Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

, #6

paperback, 652 pages

English language

Published July 25, 2006 by Scholastic Paperbacks.

ISBN:
978-0-439-78596-9
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OCLC Number:
70666878

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The war against Voldemort is not going well; even the Muggles have been affected. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses.

And yet . . . as with all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Harry receives some extraordinary help in Potions from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. And with Dumbledore's guidance, he seeks out the full, complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort -- and thus finds what may be his only vulnerability.

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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 …

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