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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling
2014
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) by J. K. Rowling 5★♥
(Harry Potter: Book 6 series)
Another reread of this great fantasy story. Really love this book the most. Funny comedy, action and adventure and teen drama stuff all wrapped up.
Harry Potter's 6th year at Hogwarts. Voldermort has been forced to show the Ministry that he is indeed alive. So now everyone believes that Harry is "The Chosen One", but only Harry (and Dumbledore, Ron and Hermione) knows what for. And then there's other stuff. Like Dumbledore giving Harry extra lessons, which are all about what Dumbledore knows about who Voldermort is and what he's done. Harry's also the Gryffindor quidditch captain, so a little more responsibility for him there. And what the movie doesn't show is that Ron and Hermione are Prefects for the second time. And then their's Harry's emotions. Teen angst, obsession with what Draco Malfoy is doing and a struggle to keep his love for Ginny in check ("She's Ron's sister!"). Movie doesn't show that the two got together and I wished they had because it was so cute, and also silly.
Oh and then there is the Half-Blood Prince's Advanced Potions book that Harry found. Harry loves the book because he thinks he's learned a lot more about potions from the Prince than he had from Professor Snape. (spoiler) And that's ironic because the Half-Blood Prince turned out to be Snape.
SPOILER
But the ending. Tear jerker every time I've reread this. And rereading this with knowing who Snape really is loyal to... well this book and Harry's opinion of Snape had me disliking the guy all over again. But I noticed something, Dumbledore actually tried to hint a few times who Snape is. It was just before Harry and Dumbledore went to the caves, when Harry was angry at Snape and at Dumbledore for trusting him. So Dumbledore actually let slip a few times why Snape had chosen to switch sides, even though he promised not to tell Harry the truth.
END SPOILER
I think there was a lot more adventure and action in this book than the others. Harry was always doing something, be it flying around on the quidditch field or going into the Pensieve with Dumbledore to observe people's memories of Voldermort. And the ending was a gripping page turner, from the cave to the Astronomy Tower. And comparing this book to the movie, well I noticed a lot of differences. Like...
well another slight SPOILER:
Harry hid the Half-Blood Prince's Potions book in a cupboard and places a bust statue and added the Ravenclaw Diadem to it, so that he'd know where the book was if he wanted it back. But I thought it was interesting that Harry didn't even sense that the diadem was a horcrux. I wanted to throttle Harry for that mistake.
END SPOILER
I love this book and it was fun rereading this for the uptenth time (lost count really). And I will no doubt reread it again in the future. And every time, I seem to find something new that I didn't notice before or forgot about.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) by J. K. Rowling 5★♥
(Harry Potter: Book 6 series)
Another reread of this great fantasy story. Really love this book the most. Funny comedy, action and adventure and teen drama stuff all wrapped up.
Harry Potter's 6th year at Hogwarts. Voldermort has been forced to show the Ministry that he is indeed alive. So now everyone believes that Harry is "The Chosen One", but only Harry (and Dumbledore, Ron and Hermione) knows what for. And then there's other stuff. Like Dumbledore giving Harry extra lessons, which are all about what Dumbledore knows about who Voldermort is and what he's done. Harry's also the Gryffindor quidditch captain, so a little more responsibility for him there. And what the movie doesn't show is that Ron and Hermione are Prefects for the second time. And then their's Harry's emotions. Teen angst, obsession with what Draco Malfoy is doing and a struggle to keep his love for Ginny in check ("She's Ron's sister!"). Movie doesn't show that the two got together and I wished they had because it was so cute, and also silly.
Oh and then there is the Half-Blood Prince's Advanced Potions book that Harry found. Harry loves the book because he thinks he's learned a lot more about potions from the Prince than he had from Professor Snape. (spoiler) And that's ironic because the Half-Blood Prince turned out to be Snape.
SPOILER
But the ending. Tear jerker every time I've reread this. And rereading this with knowing who Snape really is loyal to... well this book and Harry's opinion of Snape had me disliking the guy all over again. But I noticed something, Dumbledore actually tried to hint a few times who Snape is. It was just before Harry and Dumbledore went to the caves, when Harry was angry at Snape and at Dumbledore for trusting him. So Dumbledore actually let slip a few times why Snape had chosen to switch sides, even though he promised not to tell Harry the truth.
END SPOILER
I think there was a lot more adventure and action in this book than the others. Harry was always doing something, be it flying around on the quidditch field or going into the Pensieve with Dumbledore to observe people's memories of Voldermort. And the ending was a gripping page turner, from the cave to the Astronomy Tower. And comparing this book to the movie, well I noticed a lot of differences. Like...
well another slight SPOILER:
Harry hid the Half-Blood Prince's Potions book in a cupboard and places a bust statue and added the Ravenclaw Diadem to it, so that he'd know where the book was if he wanted it back. But I thought it was interesting that Harry didn't even sense that the diadem was a horcrux. I wanted to throttle Harry for that mistake.
END SPOILER
I love this book and it was fun rereading this for the uptenth time (lost count really). And I will no doubt reread it again in the future. And every time, I seem to find something new that I didn't notice before or forgot about.