Posted in
|
JK Rowling
|
|
||
|
Genre
|
|||
|
Media
|
Book
|
||
Publisher | Bloomsbury | ||
ISBN | 9780747584681 | ||
|
Reviewer
|
Jo
|
Synopsis
"In a brief statement on Friday night, Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge confirmed that He Who Must Not Be Named has returned to this country and is once more active. "It is with great regret that I must confirm that the wizard styling himself Lord - well, you know who I mean - is alive and among us again," said Fudge." These dramatic words appeared in the final pages of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". In the midst of this battle of good and evil, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" takes up the story of Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, with Voldemort's power and followers increasing day-by-day.
Review
Harry's penultimate year at Hogwarts becomes one of his most traumatic.
Ron gets a girlfriend who isn't Hermione (it's a rather saccharine sweet and vomit inducing Lavender Brown), but this is only after Ginny visciously rips into him for never having kissed girl that wasn't related to him. I have to say I really felt for him, even though he did act like a bit of the git. That said Ron also has a very close brush with death that only a bezoar saves, but it is enough to make him think about a few of his priorities.
Harry also develops feelings for Ginny, can't say I didn't see that one coming a mile off. All in all the most hormonal of all the books with dating playing a major factor in the story.
I am not ashamed to say that I shed a few tears at the end. It's nice that Harry is finally starting to confide in his friends all that Dumbledore and everyone else has told him.
With the mission of destroying the Horcruxes left for him at the end of the book and the statement that Harry wouldn't be returning for his final year at Hogwarts it felt like the end of an era.
If you enjoy what we provide, please consider making a donation.
