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J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half blood Prince
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pros: great characterization and atmosphere; surprising developments
cons: lots of time spent on relationships
Relationship Sagas and Betrayals
It’s back to Hogwarts again for the sixth year. Lord Voldemort has returned, the Ministry has... See Full Review
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pros: More of the wizarding world revealed, adventure with Dumbledore, interesting and funny subplots.
cons: Harry withholds too much from his friends...and they all pay dearly.
Wizards, Girls, and Unforgivable Curses.
As I've done with all of the other Harry Potter movies, I thought it would behoove me to reacquaint... See Full Review
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pros: Lots of curious things happen. Sets up the final book.
cons: Very sad ending. Might be too dark for young readers.
Nearing the end of a legend.
I finally got around to reading the 6th installment of the Harry Potter franchise and I have mixed f... See Full Review
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pros: Mounting tension, Voldemort backstory.
cons: Occasional feeling of setup
Half Blood Prince: Dividing Readers
The sixth outing for Harry Potter fans is one of the most dividing I have ever come upon. And while... See Full Review
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pros: Fills in a lot of gaps, sets up the final book nicely.
cons: Really is no major plot - very disjointed.
A stop-gap book in the series
I noticed that I have been writing glowing reviews on everything, so I decided it was time to write... See Full Review
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pros: great storyline
cons: some of the characters can be annoying at times...
There is always some mystery and some one to hate in HP Series...
-WARNING: There are some spoilers in this review!!- Late start to a great series I was a late-bloome... See Full Review
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pros: Good plot and characters, more grown up and darker than earlier Potter books
cons: None for me
Dastardly Deeds
Harry Potter and the Half Blood prince is the penultimate book, out of a series of seven, written by... See Full Review
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pros: Pacing, most of the character stuff
cons: Romantic plots; ending
Harry Potter and the Unresolved Plot
I made it! My goal was to read and review the first six Harry Potter books before the seventh came o... See Full Review
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pros: A riveting read, clues for Harry (and the readers).
cons: Many are appalled by the romance subplot
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: The Beginning of the End
I have been a big fan of Harry Potter since the fall of 1999. I was in college, and I found myself i... See Full Review
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pros: Pensieve scene, Slughorn's eccentricity
cons: Bad romance, boring characters, tedious scenes
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince does not live up to previous book
The evening before the release of the next Harry Potter book always seem to bring much anticipation... See Full Review
Product Details
| Key Information | |
| Illustrator | Mary Grandpre |
| Authors | J. K. Rowling |
| Fiction Genre | Education |
| Professional Reviews | |
| Professional Reviews | <b><i>New York Times Book Review</i>:</b> "To read Rowling's novels as an adult is to sink into a half-remembered state of childhood rapture, the trance produced when you gobbled up fantasies for the first time. In the series's fourth volume, ''HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE,'' Dumbledore lets Harry stumble across the Pensieve, a collecting dish for excess memories. To extract a memory, a wizard holds a wand to his temple, draws a silvery strand of thought from his head and taps it into the basin. Any wizard who touches the swirling contents of the bowl drops into the visions it contains, reliving them as if he had been present at their inception. Dipping into the fiction that is Rowling's Pensieve, adult readers tumble into an eerie but familiar realm, containing not only Rowling's images of Harry but their own memories of books they loved when they were Harry's age and younger." |
| Book Editions | |
| Book Editions | <Edition><item name="format">Hardcover</item><item name="pages">652</item><item name="date">July 16, 2005</item><item name="publisher">Arthur a Levine</item><item name="measurements">9.25"(h) x 6.25"(w) x 2"(d), 2.2 lbs.</item><item name="isbn">9780439784542</item></Edition> |
| First Line | |
| Publisher's Note | It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind. He was waiting for a call from the President of a far distant country, and between wondering when the wretched man would telephone, and trying to suppress unpleasant memories of what had been a very long, tiring, and difficult week, there was not much space in his head for anything else. |
