7.21.2005
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling, 652pgs, hardcover
Amazon site
Overall Grade: A-
Series: Harry Potter
Okay, okay, I did give in and buy this book because I could wait till I got home & I was tired of hushing up my friend on the phone. I read it in like 1.5 days. It would have taken less time but that tedious thing called work which got in the way. Anyway, this time around wasn't nearly as frustrating as the last. Harry is definitely acting like a love-crazed teenager, but at least he's not half as stupid as he was the last time around.
With the war on, Hogwarts is just a little bit different. Classes are harder, everyone is more love-struck, and you will just love to hate the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher (you already know who it is). Mostly though, the plot doesn't revolve around classes, but more around relationships, and Harry's meetings with Dumbledore. I shall shut up down before I give more away. But I will definitely say that the Half-Blood Prince is not who you may obviously think he is, and also that someone dies...
Amazon site
Overall Grade: A-
Series: Harry Potter
Okay, okay, I did give in and buy this book because I could wait till I got home & I was tired of hushing up my friend on the phone. I read it in like 1.5 days. It would have taken less time but that tedious thing called work which got in the way. Anyway, this time around wasn't nearly as frustrating as the last. Harry is definitely acting like a love-crazed teenager, but at least he's not half as stupid as he was the last time around.
With the war on, Hogwarts is just a little bit different. Classes are harder, everyone is more love-struck, and you will just love to hate the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher (you already know who it is). Mostly though, the plot doesn't revolve around classes, but more around relationships, and Harry's meetings with Dumbledore. I shall shut up down before I give more away. But I will definitely say that the Half-Blood Prince is not who you may obviously think he is, and also that someone dies...
Labels: genre: fantasy, genre: fiction, genre: YA, media: book, series: Harry Potter
