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

9 reviews

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

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

louisegraveyard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Death, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Violence and Murder

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, War, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Racism, Antisemitism, Body horror, Classism, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Incest, Animal death, and Child abuse

jhbandcats's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Towards the end of the Harry Potter series, the books are increasingly more devastating. It doesn’t matter how ofter I reread them, they still hit me with the same punch. It’s hard to see characters we’ve come to love in such terrible distress. But the story is so compelling, and the books so clever, that they demand to be reread. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

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

molly_rose's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: War, Classism, Violence, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

I was soooooooooo excited to dive back into Hogwarts and continue to read about the fight against Lord Voldemort. The audiobooks for this entire series are impeccably crafted, and I never want to finish this series.
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" picks up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione back at Hogwarts for their sixth year. They may be older, wiser, and more prepared than ever to take on Voldemort, but they are still just a group of kids, trying to figure out their place in the world. Dumbledore is very absent at Hogwarts in this book, but he is very present in the story. Dumbledore is trying to prepare Harry to face Voldemort by showing him more about Voldemort's elusive past.
 

I really enjoyed seeing the gang pursue their crushes more, and finally be honest about who they really want to be with. It has been really fun knowing who ends up with who and trying to see the breadcrumbs left throughout the stories. It was also very enlightening to learn more about Voldemort and better understand his path to darkness. Voldemort was a misunderstood boy who learned of hate before he ever had love. Despite Dumbledore's best efforts and good influence, Voldemort succumbed to his dark, murderous thoughts and is endlessly pursuing taking over the wizarding world in his image. This is the first book we start to see cracks in Dumbledore. I feel like up until now Dumbledore has been held on a pedestal and idolized by most wizards, but we are finally seeing that Dumbledore is only human and he does make mistakes. It was really devastating having Harry try to grapple with the loss of Sirius. Sirius might be what I consider the most heartbreaking death in the series. 

 
I do not want to leave Hogwarts, but I am so excited to see the conclusion of such an epic series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Classism

laurajones's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Ableism and Transphobia