Which book (1-6) is your favourite so far? *Spoiler warning*

Which one is your favorite so far. Are they getting even better as the characters develop over time?

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Which book is your favorite so far ? Harry Potter and...

...the Philosopher´s Stone
1
2%
...the Chamber of Secrets
2
4%
...the Prisoner of Azkaban
8
16%
...the Goblet of Fire
10
20%
...the Order of the Phoenix
8
16%
...the Half-Blood Prince
21
42%
 
Total votes : 50

Which book (1-6) is your favourite so far? *Spoiler warning*

Postby Mr3d » Sunday 17 July 2005 5:17:38pm

Please read them all before answering.

Feel free to give reasons even if it means "spoiling" the 6th book.
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Postby thestral » Sunday 17 July 2005 7:31:09pm

i loved HBP, i was nearly ready to give up on the HP books after being disappointed 2 times in a row by GoF and then OotP. but HBP kicked ass. it didn't let up for a moment. and i loved the tying up of all the loose ends. it was really satisfying finally knowing why voldemort didn't die and although i was sad at first that harry won't return to hogwarts. i'm actually pleased now. it'll be anything goes in no. 7, cos there won't be the usual formula of dursely-burrow-train-hogwarts-big fight right at end of year, DD gives speech and they all go home.

that's all gone, and it'll be much more exciting. harry turned into a man in this one and that was my favourite thing about HBP. no more self-pitying excuses or blaming others. no one left to protect him anymore. it's only him left. oh yeah, bring on book 7!!!
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Postby Ginny-DA » Sunday 17 July 2005 7:42:12pm

I think OotP was best. It kept me gripped (and gasping) the whole way through. I still think there is something more to this Neville stuff that wasn't touched upon in HBP, but will come back in the 7th book.
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Postby Un'Anima Persa » Sunday 17 July 2005 8:35:49pm

HBP definitely. Even with the death of a dear friend, more dear than Sirius even, it still outshined the others by far. Props to JK for another intriuging installment in the already fabulous HP series.
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Postby JKR-ROCKS » Sunday 17 July 2005 9:29:51pm

I have not read HBP yet. Am waiting for it in the mail!!!!! This is just terrible. I should not be here reading any of this!!!!!!!! But my fave is probably GoF so far. It was really interesting throughout the whole book. Also with mad-eye not being who he really was. It was awesome. :D
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Postby Augusta Longbottom » Sunday 17 July 2005 9:45:54pm

although the death in this one broke my heart, I loved every second of this book. When OotP had come out I had been disappointed on my 1st read through it and it took me another read through before I could appreciate it...but the HBP was exceptional from beginning to end. I think I liked it so much because it does begin to tie up many loose ends...I think it begins to follow a bit different format than previous books (obviously preparing us for the remaining book) and there are so many more heart warming moments. My only disappointment was how quickly I finished it!
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Postby Ginny Potter » Sunday 17 July 2005 10:18:05pm

Gran Longbottom wrote:although the death in this one broke my heart, I loved every second of this book. When OotP had come out I had been disappointed on my 1st read through it and it took me another read through before I could appreciate it...but the HBP was exceptional from beginning to end. I think I liked it so much because it does begin to tie up many loose ends...I think it begins to follow a bit different format than previous books (obviously preparing us for the remaining book) and there are so many more heart warming moments. My only disappointment was how quickly I finished it!


Without this coming across as spam I hope, you took the words right out of my mouth, Gran Longbottom! :grin: I couldn't have said it better.
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Postby paintballdecoy » Monday 18 July 2005 1:34:28am

I really liked Voldemort's history, it should what kind of a person he was and how he became the 'person' he is, I should add that I use the term person loosly.
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Postby Scarlet Lioness » Monday 18 July 2005 9:42:21am

Prisoner of Azkaban is still my favourite but HBP is in a very close 2nd place of my favourite HP book...

I was in tears when DD died and was still in tears when I finished because it had ended so quickly...I found the first chapter a bit boring but all in all I suppose it was great... :grin:
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Postby thestral » Monday 18 July 2005 1:37:13pm

i think everything gran longbottom about HBP just about summed up how i felt about it. i liked seeing the usual predictable format change for once. and i felt the same about OotP gran. i was sooooo disappointed by that. but in HBP i loved the tying up of the loose ends, it was so satisfying to read. although some people thought it was predictable, i could not have predicted the way that book was going at all. and although DD death shocked and saddened me, it wasn't the same as sirius' cruel pointless death. i sort of accepted DD's death pretty quick because it was something that had to happen for the books to progress without anyone for harry to hide behind in book 7.
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Postby crystallised_pineapple » Tuesday 19 July 2005 11:42:13am

i didnt really like the first chapter either but after that i was completely hooked!!! HBP has replaced POA as my favourite HP book!! esp. all LVs history it was brilliant!!
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Postby Bergdorfblonde » Tuesday 19 July 2005 12:09:19pm

I think I can't really judge if HBP will be my favourite book cos I've just read it once.
I really liked OotP because it was really funny and there were lots of events and new characters.
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Postby Stumpy » Tuesday 19 July 2005 12:50:41pm

I dfound the OoTP hard to digest but the second time around it was ok, i think its because i rushed through wanting to know what happens. The 2nd time you pick up on the little things
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Postby Violet » Tuesday 19 July 2005 5:19:17pm

well now i have read half blood prince its definately a choice between that and prisoner of azkaban.
i think that ootp was a bit too dark, and harry was really miserable so it put a bit of a downer on the whole book
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Postby blowtorch » Tuesday 19 July 2005 5:25:42pm

I cant really say which is my favourite.. but this book really had action only for 70-90 pages! The rest of the time was more about their loves n infatuations!
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