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Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the 6th book in the Harry Potter series. I enjoyed this book a bit more than that last book. It had less dry spells, but they definitely were still there.

Throughout the book I kept trying to guess who the Half-Blood Prince was... but I never got it. A couple times I thought I was completely right, and that I was a genius, and then my friend disproved my theories... And then I found out the truth. It hurts, man. Just kidding, but still.

It kinda felt like nothing was really happening at times, but Rowling handled it nicely and when I started to feel like that, It didn't necessarily mean it was boring... Keep mind that this was later on in the book. The dry spells were kept mainly to the beginning, which was another improvement. Speaking of later on in the book: wow. Stuff gets real. I'm just gonna throw it out there that I didn't shed any tears, not my eyeballs exceed their normal dampness. But I did write 'holy sh*t' in my notes a couple times.

Over all, I liked it. It was decent. I just really hope the last book is gonna be awesome, which for some reason I think it might be. When I took it out of my bookshelf after just finishing this book, it felt like I was holding something god bound himself. Maybe I was just feeling dramatic, we'll see.


All of my Harry Potter Reviews:
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3 (Nonexistent)
Book 4
Book 5
Book 6
Book 7

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