Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

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J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2005, Bloomsbury Publishing)

Published July 16, 2005 by Bloomsbury Publishing.

ISBN:
0747581088
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5 stars (7 reviews)

Harry Potter #6

One summer night, when Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shriveled, but he will not reveal why.

Rumours and suspicion spread through the wizarding world – it feels as if even Hogwarts itself might be under threat.

Harry is convinced that Malfoy bears the Dark Mark: could there be a Death Eater amongst them?

He will need powerful magic and true friends as, with the help of Dumbledore, he investigates Voldemort’s darkest secrets.

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Preceded by: [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix][1] Followed by: [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows][3]

Contains: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [3/4] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [4/4]

[1]: openlibrary.org/works/OL13716955W/Harry_Potter_and_the_Order_of_the_Phoenix [2]: www.jkrowling.com/book/harry-potter-half-blood-prince/ [3]: openlibrary.org/works/OL82586W/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows

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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 …