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brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2024

Wonderful story and characters. Such a page turning book that I read every night without fail.
Highly recommend, it’s a must read

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Lucy

not the greatest

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2021

i'm a big fan of the books and movies and the books are okay but not the most well writter, and would be better if there wasn't negative stereotypes of groups of people littered throughout. however, they're good if you like the movies to allow you more of an insight to whats happening and in much more detail that what the movies. i also received all of the books covered in what seems to be grease or glue and finger prints all over the covers of them they also have bent corners and the cover of the book already peeling into different layers.

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Michelle

brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2024

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Wonderful story and characters. Such a page turning book that I read every night without fail.
Highly recommend, it’s a must read

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Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2024

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Loved this book any Harry potter fan will agree that it's a masterpiece I highly recommend and will enjoy reading the next one

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Jamie Alexander Hudson

Good book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 September 2024

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Its an excellent book

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Sam

The penultimate installment in the best saga ever written

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 January 2012

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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is as equally brilliant as its predecessor, though somewhat shorter, it still manages to fit an entire year at Hogwarts into one book.
Times are becoming harder and the dark wrath of Lord Voldemort is closer than ever, he is gathering more and more followers and Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts is the darkest yet. There is a new teacher (Horace Slughorn) and many more revelations and plot twists to make this book very had to prise yourself away from.
J K Rowling continues to weave the epic saga of Harry and bring to life a world that is not only perfectly described and imagined but also strangely believable. Her choice to darken the tone was wise, as Harry is growing up and the wizarding world is no longer the whimsical, magical place it was in Philosopher's Stone. The plot largely revolves around Harry and Dumbeldore trying to learn as much as they can about Voldemort so that they can get an advantage over him. This involves many chapters with just Harry and Dumbeldore talking about Voldemort - however this is no bad thing, instead Rowling makes her dialogue fast paced and engaging and very informative. The memories that are explored in this book reveal very important plot details and foreshadow things to come in the final book.
Not only does Harry have to contend with Voldemort but romance that seems to be another major theme in this sixth book, Ron finds himself drawn to a girl and Hermione finds herself very jealous. Harry on the other hand finds out that he has been long harbouring feelings for someone very unexpected...
Rowling writes each chapter so fast paced and exciting that they are over before you can say Expelliarmus. Highlights of book six include a journey to a cave where Voldemort hid something very important that could prove vital to defeating him. This scene is very well written creepy and tense. Another good chapter is the climax where a battle with the death eaters wages at Hogwarts. There is also a very unexpected and shocking death (i won't say who dies in case you haven't read it).
Overall, Half Blood Prince is a worthy addition to the Potter saga and by the time i was nearing the end of this book it did feel like the calm before the storm, like this was the last year at Hogwarts before the final, epic battle that will decied the fate of the wizarding world and of Harry.

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brandy

Magical

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 May 2024

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A great read, I won’t give anything away just if you buy this then you know why your buying it and it’s a joy.

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RDD

Another Nice Entry in the Worldwide Phenomenon

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 January 2024

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I bought this book because I wanted an accurate UK addition of the Harry Potter texts when I first started reading them in 2014. This copy arrived quickly and helped create an immersive reading experience for me as a neophyte. Good for those looking to check out the worldwide phenomenon, but there are other editions available after nearly two decades of publication history.

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Chris Key

Not enough blood

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2024

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Don't let the title fool you, there's no actual blood, not even half.

Witches and wizards, 7 stars.

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Michael J Richardson

If a book could have more than five stars out of five, this would be the one.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 February 2017

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Oh yes, oh yes oh yes!!!
I could hurl a hundred superlatives at this book, most of which you've probably heard before, but they’d all be deserved.
So, Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, and what a year.
I like to think of this one as a history book: not one of those big boring books that goes on and on about a long forgotten civilisation, a King or a Queen, but a book about Harry's past, his connection with Voldemort, and one that delves deep into the Dark Lord’s past, by way of memories in the pensieve in Dumbledore's office; memories that the headmaster has spent many years collecting.
Harry has inherited his god-father's house and the vile elf, Kreacher, who he puts to good use following Draco Malfoy. Harry knows that Draco is up to something, he overheard him threatening the owner of Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn alley, he just doesn't know what.
There are potions to master, (somewhat helped by an old potions book he finds in the spares cupboard, annotated and proclaiming to be the property of the half-blood prince; there's Snape to avoid, quidditch to play and an uncorrupted memory to extract from their new potions master, Professor Horace Slughorn; who taught Tom Riddle before he became Lord Voldemort.
There are girls, there's snogging and there's Ginny Weasley, who Harry is starting to see in a different light.
To top it all, there are Horcruxes to find, hidden objects that contain parts of Voldemort's soul, and this is where these books are so clever. It is here, in book six, that we discover that Tom Riddle's diary - which Harry destroyed in The Chamber of Secrets, (book two) - was in fact a Horcrux. Dumbledore has already destroyed another, Voldemort's grandfather's ring, and with Horace Slughorn relinquishing his untainted memory, they now know that they have four more to find, excluding the part of soul that resides in Voldemort himself.
So, over five hundred pages in and the adventure begins, but Draco has succeeded in his task, Death Eaters have entered the school, the dark mark hangs heavy above the astronomy tower, Dumbledore is disarmed, Harry immobilised, Snape . . .
I know that most of you already know the ending to this book, you've probably seen the film, but I put it to you, that unless you have read this book, you do not know the ending.
The battle between the Death Eaters and The Order, Snape and Malfoy's escape, the burning of Hagrid's hut, and the most moving part of all, Dumbledore's phoenix and its lament, echoing hauntingly through the corridors and classrooms of Hogwarts.
If a book could have more than five stars out of five, this would be the one. Simply put, this book if stunning.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, here I come.

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Luke Hall

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 June 2024

10/10

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2024

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