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Well, she doesnt really give much away, but gives a little hint that I want to get people thinking about.

She says that she has 3 working titles and the 3rd is slightly ahead of the other 2 by a short nose, or by 2 consonants and a vowel.

I am starting to wonder what these 2 consonants and vowel are?

Is it as simple as RAB? Or is it something more involved, as I cannot see the next book being called "Harry Potter and RAB" lol.

Any ideas?
 
*SPOILERS FOR HALF BLOOD PRINCE* (although I'd be surprised if any Harry readers hadn't read it by now!)

Meh, that's hardly a hint...But I think she chose a poor title for the last one, as the Half Blood Prince only played a small role in the book, ok, the potions book was there throughout but it was hardly a huge contributing thing. And the revelation of Snape being the half blood prince was done so quickly and...well in quite a poor way I think...it went something along the lines of Snape running off from Harry and Harry's using the spells he learnt from the book and Snape just casually throws over his shoulder "Oh, I'm the Half Blood Prince by the way." (Yes, I know it was a bit more than that, but that's what it felt like)
In fact, I hardly remember much from the last book apart from a large amount of kissing. It seemed the entire book was written just for the purpose of killing off Dumbledore. The visit to the cave angered me because they didn't even acheive anything from it, apart from adding the mysterious RAB to the equation.
Sorry, my rant is over. But I've really got disillusioned with HP over the years. I will of course be reading the last one, as I have to know how it ends, otherwise I'll be pulling my teeth out, wondering :D (but I won't be enjoying it, I hasten to add :p )
 
Order of the Pheonix seemed like the climax of the series. It contained some of Rowling's best writings and story elements, but the 6th book was a step down, at least for me. The book didn't seem coherently organized, and I think Rowling herself is getting sick of the series and wants to finish it: it permeates through her last book.

I'm thinking the title will be something that sounds snappy but doesn't really make sense, unless she connects it somehow like that throw away "Oh, Harry, I am the Half Blood Prince, by the way. Okthnxbye."
 
Yay, I'm glad someone agrees with me about that bit. And yesh, I think she probably will go for something dramatic that will probably emcompass the last book, rather than actually refer to anything specific...like: "Harry Potter and the Defeat of Lord Voldemort!" :p
Or if she's getting fed up of the series: "Harry Potter and the last book...and thank god it is!"
 
Harry Potter and The Amazing Time Travelling Thingamajig

Harry Potter will go back in time and kill himself, thus preventing all that happened.


Harry Potter and The Ruins of Eng'hua

Harry Potter doesn't have a school to return to, so he and his buddies will camp at an ancient city. But something is wrong, terriblly wrong: Harry finds a mysterious egg that is a horcrux, but it bonds with him and turns him over to the dark side. Can Harry overcome the darkness? or is he doomed to supplant the terrible murderer? Can Malfoy stop him? And where is that Snape fellow anyway?
 
Saltheart said:
Order of the Pheonix seemed like the climax of the series.
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I agree in general, although there are many things I hated about this one (but overall, I think it probably was the best of the lot)...I wanted to give Harry a damn good slapping in this one "Oh poor me, woe, pity me please" all the way through. And Sirius' death was pants. And I can't even bear to read the ending of this...as soon as they mount those threstals to go to the Ministry of Magic, I have to stop reading, and then maybe take it up again when Voldemort appears...I just detest the bit in between.
However, I loved the Umbridge's pen in this, I thought that was a fantastic idea. And Fred and George's flight to freedom is always worth a re-read, just for feel good factor! And the DA is probably the best bit of it all, even if they don't really do much (I forget, do they still do the DA in HP 6? I can't remember it, but then, I really can't remember much of that book at all!)
 
Oh! And the ending of number six...how bloody noble was HP..."Listen Ginny, we can't see each other anymore, because I'm going to be dramatic and go off and fight Voldemort, all by myself!" *looks away into middle distance*, wind ruffling his hair*
 
Has everyone lost sight of the fact that these books are primarily for children?
I don't think they're intended to be great literary masterpieces.
And yes, I have read them and enjoyed them, corny bits et al
 
Valko said:
Has everyone lost sight of the fact that these books are primarily for children?
I don't think they're intended to be great literary masterpieces.
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That's a rather poor excuse: yes, they are for children, but that doesn't excuse them from being a poor children's books. There are plenty of good childrens books out there. The world and its characters should be consistent; the author should not rely on melodrama or wordiness.

JK Rowling is improving, but I noticed a decline in quality from the fifth to the sixth in her series: did it really need to be so long to achieve so little, plotwise? I would say the fifth was the pinnacle of her series because the most twists and turns took place in that book: characters really evolve, and many significant events take place in it. Her sixth book seemed tediously long. It was almost as long as the fifth, yet I feel that not much really happened in it. It could have been more concise, I think.

Maybe she's bored with the series and needs a break?
 
HoopyFrood said:
*SPOILERS FOR HALF BLOOD PRINCE* (although I'd be surprised if any Harry readers hadn't read it by now!)

Meh, that's hardly a hint...But I think she chose a poor title for the last one, as the Half Blood Prince only played a small role in the book, ok, the potions book was there throughout but it was hardly a huge contributing thing. And the revelation of Snape being the half blood prince was done so quickly and...well in quite a poor way I think...it went something along the lines of Snape running off from Harry and Harry's using the spells he learnt from the book and Snape just casually throws over his shoulder "Oh, I'm the Half Blood Prince by the way." (Yes, I know it was a bit more than that, but that's what it felt like)
In fact, I hardly remember much from the last book apart from a large amount of kissing. It seemed the entire book was written just for the purpose of killing off Dumbledore. The visit to the cave angered me because they didn't even acheive anything from it, apart from adding the mysterious RAB to the equation.
Sorry, my rant is over. But I've really got disillusioned with HP over the years. I will of course be reading the last one, as I have to know how it ends, otherwise I'll be pulling my teeth out, wondering :D (but I won't be enjoying it, I hasten to add :p )
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you could not be more wrong at that,

the book was about a few things
1) Harry getting more mature (in some aspects)
2) Draco Malfoy
3) Dumbledore's Death + Passing of the horcrux knowledge

Now throughout the whole story, there is but one man who is central in everything throughout the whole book and that is Snape, this is SNAPE's Book i nothing else, this book was his moment de gloire.

We start with Snape (more or less in Spinners End) and we finish with Snape (more or less).

He is central in Draco's assignment, he is central in Harry assignment of the year(Slughorn --> potions book), he is central in Dumbledores death and the assignment given to him by Dumbledore (aka the conversation overheard by Hagrid), he is the man of the hour, this book belonged to him and no one else, he is the Half-Blood Prince, to be quite honest, this book probably had the best title so far.
 
Ah, then we'll have to agree to differ, because to me the book seemed to have very little in it...it seemed just to a run-up to Dumbledore's death and that's it. I agree that it set the background for the Horcuxes...but that's ALL it seemed to do...
 
Saltheart said:
That's a rather poor excuse: yes, they are for children, but that doesn't excuse them from being a poor children's books. There are plenty of good childrens books out there. The world and its characters should be consistent; the author should not rely on melodrama or wordiness.

JK Rowling is improving, but I noticed a decline in quality from the fifth to the sixth in her series: did it really need to be so long to achieve so little, plotwise? I would say the fifth was the pinnacle of her series because the most twists and turns took place in that book: characters really evolve, and many significant events take place in it. Her sixth book seemed tediously long. It was almost as long as the fifth, yet I feel that not much really happened in it. It could have been more concise, I think.

Maybe she's bored with the series and needs a break?
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Ok first off she has said that book 6 and 7 are actually one big book, so you have to read the 7th first before you can truly proclaim it rubbish, secondly, i thought it was one of the better ones, the only one i dislike for a great part is the third and that too flawed time-travelling, wich ruined a bit of the whole series, cause everyone is always going, hell we can just travel back in and kill Voldy as an infant. On the surface not much happens in the 6th, but when you look deeper, you see the maturation of Draco Malfoy and a more in depth view of the 'Dark' side, you see the ultimate preparation on the chessboard from Dumbledore for Harry ( Horcrux info-the way to ultimately and once and for all defeat Voldy, the way of Dumby's death, the Big Mystery that is Snape), you see the beginning of the 2nd War before they go butt to butt for real. The anticipation before the climax. And so much more.

To me a lot more happens in this book then in many previous, also if you say that there is a lot less 'true' action in this book, then you are wrong, there is more action in this book then in the others so far.
 
As I said, we're always going to disagree, because that's just my personal reaction to the book. I don't particularly enjoy them anymore (but as I said, I'll read the last one because, hell, there's no reason not to, as they say on Mastermind: "I've started, so 'll finish"!).
 
Well, maybe you just dont like the series anymore, but i think that if you make a list of what happens in every book you will find that the other ones contain as less or as much as book 6
 
everything in the book is some what necessary.

JKR publishers would have cut it right back if it wasn't. im no bookworm or anything but her publishers deal in books!! and really if they think it was way too long or parts of the book had no use to the storyline.. well i believe that they would have done something about it.

if you go back and reread the book u will always pick something new up. there aree hints everywhere! and for me thats the best thing about HP :D
 
I don't think there's anything unnecessary in there, I'm just saying that, for me, it didn't seem like a lot happened in it...but that's probably because, as I said, I'm getting disillusioned by them now, I've been reading them since I was 10, I suppose I'm just getting tired of the HP world! (and before people come back with tirades, I'M getting tired of it, I'm sure that for many it still holds a deep and magicial mystery and intrigue for them)
 
yeah i see what u mean there

i took a break after readin the HBP a couple of times.. so now im just gettin back into it refreshing my memory :D

people interprete text differently. when you grow older, ur mind will mature.
so if u read the same text from when u were younger u would interprete it differently again.
have a try reading it again later on in the future and see what you think about then :p
 
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