Harry Potter Book 7 *SPOILERS*

[wasabi girl]

I'd love another book too...maybe Hogwarts a History....we've heard enough about through the series from Hermione...and I'd love to know what came next for everyone...I'm re-reading already....

 

[beckanoah]

I'm still not sure Snape ever LIKED Potter. I think the "Always" referred to him still loving Lily.

"But this is touching, Severus," said Dumbledore seriously. "Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?"
"For him?" shouted Snape. "Expecto Patronum!"

From the tip of his want burst the silver doe: She landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.

"After all this time?"

"Always," said Snape.



His him, and shouting seem so angry, not loving towards Potter. I think he means he still loves LILY and is doing it only for her.

 

[Tikicampers]

I saw the comments about the tone being dark for a children's book, and I thought I would mention that I once read something where JK said that she wanted to style of the books to age with Harry. As he is 17 in this book (which seems to be the age wizard children become adults), it only makes sense for the book to be more mature.

 

[lori1043]

Loved it, need to re-read with the rest of you. I KNEW Snape was okay. The whole thing was a roller coaster ride and it was great! Thank you JKRowling!

DD9 is on book 4. She picked up book 1 about 6 weeks ago and has been reading through all of them.

Lori

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

I'd love another book too...maybe Hogwarts a History....we've heard enough about through the series from Hermione...and I'd love to know what came next for everyone...I'm re-reading already....

That would be fun! I was also thinking of a Hogwarts Yearbook of sorts, with drawings of each person we know from the books, and what they went on to do.

JKR has SO much backstory figured out, it seems like a shame to let it go to waste! I read an article on the OOTP movie where they were working on the Black Family Tree and only had a few names, so they asked her for more. She sat down and whipped up a tree with 75 names within a matter of minutes! I also love when she posts extra info on her website- it just enriches the HP world!

 

[ougrad86]

OK, I heard the person that did magic late in life was in Book 7...

Thought we would get more from Petunia; I thought the sudden Dudley turnaround was just kind of weird.

Would like to know, have wondered through all the books...what happened to all four sets of grandparents? Especially how young his parents were, it seems weird that they aren't around.

Horcruxes making my head hurt. There were only 6 - Voldemort had the 7th piece of his soul, right? My count is off.
1. Diary
2. Ring
3. Locket
4. Cup
5. Tiara
6. Nangini?
7. Harry
The count doesn't add up, but my DH insists that Nangini was a Horcrux. But how could Voldemort live if he did not have a piece of soul inside him?

I need to reread the book. I took it slow and was very proud I did not read the end first! But if Harry would have died, I knew I probably wouldn't be able to read it. Still would've preferred more with the aftermath and a better epilogue.

 

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

I loved the book! This is my favorite. I will admit that Snape surprised me. I knew he carried a tourch for Lilly but did not realize to what extent. I like the fact that Harry named one of his sons after him but really how would Snape like his name used with the last name Potter? LOL!!!

 

[bytheblood]

I read it in less than a day and half, while taking care of my family of course. The book is absolutely brilliant. I cried during various parts, but almost entirely through the last three chapters.

I kept saying Harry was a horcrux, but was glad to see that him being a horcrux played a huge role in his survival.

I was sad at the deaths of Lupin, Tonks, Hedwig, Moody and Dobby, but I was heart-broken at the deaths of Snape and Fred. I was so upset over those last two that I had to put the book down and walk away for a moment.

I was also glad to get the story about Dumbledore from Dumbledore. I was starting to wonder if he was shady.

I knew all along that Snape was good and I knew in my heart he killed Dumbledore only on his own orders. I was so very sad to see him go, but glad that Harry let everybody know in the great hall while facing Voldemort that Severus Snape had never been on Voldemort's side.

I was so proud of Neville for pulling the sword from the hat and demolishing the last horcrux.

My heart was touched at Narcissa Malfoy saving Harry (saying he was dead) and then the entire Malfoy family having somewhat of a change of heart.

I do wish that the life-debt Wormtail owed Harry would have been a little more dramatic. I also wish that Kreacher would have had a little more of a role in the final book.

I was preparing myself for Harry to die, I really was. I expected it and I expected it to be that 2nd to the last chapter. I am glad he lived and that he was able to have a family of his own, but even if he died, I would not think any less of the book.

One thing I did not get....I thought the final book was supposed to explain why some of the individuals at Hogwarts were ghosts and never actually died and went away. I never really caught onto that completely. Can somebody explain that to me?

 

[bytheblood]

I loved the book! This is my favorite. I will admit that Snape surprised me. I knew he carried a tourch for Lilly but did not realize to what extent. I like the fact that Harry named one of his sons after him but really how would Snape like his name used with the last name Potter? LOL!!!

I think Snape would have been honored really. He always cared for Harry. He was hard on him because of James, not because he was Harry.

 

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

OK, I heard the person that did magic late in life was in Book 7...

Thought we would get more from Petunia; I thought the sudden Dudley turnaround was just kind of weird.

Would like to know, have wondered through all the books...what happened to all four sets of grandparents? Especially how young his parents were, it seems weird that they aren't around.

Horcruxes making my head hurt. There were only 6 - Voldemort had the 7th piece of his soul, right? My count is off.
1. Diary
2. Ring
3. Locket
4. Cup
5. Tiara
6. Nangini?
7. Harry
The count doesn't add up, but my DH insists that Nangini was a Horcrux. But how could Voldemort live if he did not have a piece of soul inside him?

I need to reread the book. I took it slow and was very proud I did not read the end first! But if Harry would have died, I knew I probably wouldn't be able to read it. Still would've preferred more with the aftermath and a better epilogue.

I think I can answer this one. Yes the snake was a horcrux. This being said Voldermort did not realize that harry is also a horcrux. So much magic was going on the night he tried to kill infant harry that he did not know what happened.So when he made the snake on he actually split his soul into eight pieces.

 

[bytheblood]

OK, I heard the person that did magic late in life was in Book 7...

Thought we would get more from Petunia; I thought the sudden Dudley turnaround was just kind of weird.

Would like to know, have wondered through all the books...what happened to all four sets of grandparents? Especially how young his parents were, it seems weird that they aren't around.

Horcruxes making my head hurt. There were only 6 - Voldemort had the 7th piece of his soul, right? My count is off.
1. Diary
2. Ring
3. Locket
4. Cup
5. Tiara
6. Nangini?
7. Harry
The count doesn't add up, but my DH insists that Nangini was a Horcrux. But how could Voldemort live if he did not have a piece of soul inside him?

I need to reread the book. I took it slow and was very proud I did not read the end first! But if Harry would have died, I knew I probably wouldn't be able to read it. Still would've preferred more with the aftermath and a better epilogue.

Nagini was the final horcux to be destoyed.

Voldemort lived by breaking his soul into many pieces and hiding it away. If you are going to reread book 7, I think you should read book 6 first again. It make make a lot more sense.

I also thought Petunia would play a larger role in this book. I thought we might even learn a little secret about her.

I was glad that Dudley said thank you before they left and I was hoping his aunt would come around a little. I was also hoping for a little more about them at the end of the book, but I guess those ties were severed when they were taken into hiding.

 

[bytheblood]

I think I can answer this one. Yes the snake was a horcrux. This being said Voldermort did not realize that harry is also a horcrux. So much magic was going on the night he tried to kill infant harry that he did not know what happened.So when he made the snake on he actually split his soul into eight pieces.

There were only 7, not 8.

The Diary was destroyed by Harry by a basilisk fang.
Marvolo's ring by Dumbledore using the Gryffindor sword.
Salazar Slytherin's locket by Ron using the Gryffindor sword.
Helga Hufflepuff's cup by Hermoine by a basilisk fang.
Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem by Crabbe accidentally by Fiendfyre.
Harry Potter by Voldmort by the Avada Kedavra curse.
Nagini by Neville Longbottom using the Gryffindor sword.

 

[MomofKatie]

There were only 7, not 8.

The Diary was destroyed by Harry by a basilisk fang.
Marvolo's ring by Dumbledore using the Gryffindor sword.
Salazar Slytherin's locket by Ron using the Gryffindor sword.
Helga Hufflepuff's cup by Hermoine by a basilisk fang.
Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem by Crabbe accidentally by Fiendfyre.
Harry Potter by Voldmort by the Avada Kedavra curse.
Nagini by Neville Longbottom using the Gryffindor sword.

But Voldemort still had to have one piece of his soul left in his body- so his soul was ripped into 8 pieces. 7 went into the 7 Horcruxes, and one stayed with him.

 

[bytheblood]

I have to agree. I was quite surprised by the line. Not because of the swearing, but because it seemed very out of character for Mrs Weasly and also very muggle - so not only out of character for Mrs Weasly, but really for the whole wizarding world basically. I felt the same way about Ron "effing" everything....where did that come from? Again very "our" world, not theirs.

I thought the exact same thing.

 

[Tinkerbelle's Mom]

There were only 7, not 8.

The Diary was destroyed by Harry by a basilisk fang.
Marvolo's ring by Dumbledore using the Gryffindor sword.
Salazar Slytherin's locket by Ron using the Gryffindor sword.
Helga Hufflepuff's cup by Hermoine by a basilisk fang.
Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem by Crabbe accidentally by Fiendfyre.
Harry Potter by Voldmort by the Avada Kedavra curse.
Nagini by Neville Longbottom using the Gryffindor sword.

He had to have one piece of soul left in his body. So he had 7 horcruxes which you named above and one piece left in his body. He did not intend for harry to be a horcrux.

 

[LadyBears]

Horcruxes making my head hurt. There were only 6 - Voldemort had the 7th piece of his soul, right? My count is off.
1. Diary
2. Ring
3. Locket
4. Cup
5. Tiara
6. Nangini?
7. Harry
The count doesn't add up, but my DH insists that Nangini was a Horcrux. But how could Voldemort live if he did not have a piece of soul inside him?

Voldemort only intended on making a total of 7 Horcruxes because 7 was a powerful & mystical number. Harry was unintentionally made into a Horcrux, so in the end, Voldemort was split into 8, not the 7. I don't even think he was aware himself that Harry was a Horcrux.

Voldemort's soul had been so weakened by his continuous creation of Horcruxes that when he fled the scene of the Potters murders, a fragment attatched itself to the only living thing in the room, the infant Harry Potter. I think that Dumbledore figured it out when he heard that Voldemort took Harrys blood. (This is what Dumbledores gleam of triumph refers to )

 

[WaltD4Me]

I was disappointed to that there wasn't more about Petunia and Dudley...I liked the scene with Dudley, but really thought there would be more about Petunia or we would find out a secret she had.
There seemed to be a "build-up" about that in previous books that never materialized.

What I would really like to know now is who got the reprieve. JK Rowling said that originally someone was supposed to die, but got a reprieve and two others died instead of that person. I naturally thought the two that died instead were Tonks and Lupin but that really doesn't make sense since there wasn't anything about their deaths, just that they died in the battle...it seems like if they died to give the reprieve we'd know more about their death.
Unless, maybe JK Rowling reprieved one of the trio and thought she needed to add more known characters to the death toll to make the battle believeable or to give Harry his resolution to seek out Voldemort so he could kill him.

 

[KatGarcia]

Thank god there is somewhere I can discuss this! Almost everyone I know hasn't finished it yet!!! I read it like a fiend and was done within 12 hours, with only one 1/2 hour nap!
I def liked it and felt at least there was decent closure for the ending and it almost leaves you to wonder if she ever wrote another book she could write about the kids! I'd just be happy with a companion book with all the background stuff she has on all the characters!

I need to re-read it but I have been on the re-read of the books for a while now so i'm going to read something else and then come back to them.

Anybody have anything the seriously hated about it??

 

[bytheblood]

But Voldemort still had to have one piece of his soul left in his body- so his soul was ripped into 8 pieces. 7 went into the 7 Horcruxes, and one stayed with him.

I gotcha. I thought you were specifically referring to the horcuxes (in number).

 

[MickeyAnne]

Dumbledore originally told Harry that Voldemort had only split his soul into seven pieces;
1. The diary
2. The cup
3. The locket
4. The ring
5. The tiara
6. Nagini
7. The seventh piece remained inside of Voldemort because he needed at least a piece of his soul to be inside his body in order for him to survive.

Dumbldore told Harry in book 6 that he thought Voldemort had intended to make a horcrux the night he killed Lily and James but was shocked that his spell backfired when trying to kill harry. So to quickly make the 6th horcrux he used Nagini not realizing that he had already made the sixth one when he tried to curse Harry.

Dumbledore waited to let harry know hat he was a horcrux to make sure that he destroyed the others before he allowed himself to be killed.

Voldemort did not intentionally make Harry a horcrux and therefore was not aware that he was one. He inadvertantly split his soul into eight pieces instead of his intended 7;
1. The diary
2. The ring
3. The locket
4. The cup
5. The tiara
6. Nagini
7. Harry
8. The piece that had to remain in voldemort