Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

, #6

Hardcover, 652 pages

English language

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

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

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4 stars (56 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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4 stars

HP #6 is possibly my least fave of the series (so far), yet I can't tell you why. The plot is advanced quite a bit, it's full of action—there's just something that doesn't sit as well with me. In any event, I still have to give it 4 of 5 ⭐, because I couldn't put it down. [Only HP #3 gets 5 ⭐ from me (so far)].

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Subjects

  • Wizards -- Fiction
  • Magic -- Fiction
  • Schools -- Fiction
  • England -- Fiction