A review by kitkat175
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It's the middle of summer, but there is an unseasonal mist pressing against the window panes. Harry Potter is waiting nervously in his bedroom at the Dursley's house in Pivet Drive for Professor Dumbledore. One of the last times he saw the headmaster, he was in a fierce one on one duel with Lord Voldemort, and Harry cannot quite believe that Professor Dumbledore will actually appear at the Dursley's of all places. Why is the professor coming to visit him? What is it that it cannot wait until Harry returns to Hogwarts in a few weeks time? He is in his sixth year and it has already been off to an unusual start as the world's of muggle and magic start to intertwine...


Harry Potter is one of those books that once you finish it you just want to pick it back up and reread it over and over again. I think that everyone should read Harry Potter at least once, especially in elementary school like maybe in the 6th or 7th grade it should be a required reading book. The other day I was watching tiktoks about the Wizarding world and getting kind of sad that it wasn't actually real, imagine if we could go to Hogwarts. I don't know it would be so fun and amazing to just be apart of. Also you would think by the sixth book everyone would start listening to Harry because the kid is always right and no on listens to him. Not even his friends and that would probably be the most frustrating part for me is not even my friends believing me. My hearts for Harry and for what happened to Dumbledore but the amount of people that showed up for Dumbledore is very heart warming and it shows how he impacted everyone in their lives. I think order of the Phoenix is my favourite Harry Potter book still so far but honestly the last book in this series that I started 2 days ago is giving the Phoenix a run for it's money. The entire Harry Potter series will always be a five star read for me, it just always something you could anytime of the year. My favourite time of the year to read these books are in the fall/winter time because the vibes just hit right. When you reread book that you read as a kid it always hit different and I feel like it's so enjoyable. Young Adult genre sometimes have the best books, the best books being Harry Potter.

The problem with JK Rowling and Harry Potter is that she will make you cry and then laugh or sometimes the other way around and it's just a lot of emotions sometimes I can't keep up. Out of this whole series I don't think I have a least favourite book, they are all so wonderful and great reads. I also do want to watch the movies again to see how they compare to the books, because the books are always better but to be honest saying that the movies and the books are about the same. They are both really good and amazing.

I hope everyone gets to read or enjoy this series in their lifetime because it is one of the best. Also Hedwig is my favourite same with Dobby.