OotP Covers

[Devika]

No: HPFGUIDX 53996

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "purple_801999" 
<purple_801999 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ickle_ronniekins" 
> <ickle_ronniekins at y...> wrote:
> > Okay, it's been a looong time since I last posted here, but since 
> no 
> > one brought this up yet...
> > 
> > Have you seen the OotP Covers? Check them out at
> > the-leaky-cauldron.org.
> > 
> > Though I don't think we can deduce much plot from these covers.
> > 
> > -Ron
> 
> For some reason I had an odd suspicion that the cover's color theme 
> would be blue. I don't know why, but I did. And boy was I right! 
Not 
> that the color of the cover has anything to do with the plot, per 
se. 
> GoF was green and that color wasn't especially pivotal to the plot.
> 
> But does anyone think Harry looks thinner than ever? Poor kid's 
> probably going to be scrawny his whole life, no matter how many 
> banquets they have at Hogwarts. He does look noticable older. I 
> wonder what the final seventeen year old version of Harry will look 
> like.
> 
> Love the color though. Ms. Grand Pre hasn't let me down yet.


It's funny, somehow I also just *knew* that this book cover would be 
blue.  I'm not sure why exactly, but I've been telling my sister for 
months now that OoP would have a blue cover.  I love this cover, 
although it doesn't have as much detail as the others.  What I want 
to know, though, is what Harry is looking at.  That's an interesting 
expression he has on his face.

Harry looks so much older!  I know that he's 15 now, but I wasn't 
expecting such a change.  Wow.  Actually, I just realized that Harry 
looks more like the way I picture James when he was in school.

After seeing this cover, I finally realized why I've been feeling a 
little anxious about OoP.  I'm not worried that OoP will be a "dud," 
as we were discussing a while back.  However, I worry that somehow 
Harry will have changed and grown so much that I won't recognize 
him.  Does that make any sense?  It's silly because even though it's 
been almost 3 years since the last book came out, only a few weeks 
will have gone by in the HP world.  Still, though, I think that I've 
gotten used to seeing Harry as a child, and the OoP cover really 
drove home the point that he's quickly growing up.  I suppose that's 
hardly a surprise after what happened to him in GoF.

Anyway, enough rambling.  The next three months had better fly by :)

Devika