Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6)
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 | Product Details: Hardcover 608 pages Release Date: 03 October 2005 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC ISBN: 0747581428 Rating:   Sales Rank: 64467 | | Look for similar books by subject: | | Customers who bought this item also bought:
| | Customer Reviews: A considerable improvement (12 October 2006)After the overlong drudgery that was Order of the Phoenix I was dreading HBP, expecting it to be yet another exersize in tedium. How surprised I was to learn that not only does it hardly ever break the pace, but it is also considerably shorter than OotP, which was crippled by its length. After a quick set-up in a couple of breezy, but informative, chapters Harry is on his way to Hogwarts once more and, as usual, his year will be made up of classes, Quidditch, girls and fighting the dark side. This is now the SIXTH time JK Rowling has given us this formula and it's beginning to get quite stale now, superior to OotP or not. There are still quite a lot of new features to this book though as Harry continues to learn and meet new people. I just wish it would do something radically different instead of sticking to the usual template. Rowling's narrative techniques are becoming more apparent, but while they are most unsubtle they do get the job done and I did want to keep reading. Some extraenous scenes of Harry in class could have been snipped away though. My predictions of who the Half-Blood Prince was may have been totally incorrect but I knew who Rowling was going to kill off. It's just so obvious that she's wants to deal this one last ace before reaching the final book. But still, I guess that this doesn't make it any less entertaining. Which means that the book is just more or less a pot-boiler. My fave teacher will always be Hagrid. But this book introduces a fun new retired Professor called Horace Slughorn. I do wish we had teachers like this when I was at school (not magic ones), as most of them didn't give a damn about the students. And before you crucify me, I still think Snape is a good guy. No matter what he does, no matter how many punishments he gives Harry or turns a blind eye to Malfoy I still think he's cool. There's loads of stuff left unexplained in the book, which is kind of a tease. But no matter how crude Rowling's methods may sometimes be, it still works and I still want the final book right NOW. But I like to be the Deluxe Editions and they always come out a few months after the ordinary hardback. So I'll have to wait longer than the rest of you. It's a fine, fine book. (22 October 2005)It's been a private observation of mine for a while that the thickness of the book in any fantasy series increases the later in the series you get. Writers have more to say, more ends to tie up, and so on. This book, while very long (and so not really suitable for young children to read to themselves anymore) is a large improvement on the last released, but it is now clearly aimed at the older child. Those children who were the same age as Harry when the first book was released will have been able to keep pace with him in years as he nears adulthood. The book is, despite criticism to the contrary, a profoundly moral work, and I for one think it may help to guide anyone growing up. Well done JK Rowling! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) (11 October 2005)Whilst this is a superbly written book it is not until page 500 that it really starts to take off. It is too long and myself and my teenager were not frantically reading it like we have the past 5 books. When the excitement does start however it is gripping and you turn every page desperate to get to the next. Come on JK these books are aimed at children, make the last one a reasonable length that will capture the imaginations and keep them wanting to finish the book. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (08 October 2005)J.K Rowling has done it again. She has gone back to the magical world of Harry Potter and delivers an exciting and well thought out portrayal of his world in "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince". This book is darker than the others and focuses more on Harry growing up and the fight against the Dark Lord Voldemort, that finally has been accepted by the Ministry of Magic. This book is a page turner that can only be expected of Miss Rowling and should be loved by all true Harry fans. Although her puns and ideas are spot on and original, I found the first few pages not as engaging as previous books and found it hard to want to reread it as much as I did the others. Whether this has to do with the new "darker" Harry that has become a typical teenager or whether the chapters are simply not as interesting, I do not know. J.K Rowling has cut down on the size of the book (although it is massive it still went too quickly!)which should come as a relief to some Harry fans but the ideas are still flowing and it still remains a brilliant piece of fiction. Most people should love this welcome escape into Harry's world but others, I fear, will either be left wanting more or left wanting none at all. I was so Happy I couldn't stop stars coming out of my wand (23 September 2005)This is the Special edition of The Half Blood Price. I like these books because are hardbacked, although the cover will pick up dirt from you hands as it is covered in fabric (so wash you hands). This is a great way to collect the books if you want them to look like proper old time books. As usual JK Rowling has done a spectacular job of it. This book will keep you up all night waiting to get to the end. This is the best she's written, so far. I'm not going to tell you the plot line or who the half blood prince is (just in case you haven't read it yet, in which case where have you been? The forbbien forest?). But it'll make you cry and it'll make you wonder if you really ever know what's going on in anyone's head. It'll also make you really impatient for the next one.... | |
