long the next one is gonna be. The ending is the best part. Even though this book was highly anticipated and there are loads of questions answered, its not the best out of the 5 in my opinnion. I dont know why but it lacked a certain something. It doesn't get your heart racing or get you sitting on the edge of your seat wondering whats gonna happen as much as The Goblet Of Fire, it still has that abilty though. It takes quite a long time to get going and the beginning bit is actually rather boring to be honest. But it does get going though. Theres not as many story twists and turns as the other 4 books, but it does have its fair share. It concentrates a bit more on some of the other characters in this book too which was nice. It wasn't soley revolved around the main 3, Harry, Ron and Hermione. Also, theres some more areas covered in Harry's life, such as relationships and more about his parents and family too. Its not all to do with Harry and Voldemort, which was a nice change. Although theres a fair chunk of that in the book, obviously, as with any other Harry Potter book.

Overall its what you'd expect from a Harry Potter book really. Adventure, excitement, mystery, laughs, highs and lows all mixed in to one. Its an excellent book and I do highly recommend it. Just make sure you've read the others before hand otherwise you'll have no idea whats giong on 

I'll give it 7/10 

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Cool review GM 

I'm not a fast reader, but I'm on page 275 now  But I did do the idiotic thing and kinda 'skip ahead' to see who died!

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Thankyou 

I'm a fairly fast reader. I can keep reading and reading for hours so I was reading up to and over 200 pages at a time 

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I did read quite a lot of it today though, about 100 pages in 90 minutes, which is good for me 

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Okay, okay. I'm only about 18 pages in. I'm enjoying the story so far. I don't want to spill nothing so I wait til later. I will read until my eyes full out if I have to, to, find out who dies. I wish not to find out yet, if anyone knows.
 Impy, that's excellent, that means you migh be a the whole book within about 640 to 720 minutes. Man that would be cool.   

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Im around pg 220 now. I have a few questions for some1 whos read the book. A few spoilers so dont read them if you dont want to be spoiled!!!!!

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1.Is Luna Lovegood important to the story?
2.Are those Horse-Reptile things pulling carriages at Hogwarts important to the story?

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Nibbler Jr: Spoilers for real guys...

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1) moreso than you would originally think, yes
2) of course they come back later on, what do you expect?

anyway. did anyone feel let down about the revelations...

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regrading harry's mom and aunt? I mean, they pretty much hinted very heavily about this in the past (book 4 i think) so when they full out said it, I was like "duh". but maybe i'm just some kind of genius who can figure out the plots of children's books well in advance

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Hm... well she does have a chapter named after her. Anyway i think i have an idea of why shes important.

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*Does Luna have to do with the death?*

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You know, we've got all five books sitting on the bookshelf at home, and I've not read any of them.  Extremely put-off by seeing the first film.

I may cave and pick up the books - on the proviso that I never have to sit through another HP movie again.

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the actual death is so noneventful that it's not really like a whole bunch of planning went into it. so basically i would say no, no one really has a hand in the death, unless you count the person who dies, harry and assorted "bad guys"

Melll- the film is crap. don't judge the books by the film

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Indeed - point taken, Angie (Mrs Melll) said the film isn't in the same league as the books.  She's reading the new one at the moment.

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spoiler ahead about the death

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I went here before to see who dies and i didnt see him named so i read the whole book last night and today and it is serius. the person who kills him is his cousin, mentioned in other books.This might of been mentioned already but i didnt see it

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Originally posted by Pittzoid:
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i read the whole book last night and today and it is serius.

Well seeing as you've said it now I might as well correct your spelling...

No, it's not

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serius. It's Sirius, as in the star.

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Originally posted by NibblerJr:
Hm... well she does have a chapter named after her. Anyway i think i have an idea of why shes important.

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*Does Luna have to do with the death?*

Not really...

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"I see dead people!"

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Just finished it...great book. Better than all the other ones though I don't really understand how...

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Sirius Black

...died.

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I already knew that! I hope 'that Umbridge woman' dies a horrible fate.

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from Entertainment Weekly's website (I'm not posting the link, some people may not be able to read it):

Wiz Bang
Rowling says Harry Potter may not survive Hogwarts. In a worldwide chat with fans, she says he may not make it to the end of the final book by Gary Susman
 
Harry Potter has two years of schooling left (and two more books) until he graduates from Hogwarts, but he may not live long enough to pick up his diploma. That was the shocker revealed by Potter author J.K. Rowling on Thursday in a chat before 4,000 schoolchildren in London -- and millions more worldwide, watching and submitting questions via the Web.

During the chat at the Royal Albert Hall, held in lieu of a book tour to promote the new best-seller ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,'' a reader from Australia asked Rowling if she planned to write any novels about Harry's adult years. ''You have to wait and see whether he survives to be a grown-up,'' she replied. ''I'm not saying he won't, but I don't want to give anything away.''

Rowling also warned readers that they shouldn't become too attached to some of Hogwarts' love-to-hate characters. ''You shouldn't think [Professor Snape] is too nice. He's worth keeping an eye on,'' Rowling said. She also said readers ''are all getting too fond of Draco,'' Harry's snobbish classmate. ''The dark forces are indeed rising.''

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Originally posted by Melllvar:
You know, we've got all five books sitting on the bookshelf at home, and I've not read any of them.  Extremely put-off by seeing the first film.

I may cave and pick up the books - on the proviso that I never have to sit through another HP movie again.

The films are nothing compared to the book. They even miss chunks of it out in the film as well. Do you know what Harry's owl is called? In the book we all know what shes called, yet I noticed in the first film that her name isn't mentioned at all. Anyone who'd not read the books, including yourself, would have no idea what Harry's owl was called. Its sloppy scriptwriting. They were trying to cram too much into the film and missed out the good stuff 

But I highly recommend reading the books. Try and read them in order if you can, you get the whole story and the background and can enjoy them more that way 

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''You have to wait and see whether he survives to be a grown-up,'' she replied. ''I'm not saying he won't, but I don't want to give anything away.''

I hate when people make a big deal about stuff like this. "maybe he won't live, wait and see! who knows!"

in newsweek she said she might even write an 8th book. make up your mind lady and quit stringing the kiddies along. (espeically if we have to wait another 6 years till book 7 comes out)

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You know what annoys me about the movies? They removed Peeves. Peeves is somewhat crucial to the plot in book 4, I wonder how they'll get around that, also I wonder how they can make book4 a movie as it is so long, 2 movies prehaps?

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simple, they'll introduce him if they decide they need him