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

13 reviews

xenia_li's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse and Blood

Minor: Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, and Alcohol

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Torture, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Xenophobia

hdkroon's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Vomit and Torture

bella_01's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Child death, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Slavery, and Blood

sunnycollins_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This has been, by far, my favorite book of the series. Everything about it just felt... better; the characters, the writing, the world building, all of it.

The further I get into the series the more I find that it's not the characters that I'm drawn to, it's the world. Getting a look into

Voldemort's background + family history

is really cool and makes the world around Hogwarts feel more storied and realistic. 

That being said, I did really enjoy the arcs that each of the main characters went on over the course of the book. Everyone felt a bit more mature in this book which was much appreciated after five straight books of childish arguments between the trio. 

The last few chapters were

heartbreaking, especially the last chapter with Dumbledore's funeral and Harry coming to terms with the fact that he is now responsible for defeating the Dark Lord.

 

On a sillier note, Professor Slughorn is one of my favorite teachers so I'm always happy to see more of him. I think that his character does a great job of adding a bit of the, now classic, "silly wizard stuff" to this book's rather dark plot. 

Overall this book was an excellent read and I can't wait to finish off the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Alcohol, and Bullying

mconroy9137's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Death, Torture, Violence, War, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol, Xenophobia, Bullying, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Racism, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

johannarose's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Fatphobia, Grief, Blood, Body shaming, Alcohol, Abandonment, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

caitlyn_rehs's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Grief, and Murder

sophie42's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Mass/school shootings, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit

lizzy_s4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

Sorry about the author but this is the literal best book in existence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child death, Cursing, Body horror, Torture, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, War, Grief, and Violence

If you read this I can guarantee you will love it