My first thought was about the curtains in the US book cover... I definitely think they're 'beyond the veil' (from OOTP in the Department of Mysteries)... and the shadows in the background are people (maybe Sirius is one of them... that would be so exciting). But yeah, whoever said the UK kids book cover gives the most away is totally on target... it looks like there's a goblin from Gringotts on Harry's back, and that it's holding Gryffindor's (ruby-encrusted) sword. I also wouldn't be surprised if one of the Horcruxes was on the cover somewhere... just a thought. And I'm VERY excited about Prongs being there, though I'm not sure how I feel about that gross snake orb thing. I'm also glad that it looks like Harry's going back to Hogwarts... what does the full moon have to do with it, though? I always thought stuff would go down Halloween night... that's when the 'veil' between the spirit world and the real world is the thinnest. I must admit, though, I'm not a huge fan of that cover art overall, especially the way Harry, Ron and Hermione are drawn. Anyway, just some thoughts!
I don't really like how they're drawn either, but I think I'm just used to Mary GrandPre's artwork and it's just different. Although I have my complaints with her as well, but it looks like she's actually drawn Harry as an almost-adult as opposed to a child this time, which is great.
But yeah, whoever said the UK kids book cover gives the most away is totally on target... it looks like there's a goblin from Gringotts on Harry's back, and that it's holding Gryffindor's (ruby-encrusted) sword. I also wouldn't be surprised if one of the Horcruxes was on the cover somewhere... just a thought. And I'm VERY excited about Prongs being there, though I'm not sure how I feel about that gross snake orb thing. I'm also glad that it looks like Harry's going back to Hogwarts... what does the full moon have to do with it, though? I always thought stuff would go down Halloween night... that's when the 'veil' between the spirit world and the real world is the thinnest.
I must admit, though, I'm not a huge fan of that cover art overall, especially the way Harry, Ron and Hermione are drawn.
Anyway, just some thoughts!
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