By J.K. Rowling
This book is one that I will not forget easily, because for once Harry had a somewhat normal year, but again he decides to go and point fingers at Draco Malfoy and Professor Severus Snape. At least this year Dumbledore speaks to him. Even if his godfather had just died, Harry seemed used the death of a loved one occurring by now. The shocking thing was how Nymphadora Tonks, a cousin of Sirius, had been when she found Harry with a broken nose on the train under his invisibility cloak.
Harry’s life seems to get darker and darker each book. I disliked the idea of the slug club because it differentiated the smart and famous from the ordinary. I also didn’t like how Harry was taking credit for the work and research another student, who called themselves the Half-Blood Prince, had written in his used book of potions. And to be fair Dumbledore had no right to give Harry information about Voldemort’s past and the horcruxes I mean Harry was just sixteen at the time and for Dumbledore to take him with him to a place where the both of them were likely to die so they can hunt the horcrux that is the Slytherin locket. What I laughed about the most was Ron’s stupidity when he ate the enchanted chocolates meant for harry and then when instead of Slughorn helping him, he ends up poisoning the poor boy, that Harry saved by stuffing a bezoar in Ron’s mouth.
A while after that, the trio discovers who is the Half-Blood Price, then Dumbledore ends up murdered by one of his own staff members who becomes headmaster. After the funeral, all the students went home in fear of what is to come, whereas Harry, Ron and Hermione decided to hunt down the horcruxes after Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour’s wedding.
A book I’d recommend to anyone alder than nine, because of the violence written in this book.
- suitable for: kids aged 9 and up
- Book 6/7
- Rating: 4.5/5
