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Sat, 3 Dec 2005

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

— SjG @ 8:06 pm

J. K. Rowling, 2005, Scholastic Press

Christ, I read this back in July, and am only writing about it now.

I’m hoping that JK knows what she’s doing. It seems like Order of the Phoenix was an awfully long book for what it did to advance the plot arc. After reading Half-Blood Prince, it almost feels like Order should have had half the material of Half-Blood, so that the next book won’t be rushed.

So with no further ado, here’re my SPOILER FILLED predictions for the next one:

  • McGonnagle is given the temporary Headmaster position at Hogwarts.
  • We will learn that Regulas Black managed to gather up, and disable pretty much all but one of the outstanding horicruxes (horicruxen?).
  • The remaining horicrux was being kept at the Black Residence at the time of Regulas’ murder. This horicrux is none other than the locket which Harry & co. failed to open during their time at 12 Grimmauld Place.
  • Kreacher manages to get this locket into his “nest” during his artifact rescuing efforts.
  • Mundungus Fletcher, during his wholesale looting of the place, gets the locket, and sells it to someone. It ends up in the hands of the Malfoys.
  • Dobby finds out about this through some house-elf channel or at a SPEW meeting or something, and the news is duly reported to the Order of the Phoenix.
  • Draco Malfoy can’t handle being a Death Eater, and/or the experience with Dumbledore on the Tower gives him severe doubts. Before the senior Malfoys recognize the horicrux for what is, Draco goes to Snape for help/moral support/inspiration. Snape obtains the horicrux.
  • While the Order is trying to destroy/deactivate the horicrux, Death Eaters (sans Voldy) pounce on the location, and a battle ensues. Neville somehow fumbles something, causing the explosive destruction of the horicrux, and probably taking out Bellatrix Lestrange as well.
  • Snape betrays the worst of the Death Eaters, and the Order of the Phoenix destroys many of them and sends a batch to Azkaban.
  • Harry has his showdown with Voldy, and it’s not going well, but Ginny dives in to take the fall for Harry, and their combined love (and magical forces) defeat Voldy.
  • Book ends with Snape teaching the Defense Against the Black Arts class, and Harry teaching something like Divination.
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3 responses to “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

  1. Medastyl says:

    and you base your theory on what?
    I personally think that Harry is the last coricrux, and that’s why he has to kill himself.

  2. pris says:

    i agree harry is the last horicrux.
    harry teach divination? thats so wrong! hahahas! he like defence against the dark arts too! but he wants to be an auror as well!

  3. SjG says:

    Well there you have it. Revisted post Deathly Hallows, I give myself a C+ in divination 🙂

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