Review Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) Prepared By J.K. Rowling Format Printed Matter
a war is being fought NOT in plain sight, it's up to Harry and co, to investigate Voldemort's past for any vulnerabilities, Am I allowed to say that this the penultimate book of one of the most popular serials ever written, has a slow start, a slow middle, but a thrilling finalpages! It took me nearly six months to wade through!
read .
Golden Stars
yeah, it was dark, but probably the most Hilarious book of HP it IS a Comedy! I was rolling in laughter! by Hilarious Ron, sassy Harry amp Hermione's wittiness amp the unique fun in the writing style, the impression, the descriptions, the comparisons.
anyway, don't get mad at me, but this book is my least favourite in Harry Potter series, it was kind of disappointment for me,
years gap, reading the other fantastic books many times, guessing amp after that shocking end in book, looking forward to this one, to be greater than others as we are close to end.
. .
in one sentence: I was not satisfied after reading it, IK the book was the calm before the storm, but still,
amp don't get me wrong it was a disappointment Only compared to other HP books,
Boring start.chapters without anything related to Hogwarts or the golden trio
Harry was obsessed with what Malfoy was up to, the whole year amp for the first time, I found Harry annoying.
risking for no good reason, only his hunch, maybe this is the main reason I didn't like this book, I hate 'Sectumsempra' chapter , always get mad at him,
yelling many times:
Don't!
No!
you idiot, Harry!
because he is my favourite character, . .
though now after many times rereading, I actually found those parts hilarious too, at some points
at the end, he was right though,
also, lack of funny sarcastic verbal fights between Harry amp Draco :
almost whole events were like sidejobs except the, . . youknowwhat
A. K. A the Slug club
truth: I don't care about Slughorn either, those chapter he just talked amp talked about celebrities oncewerehis students, . . ughhhh.
Adrenaline peak parts were not satisfying amp not enough amounts, the whole story was a bit ordinary amp nothing happened in the whole school year, in particular, like school wasn't at an immediate, solid grave danger book,,amp maybe, the golden trio wasn't solving mysteries,,,,or something as intriguing as these, they were just attending classes, boring parties, slug club amp these normal stuff,
but in total, other parts except Malfoy amp Slug club maybe not high peak of adrenaline as I said, but interesting, amp funny we all wanted to know who the halfblood prince was, Quidditch was great as always amp the parts with Dumbledore were fascinating.
I liked the second half of the book more, like finally this book stepped into action!
amp that end was the "Beginning of the End"!
But main reason: his obsession with Malfoy 'OMG! Harry, just come off it!', therefore Harry being annoying, therefore lack of Harry's sarcasm comebacks
with Malfoy, lowered this book to my least favourite.
However .
on the bright side, there are parts I love too:
sassy Harry was the best!
There's no need to call me "sir", professor.
Bless you JKR!
Bless you Harry Potter!
one of the sassiest comments in the history of sass masters!
my first reaction when I see this, was: whaaaa!.
. . then "omg! Harry! did you just, . . !" amp reread the sentence to see if I got it right amp then, . . putting the book down "Hail Harry Potter!" amp burst out laughing!
amp that's that, ever since!
although there was no sarcastic comebacks between Potter amp Malfoy, but this book had many funny moments by other characters.
"Well, you cant break an Unbreakable Vow, . . " Gee! Thanks Ron!
"Id worked that much out for myself, funnily enough!”
amp Harry was not just being sassy amp sarcastic, but also being funny amp clueless too, which was laughable.
Ron's jokes with ghosts always made me choke with laughter!
Friendships
Harry amp Ron's friendship always one of my favourite brotps funny, great, looking after each other.
always love it, in all books,
Roonil Wazlib!
also Harry amp Hermione's, especially after Ron amp Hermione's bickering, beautiful, caring, protective, again, I love it in all the books,
I actually noticed after years of rereading, now Romione has lowered in its place for me amp I ship these two more, they care so much for each other,
I'm thinking it's probably also a brotp, well, it's complicated to decide if I want to accept the canon because I do love canon too or my mind, the point is, I love the moments with these two together :
the writing style is just Unique amp perfect amp funny!
my favourite chapters are "the Cave" amp "Horcruxes" awesome, exciting with unexpected amount of surprises.
I actually loved them.
I loved the mainstream parts with Dumbledore,
I loved how Harry, at some points, admired Tom,
amp how he unfolded this story amp also sympathized with other characters,
I liked Dumbledore in this book,
at least after that terrible mistake mentioned above, the chapter ended beautifully my favourite part, that magical romantic moment, how well described, what a glamorous scene.
My first ship finally sinking!
", . . After several long moments, or it might have been half an houror possibly several sunlit days they broke apart,
The creature in his chest roaring in triumph, "
amp I was really angry when the movie CHANGED this scene! actually I really loved the firstmovies they were so similar to the books amptoo tho it was a bit different amp they mostly deleted the humor parts,was similar enough, just darker than my imagination.
but moviesampjust had the same quotes almost amp changed or deleted scenes a lot, therefore those completely disappointed me, :
amp I was proud Harry became !
Quidditch were funny, especially the first one You Clever Harry! XD.
except not the commentator, but Harry made a funny moment of that too
Don't forget how Gracefully this book was written, amp how delicately Rowling chose to show they were swearing without any direct swears, I love it. it doesn't make me apprehensive, on the contrary, it makes me laugh very hard amp respect the pure talent,
Hail Queen!
th read November: I could've givenStars because of Sassy Harry I mean, Harry just being savagely Sassy this year! XD amp beautiful, magnificent choices of the words amp compare to a few of mythis book definitely deservesbut I'm not satisfied with it still things that annoy me so I probably won't.
Although there's a progress, the rating score has risen to,now.
th read June: never have read this book this quick! thanks to BR with my sitelinknew Potterhead! slow down girl!
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This review and other nonspoilery reviews can be found sitelinkThe Book Prescription
Why did Professor Snape stand in the middle of the road
So youll never know which side hes on!! Im yet to mention one of the most important characters in this series in a review.
Im, of course, talking about Severus Snape,
Severus, the unsung hero,
Severus, who sacrificed his own soul,
Severus, who loved another more than life itself,
Severus, the halfblood prince the truth about his character was, and will likely always be, one of the most surprising twists Ive ever read in fiction.
The set up is all in this book,
I have read this book many times, although the penultimate one was years ago, Let's say that this was the first time I've read them in ebook form,
The reading was marvellous, There were things I'd forgotten, e, g. how late Harry and Ginny got together, I'd also forgotten about most of the funeral, I'll say no more, spoilers oblige,
What this book tells me is that sadly the more conservative of readers, grammarians etc will place so many books above Harry Potter, none of which is worth mentioning in the same breath as Potter lore.
To me this series is special, Nobody else will undertake waiting for each book to come out and lay our hands on them, The Potter universe will belong to our descendants forever, But it was we who helped create this fervor and unmatched popularity,. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
, sitelinkHarry Potter and the Cursed Child
I was first introduced to Harry Potter in a Childrens Lit class in college, I had resisted this popular phenomenon until I was forced to pick it up for a grade, and Bookwas short enough that I could read it in the course ofhours.
I have to admit I wasnt impressed to any extent, nor did I dislike the experience, but I was critical on grounds of its being derivative, even if reading the first led to reading the second.
After all, if I was bored and looking for something light, I could do worse than a fantasy about a child wizard who fights evil with his friends, But it was really the third book, with its increasing darkness, that took me in and made me a fan,
With a movie coming out for Order of Phoenix and Deathly Hallows on the horizon, I decided I would reread HalfBlood Prince, I figured it would take four sittings, of course, with itspages, but time does fly when reading this one, and Ive come to the conclusion that this is my favorite so far.
What I wouldnt have been willing to admit in college that Im perfectly comfortable saying now is that J, K. Rowling is a fantastic storyteller she writes with great clarity, wit, and humor and shes created a cast of loveable characters with whom most people, due to the common experience of growing up, can relate closely.
That said, the reason for my preference for theth book is that its the most emotionally rich in the series, Here we get the backstory of Voldemort spoiler alert through a series of flashbacks coming in HP by way of magically extracted memories, and in this way, we come to understand the villains similarities and differences with our hero.
After all, the villain has to have reasons for committing heinous acts, and until now, we dont know what these are,
Voldemort is from a oncepowerful wizard family reduced to poverty that lives in a dilapidated hovel on the edge of a small town, wary of outsiders, and their main point of pride is their pure blood, the lineage having crossbred for generations so as not to pollute the line.
Voldemorts mother lives with her father and brother and yearns for the love of a nonmagical man “muggle” in this world and when her father and brother are arrested, she uses the opportunity to bewitch her beloved and run off.
She ends up pregnant, the man deserts her, and she dies while giving birth to her halfwizard, halfmuggle son, thus making him an orphan like Harry,
Faulkner anyone
But whereas Harry comes to Hogwarts and befriends Ron and Hermione creating unity and strength through positive emotions, Voldemort, when growing in the orphanage shuns other children, torturing them at times without the awareness of adults and stealing their possessions.
What fuels him is his hatred of his beginnings, his mothers weakness at having died like a common person despite being a witch, and the “muggle” blood inherited from his father.
Over the course of his time at Hogwarts, Voldemort, charming as only evil can be, learns to win over people as a means to an end and disguise his insidious purposes, but he never befriends anyone.
He moves, through his hatred, further away from many of the emotions that drive Harry, namely the desire to protect the people he loves and avenge his parents death.
With Dumbledores help in exploring Voldemorts past, Harry begins to understand that hes come to be where he is through the choices hes made, that his greatest strengths are an alliance with his friends, and that this might hold the key to destroying his enemy, a fact thats made all the more poignant when Dumbledore, in an allout assault on Hogwarts by Voldemorts Death Eaters, is killed at the end.
The stakes are higher than before, the action and pace increase as the conclusion draws near, and things are looking darker than ever, which is the setup that any fan wants when the end is looming and it leaves us with the question: How will our hero prevail.