Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building... wherever they had murdered...
- Pages
- 739
- First published
- July 16, 2005
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Ebook
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- Anonymous
Finished August 11, 2022 · Read 2 times
EDIT Wowie. I can't believe it's been 4 years since I last read this. That seems insane to me. I really enjoyed it this time, and listening to the full-cast editions on Audible have been amazing, and this one was no exception. I liked this one more than I did before, which is shocking because last time was already 5/5, but it has stayed the same this time, too. Anyways, 5/5 for me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two books in one day, look at me go! 😉 I enjoyed this book. I really, really did. More so than the first time I read it. This is my first time re-reading it since I read it back in 2020, and I enjoyed it more this time than I did back then. I think because I spaced it out so much, that it made me enjoy it more. Even though it took me three months to read this, I still loved it. Dumbledore’s death in the book was so much sadder than the movie. Like, I don’t like him. At all. But him dying almost made me feel bad for him. I felt bad for Harry though, not Dumbledore. Hermione in this book was just 🥹🤌🏻. I loved her. Re-reading the books makes me remember why I hated Draco so much in the first damn place. He’s more of an ass in the books than the movies. The movies made him tolerable. Overall, this re-read made it go up in the ranks of the Harry Potter Series for me, and I’m so glad it did. I give it 5/5 stars, and I’ll eventually read it again.
Started June 6, 2026 · Finished September 14, 2026 · Read 2 times
Finished September 25, 2008 · Read 8 times
2014 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005) by J. K. Rowling 5★♥ (Harry Potter: Book 6 series) Another reread of this great fantasy story. Really love this book the most. Funny comedy, action and adventure and teen drama stuff all wrapped up. Harry Potter's 6th year at Hogwarts. Voldermort has been forced to show the Ministry that he is indeed alive. So now everyone believes that Harry is "The Chosen One", but only Harry (and Dumbledore, Ron and Hermione) knows what for. And then there's other stuff. Like Dumbledore giving Harry extra lessons, which are all about what Dumbledore knows about who Voldermort is and what he's done. Harry's also the Gryffindor quidditch captain, so a little more responsibility for him there. And what the movie doesn't show is that Ron and Hermione are Prefects for the second time. And then their's Harry's emotions. Teen angst, obsession with what Draco Malfoy is doing and a struggle to keep his love for Ginny in check ("She's Ron's sister!"). Movie doesn't show that the two got together and I wished they had because it was so cute, and also silly. Oh and then there is the Half-Blood Prince's Advanced Potions book that Harry found. Harry loves the book because he thinks he's learned a lot more about potions from the Prince than he had from Professor Snape. (spoiler) And that's ironic because the Half-Blood Prince turned out to be Snape. SPOILER But the ending. Tear jerker every time I've reread this. And rereading this with knowing who Snape really is loyal to... well this book and Harry's opinion of Snape had me disliking the guy all over again. But I noticed something, Dumbledore actually tried to hint a few times who Snape is. It was just before Harry and Dumbledore went to the caves, when Harry was angry at Snape and at Dumbledore for trusting him. So Dumbledore actually let slip a few times why Snape had chosen to switch sides, even though he promised not to tell Harry the truth. END SPOILER I think there was a lot more adventure and action in this book than the others. Harry was always doing something, be it flying around on the quidditch field or going into the Pensieve with Dumbledore to observe people's memories of Voldermort. And the ending was a gripping page turner, from the cave to the Astronomy Tower. And comparing this book to the movie, well I noticed a lot of differences. Like... well another slight SPOILER: Harry hid the Half-Blood Prince's Potions book in a cupboard and places a bust statue and added the Ravenclaw Diadem to it, so that he'd know where the book was if he wanted it back. But I thought it was interesting that Harry didn't even sense that the diadem was a horcrux. I wanted to throttle Harry for that mistake. END SPOILER I love this book and it was fun rereading this for the uptenth time (lost count really). And I will no doubt reread it again in the future. And every time, I seem to find something new that I didn't notice before or forgot about.
Finished July 26, 2026
As Harry Potter enters his sixth year at Hogwarts, the wizarding world is unraveling under Voldemort's growing power. While danger creeps closer to home, Harry and Dumbledore begin uncovering memories that reveal the past of the Dark Lord in hopes of preparing for the future. Between unexpected romance, deepening friendships, heartbreaking revelations, and the mystery surrounding the Half-Blood Prince, Harry finds himself facing a year that changes everything. I genuinely don't know how this series keeps doing it, but every book somehow becomes my new favorite. Half-Blood Prince felt different from the moment I opened it. There's an ache woven through every chapter—a feeling that innocence is slipping away and that no one is going to come out of what's ahead unchanged. You spend so much time laughing with these characters, celebrating their little victories, and watching them simply be kids that it's easy to forget just how fragile their world has become. One of my favorite things about this series is how beautifully everything connects. Every memory, every conversation, every seemingly insignificant detail feels like another thread in a story that has been carefully woven from the very beginning. It's impossible not to appreciate just how thoughtfully this world was built. And then... the ending. Even though I wasn't completely blind to what was coming, nothing could have prepared me for actually experiencing it. It wasn't just sad—it left me with that hollow feeling you get when you realize a story has crossed a line it can never come back from. I sat there staring at the last page, not ready to accept that everything had changed. I'm honestly heartbroken that I only have one book left. These characters have become such a comforting part of my life that it's hard to imagine saying goodbye to them. At the same time, I can't think of a series that's made me feel so invested in every triumph, every loss, and every person who calls Hogwarts home. Some stories entertain you. Others stay with you. This one quietly found a place in my heart, and I already know I'm going to miss it long before I finish the final page of this series.😭😭😭 [Find my reviews on Bookstagram🫶🏻](https://www.instagram.com/literarily_laurynn?igsh=aTh6eTZ6dGwxMXpy&utm_source=qr)
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