Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.K. Rowling Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)
Book Review: Harry Potter (hardcover) - Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
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Summary: 5 Stars
Harry Potter series is a future classic. Every child (and adult) should have a fantasy to love. This is mine. Every book keeps your undivided attention. When you have finished this book it will keep you wanting the next one. Book Review: The book was in mint condition
Summary: 5 Stars
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Barbara Holbrook
Book Review: Rowling is still magic
Summary: 4 Stars
The Boy Who Lived returns to Hogwarts for the sixth year. Voldemort's return is public knowledge, but he gathered power while the Ministry of Magic denied Dumbledore and Harry's claims. The book opens with Severus Snape making a cryptic promise to Narcissa Malfoy, in a scene that sets the novel's dark tone.
Rowling has magic in her pen. Her prose may not always flow and some plot twists might be obvious, but few books are as fun to read as the Harry Potter series. Her Hogwarts imposes itself on the reader's imagination - children across the world hope for an invitation on their eleventh birthdays. I devoured this and her other six books because she catches your attention and holds it.
Despite this, I feel Rowling became less descriptive in this entry. Some parts seem rushed and it damages her fantastic world-building. It also ensures that Harry seems blander. Most fans hate OoTP Harry. I, on the other hand, think it is his best incarnation. He's temperamental, impulsive, hormonal, and often quite stupid. Rarely does an author write a teenager that perfectly. With this less emotional Harry, more emotional remove exist between the reader and his grief and crushes.
But while I feel remove from his crush, Rowling develops one relationship I hoped for in many of the previous books. She also, FINALLY, grants Draco Malfoy some character development. Long a fan favorite and a key figure in many of the best fanfictions, the Malfoy of the books left something to be desired. Namely, a third-dimension. DH does not focus on Malfoy, but it does continue this development with some wonderfully done scenes involving the entire family.
In the end, the flaws of HBP don't matter. It's the sixth book of the most popular series ever. The Harry Potter books may not be perfect, but they are something special.
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Book Review: for the young at hesrt
Summary: 4 Stars
harry appeals to grandmas too. i don't think this was as good as the others.