Harry Potter reaction thread

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by GePap
Wow... I probalby won;t actually read the book for many months. I am hardly willing to spend $30 on it. .

as someone who routinely buys old games for $10 or less i can hardly find fault with that.

I will say its available for $20 or less at most bookstores. But the HP books all go into paperback not to long after theyve been out, and you will probably be able to find even that on discount somewhere.

[Mao]

BJ's Wholesale and Costco each had the book for $15, and $20 at the supermarket.

[Imran Siddiqui]

::shrug::

I didn't think the book was funnier. It had its light moments, but the overall darkness of the book made it less funnier (but better) than the others.

[monolith94]

I think my favorite new character is Luna Lovegood

Spoiler:

I LOVED the chapter in which they decide to go public using the Quibbler... I thought it was brilliant! Also, is it just me, or are there major hints that Luna is going to be Harry's next romantic interest? Although Rowling gave her some dialogue which showed she deserved a bit of that reputation, I also felt she wrote the character in a way that showed she was quite clearly intelligent, and understated. Oh man, I can't wait...

[Imran Siddiqui]

mono, re: Luna

Spoiler:

I think Luna will go after Ron. She seemed to fancy him, laughing really hard at his jokes and getting all crush-like on him. Ron will go out with Luna, making Hermione jealous

[monolith94]

That's ridiculous! I took that to mean she was being sarcastic, not silly in a crush! I disagree completely. At the end, Rowling CLEARLY sets up a connection which I feel supports my original hypothesis.

Spoiler:

Remember that she acted just as interested in Harry, I think even moreso with Harry. She made a point of going up to him & saying she believed him and such... I think that's where it's gonna go. Either way I think she's a tremendous character. And I really want to find out if that creature she and her father are after really exists or not...

[Imran Siddiqui]

No way, I totally disagree! I stand by my hypo, 100%, especially:

Spoiler:

Harry wouldn't go out with someone he thought was a flake. Ron, OTOH, hasn't had much success with the ladies, and seems desperate. Luna was being 100% true, and not sarcastic at all with Ron. Furthermore, like Cho with Harry early on, Luna said goodbye only to Ron, when Ron, Hermione, and Harry were together and Luna came over.

Needless to say, I think you are wrong!

[monolith94]

OK, first of all...

Spoiler:

I think that creating a cho/harry and luna/ron parallel is not what's going to happen - I think that it would be a bit too obvious and, dare I say it? plebian. Also, does Harry think she's a flake by the end of the book? I'm not convinced he does. In their conversation at the end they truly treat each other as equals. I quote: "for some reason he did no mind Luna talking about Sirius [Hmmmm I wonder why!]? as he watched her go, he found that the terrible weight in his stomach seemed to have lessened slightly" (864). There is a purpose to these lines, and I revel in that purpose.
I think alot of it depends on how the school reacts to Ron being a good Quidditch player and being a prefect though - he definitely moved up in the world in this book. He's no lackey!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Spoiler:

Still... Luna with Harry doesn't mesh, doesn't work, and I don't think it'll happen. She's barkin' mad, and Harry isn't going to date someone like that. She'll be a good friend, no doubt... but if she dates anyone, it'll be Ron, mark my words. Harry will date someone cuter and smarter

[monolith94]

Spoiler:

I can tell you didn't like Luna as much as I did... She is, as we in the profession like to call ourselves, a 'space cadet'. Her intelligence comes out in... odd ways. You don't think that it'll mesh or work, but tell me, what did you think of Harry and Cho Chang's odds at the end of the fourth and the very beginning of the fifth? Also, Ron and Hermione act like a married couple already... For what that's worth. Oh, and wasn't it great, when Harry was confused about why Cho was spazzing out, and Hermione was explaining to him EXACTLY what Cho was going through??? I loved that scene!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Spoiler:

As SOON as Cho walked in, I KNEW she was going to be Harry's love interest. I'm 100% honest. After all, the stomach pains, come on. It was obvious. When Cho arrived, she was it... and she was... and then she wasn't . I don't get nearly the same vibe from Luna. I liked her, but she wasn't Potter g/f material

[monolith94]

Funny you should mention that...

Spoiler:

From the second their now famous Valentine's day date began, I knew that the relationship was going to crash and burn. They were having no fun, being awkward, and I could just sense it. Well, I suppose we'll see what happens... Oh, and remind me, who was Ginny dating by the very end?

[Jaguar]

Wow, quite a conversation of spoilers there.

I'm gonna have to side with Imran in this discussion.

Spoiler:

The potential romance between Ron and Hermione that was all over book IV was completely ignored in this one. Does this mean that their interest is gone, or is it still waiting to pop up in VI or VII?

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by monolith94
Funny you should mention that...

Yea, you could see that nosedive coming a mile off, but I was in denial for a couple of pages before I finally admitted that it couldn't be going anywhere good.

[Drake Tungsten]

Spoiler:

Harry and Cho aren't dating anymore?