This book was so good! I read the whole thing in 6 hours after i got it...it has left alot of mysteries though...come on book 7...am i the only one that thinks book 7 will have to be about 2000 pages to answer all of the questions and tie up loose ends?
Miscellaneous things i am thinking about!
1. Dumbledore talked to harry's aunt and uncle about staying there next summer and how they raised harry...why now? why would he do that now unless he had some idea that he was gong to die or be out of harry's life next summer. Maybe he had another prophecy from professor trelawny we do not know about....
2. Dumbledore introduced himself to petunia and she acted as though they had never met...it makes me think now she really is just a muggle but i think the conversation she overheard between lily and the "awful boy" will be VERY significant in book 7...i am also inclined to believe the boy was not james but someone else...to the poster that asked about Dumbledore's howler that said "Remember my last" that referred to the letter that was delivered with harry when he was left on the doorstep in the first book. JKR has mentioned that Petunia has a bigger connnection to the wizard world than we know.
3. Regarding nonverbal spells, i think they are very important for the future. Harry must get better at them...even though they were just introduced in this book, it does make me wonder how much easier the Death Eaters and Voldy could have defeated the DA in the last book with them....i know it would not have been in tune with the books and how they turned out but it seems that most wizards do not do nonverbal spells...why?
4. JKR has said on many occasions that Hermione's animagus is an otter but she has thus far never changed into one....will we see this in book 7? will any of the other characters transform?
5. I remember reading somewhere or hearing the commentary of POA movie that the director wanted to put the cemetary at hogwarts into the movie but JKR refused. She said the cemetary was in a different place than where he wanted and she could not discuss it because it was going to be significant later as well as who was buried there, possible spouses/family to current instructors would be of significance. I just have a feeling the cemetary will play an important role in book 7..maybe the place of the final battle?
6. I still think there may be some obscure relatives to harry or voldemort that we do not know about yet. JKR reports that James' parents/family will eventually be mentioned but will not play a big part...i guess that will happen when he returns to Godrics Hollow. I have always wondered if Harry and Dumbledore are related in some way...
7. What will the Dursleys say when Ron and Hermione come home with Harry this summer?
8. JKR mentions there is a member of the Order that has been mentioned but not talked about very much. She says that character will have a big role in book 7...any ideas? I need to reread book 5 and 6 and make a list of the known members...
9. Harry remarks that the locket he finds near dumbledore looks different that it did in the cave before he grabbed it...does this mean it was switched with a dummy locket sometime between the cave and when harry found dumbledore's body? Or was the locket just enchanted in the cave to look like the original...i do believe the horcrux is the locket at 12 grimmould place and that mundungus has sold it to someone! I also think Kreacher might play a part in finding a missing horcrux...
10. I also think that there is alot of history between snape and dumbledore that will finally be revealed in book 7. I truly think snape is ultimately good and killed dumbledore to get closer to voldy and because dumbledore ordered him to. I think they also may be related or something. Some other event has led dumbledore to trust snape beyond any doubts....also dumbledore's hand injury has never fully been explained except that his hand had to die in order to get the ring off and thus break the horcrux... i think dumbledore finally made snape the DADA this year in order to teach harry and others more spells they will need against voldemort and to make it appear he was "slipping up"...dumbledor may have left alot of info for harry in his pensieve as well to guide him...we have seen in this book how powerful snape really is...he may have to help harry in book 7.
11. I also think neville may play a big part in the end. i was also disappointed to see him play such a small role in this book. It would be ironic if neville ended up saving harry from voldemort at the end, such as saving him from a death curse....
i have way too much time on my hands...
accio bed!
