Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Hardcover, 652 pages

English language

Published June 21, 2005 by Arthur A. Levine Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-439-78454-2
OCLC Number:: 474747476

(6 reviews)

The war against Voldemort is not going well: even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of The Daily Prophet looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses.

And yet …

As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate, and lose a few eyebrows in the process. The Weasley twins expand their business. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are never straightforward, though Harry receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince.

So it's the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered sixth installment of the story of Harry Potter. Here at Hogwart's , Harry will search for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort - and thereby find what may be his only vulnerability.

--front flap

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5 stars

Voldemort is getting stronger and the authorities have yet to find him, which makes politicians very anxious and given into stupid popularity contests. People are living in a constant state of fear, but in Hogwarts everything seems to be more or less in order. Harry is now captain of the Quidditch team, has a very helping hand at Potions and has private lessons with Dumbledore.

This was always one of my favourite from the series, even though I couldn't remember it clearly having read it more than 10 years ago. It was a treat to revisit "the half-blood prince" and be less worried about what could happen, savouring the words and storytelling. I didn't remember Ginny being such a great character nor Tonks being so miserable. Funny enough, I could still remember the words of this dialogue and where it took place: "maybe he — Snape — didn’ wan’ ter …

Voldemort is getting stronger and the authorities have yet to find him, which makes politicians very anxious and given into stupid popularity contests. People are living in a constant state of fear, but in Hogwarts everything seems to be more or less in order. Harry is now captain of the Quidditch team, has a very helping hand at Potions and has private lessons with Dumbledore.

This was always one of my favourite from the series, even though I couldn't remember it clearly having read it more than 10 years ago. It was a treat to revisit "the half-blood prince" and be less worried about what could happen, savouring the words and storytelling. I didn't remember Ginny being such a great character nor Tonks being so miserable. Funny enough, I could still remember the words of this dialogue and where it took place: "maybe he — Snape — didn’ wan’ ter do it anymore". I loved it all over again and some more.