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A review by miss_anthrope
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
4.0
Harry's still a moron, but at least he's shouting less than he did in book 5. And no, guessing even partly right does not make his wild assumptions and weird obsession with Malfoy any less moronic. Despite the issues I have with Harry's character, the climax of the story carried the emotions excellently and I enjoy this book quite a lot. The focus on romance was clunky and awkward, but the war beginning added a tension to the plot that carried it.
This series is now forever altered by the author's, uh, extracurricular writings, but in many ways I think I'll still be able to treasure what they meant to me throughout my childhood. Death of the author and all that. Ideals like equity, honesty, open-mindedness, and a deep curiosity in the world around me were fostered through the many books I read growing up. I look at them much more analytically and critically as an adult, but that doesn't change or take away from the good that reading them as a child has given me.
This series is now forever altered by the author's, uh, extracurricular writings, but in many ways I think I'll still be able to treasure what they meant to me throughout my childhood. Death of the author and all that. Ideals like equity, honesty, open-mindedness, and a deep curiosity in the world around me were fostered through the many books I read growing up. I look at them much more analytically and critically as an adult, but that doesn't change or take away from the good that reading them as a child has given me.