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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stevelabny" data-source="post: 957683" data-attributes="member: 9298">i apparently read slower than the average geek, but i'm done.THE TITLE OF THE POST SAYS SPOILERS SO I'M GETTING RIGHT INTO IT.the first two chapters were great, first with dementors and then Petunia's lapse into commenting on the Wizarding World...the next 600 pages or so had some of the fun little things of the other harry potter books and the occasional extra character bit, but there was no sense of danger or urgency. CoS had people being petrified. PoA had mysteries of Lupin and Sirius, both of were in Hogwart's while someone was up to no good. GoF had the TriWizard Tourney going on which brought with it the drama and tension of each challenge. OotP has Harry having nightmares and nobody telling him anything. I'm not exactly frightened. I figured with Voldy having a body, the danger factor would be turned up a notch, instead...BAD DREAMS. wtf?The only really cool thing in this book was Gred and Forge's grand exit. Neville's spotlight looked promising, but he never took the fight to the woman who messed up his parents.  I was sure Cho HAD to be up to something, but instead she was apparently just acting like a stupid teenage girl. And the much hyped death happens in such a way that all of us who have trained at the school of "if there isn't a body, there isn't a death" didnt feel an instant emotional impact because why would i even think he's really dead???The things that are really bothering me though are all the clips into the past. If that was really one of Snape's worst memories... I'm gonna lose all respect for the guy. I'm not incredibly surprised that James and Sirius were punks, but the way Lily was portrayed I just don't buy her changing her mind 2 years later.And worst of all...the prophecy. First, it even repeats itself. Why does it say TWICE that the one with the power to vanquish the dark lord will be born as the secenth month dies. Is this a clue I'm not understanding? Most importantly...Voldy knows theres a prophecy, but he doesn't know all of it...this is why he attempts to kill Harry thus "marking" him and making Harry the subject of the prophecy rather than Neville. Fine. Now Voldy if figuring that he can get the prophecy and find out how to kill Harry. 1> WHY is Voldy assuming that the prophecy will tell him how he can kill Harry? Seems like a big gamble to me. What am I missing?The Order doesn't want Voldy to get this "weapon" so they spend so much time guarding it. Podmore is arrested, Arthur almost killed. But 2> WHY are they bothering? the prophecy DOESN'T tell Voldy how to kill Harry. I dont see Voldy getting ANY benefit from hearing the prophecy. WHAT AM I MISSING?these two questions are eating at my brain right now. I havent read anything on any other board or mailing list or talked in person with anyone, and it is 7am, so maybe i'm missing something. please help.</blockquote>

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