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Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (book6) (平装)
by J.K. Rowling , Mary GrandPre (Illustrator)
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Bestsellers, Award-winning books, Fiction, Fantacy, Ages 9-12, Children's books |
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The Half-Blood Prince takes you on a wild ride through a mystical world that Rowling so brilliantly paints. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
Harry and his friends go back to Hogwarts suspecting Draco Malfoy of being a deatheater. Harry gets private lessons with Dumbeldore, where he learns about Voldemort. All six years learn how to apparatus. Finally Harry must go on an important mission with Dumbeldore to retrieve a Horcrux from a cave. Horcruxes are a part of a person’s soul that he puts in objects. The only way to kill Voldemort is to destroy all his Horcruxes. They go the cave to get the Horcrux. Meanwhile Deatheaters attack Hogwarts. To find out more read the book. I found it too much of a disappointment to buy in hardcover. Buy it in paperback, which is out now. |
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C. E. Silva (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
Though it cannot be said that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince lacks entertaining devices, nor that it has not been written as skillfully as its predecessors, it stroke me kind of disappointing anyway. And I came to realize that Harry Potter himself is the reason why I barely liked the sixth issue of what is about to become a literary soap opera. Its main character is the favorite prey to stubbornness and bad temper. Potter does not struggle against his apparently unconscious determination to remain as the let-me-safe-the-wizarding-world-me-myself-alone, and since that is not an easy enterprise he is losing his temper permanently. Another Potter's annoying tinge is his fake altruism. Even if he looks as the uttermost altruistic wizard, he actually behaves, for the most part, as a self-centered regular human being led by an almost unbeatable desire for revenge himself on his dark and feared enemy. So he has this constant paranoid drive which contributes to worsen the annoying atmosphere of this quite imaginative tale. I must confess that I prefer Potter's selfishness-proof companions. They are clever and funny. This time, Hermione's brain had to bow down before her hormones. So did Ron (and Potter himself). Hermione and Ron are the needed fresh air when Potter gets stuck with his obsessions. Notwithstanding what was said, Miss Rowling is a master of the parallel worlds and she has the knack for investing them with quite veritable traits of reality. One tends to believe that the Muggle World and the Wizarding World exist indeed. She just adds a high dose of magic to her well crafted writing, and that's it. Anyway, I'm waiting for the next books, which, I dare to forecast, will be no less than four. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
Even though I am an adult I find the adventures of Harry Potter captivating and this latest is no different. I could not put it down. That has to be the only flaw; the adventure is over too quickly. I was so disappointed with Snape but have to give him credit; he played his mole role to perfection. I am looking forward to the last book to see if he has to pay the piper for his dastardly deeds. |
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A reader (MSL qutoe), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
This book is by far the saddest of the series, but it answered so many questions. It was written as a teen might react, and for that it held realism in the characters. The scenes were vivid and detailed. I hooked and stayed up an entire night reading this book. I can’t wait for that 7th and final installment of the series. |
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Rose Lima (MSL qutoe), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
J.K. Rowling took all, who read the sixth Harry Potter book, one huge step towards the ending of the astounding series of the Harry Potter books. This caused her readers to want more of the spine tingling details that will lead us to the breath taking ending of Harry Potter's time at Hogwarts. J.K. Rowling has the most appreciated knack for making the characters act as normal as any other person, and is still able to make the story exciting enough to have us at the edge of our seats. The book had so many unexpected twists that nobody would have thought to happen, and leaves us wanting more. Harry has some struggle staying away from trouble, especially after finding the half blood prince's "Advanced Potion Making" book. He is constantly being nagged at by Hermione, who believes the "Half-Blood Prince's" advice is going to get Harry in trouble, to return it to Professor Slughorn. Where on the other hand, Ron believes the advice will get him better outcomes than those of Hermione, and tells Harry to keep it. Harry decides to ignore what his friends are telling him about the "Half-Blood Prince" and begins to wonder who it might be. He decides to spend all of his free periods trying to figure out who the "Half-Blood Prince" is. Some of the strengths of the book would be the author's ability to have normal characters and an exciting story. She also had appropriate scene changes that helped us get through the story swiftly and easily. The story had a lot of details that kept us interested and wouldn't let us put the book down until we finished it. The book also had a couple of weakness that did bring my rating down just a bit. An example would be that the love connections between the characters was a bit confusing and made the book a little hard to follow and understand. Other than that, the book was amazing. Dumbledore has constantly been reported absent and Harry seems to be in desperate need of Dumbledore's assistance when he is absent. Harry begins to wonder where and what it is that Dumbledore is doing, and why he's doing it so often. Harry finds that Voldemort is going to be having him a lot busier than ever. He is constantly stressed with his Apparition lessons, which have caused some defects in people's appearances. Dumbledore requested that Harry researched Voldemorts past to try and figure out what might be a couple of his weaknesses. Only the next book can complete Harry's journey through Hogwarts and give us the answer to the most asked question when speaking about the book, who will win in the battle between Harry and Voldemort. |
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A reader (MSL qutoe), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
Jo's books are great!!!! I really love how she matures the characters and can really to relate to the characters being a teenager myself. The horcrux chapter was by far the best, where Harry realizes how much he has to do and how there is still hope. I especially enjoyed the last few pages of the book where Harry accepts what he has to do. Really bittersweet. Though it is darker, there are still lots of fun, humor, ect. But hey guys were almost to the end!! Of course it’s gonna be dark, the books suspense is great as we are slowly leading up to the final battle of Harry and voldemort! |
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J. L. White (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
I honestly didn't know what to expect when I opened up this chapter in the series. Leaving off where we did in Book 5 which seemed to be mostly a filler for me, I just wasn't sure where she was going to go with the story and how the half blood prince would play into it. Now Book 6 is also somewhat of a filler, but it had more adventure in it and seemed to go back and forth with reality in the book a little better then 5. The book does a good job evolving the characters while providing more of a backstory. I enjoyed seeing the memories of Voldemort in the pensive the most I think. Even though it answered a lot of questions, I think it opened up even more. I am really curious to see where this is all going! The last few chapters were intense and I was shocked to find out what happened in them. Well I don't want to spoil the book much more, but I encourage you all to read it. It is a very fast read because you never really want to put it down. This is due to Rowling putting more chapter ending cliffhangers in this book then any other. It also might have to do with the fact that I was so intrigued with the stories of Harry and Voldemort's past. This is tied as my favorite book in the series with Goblet of Fire now! |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
Once again, JK Rowling has created another masterpiece. But, when I was finished reading, I tried extremely hard to love it, but I just couldn't get that great sense of adventure, mysticism, and magic that I felt in all the other books. First, you find out the wizarding world is actually at war in a fight between good and evil. You would think being in a war, there would be many chapters in the novel of action, drama, and revelation, but it is not so. During school, there are not too many lessons told about, no new spells from teachers and new amazing subjects being discussed. Harry is Quidditch Captain, yet no games are described and Harry does not play in the final because he has to go to a detention with Snape. The private lessons with Dumbledore, which I though would be fascinating and filled with now explained secrets, were pretty boring. Voldemorts past was no very exciting and did not seem to have much originality. The book still had it good moments, but I though there was too much talking and not enough action. I love Harry Potter books. I adore them. But I didn't find that sense of wonder and imagination that usually sweeps me into fantasy. Compared to Book 5, this book lacked new explored places, new characters, except for Slughorn who I found dull as well, and magic! This book could have been so much better, but I found it very much like a monologue and nothing new. It seemed reparative to me. It was still pretty book and you should read it, but I desperately hope Book 7 will be much more adventurous and magical, and so JK Rowling can really show her stuff. |
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
Truly amazing! If I could give this book ten stars, it would definitely deserve. Full of danger, evil, friendship, alliances, enemies, humor, love, and betrayal, this is one of the best books I have ever read. If "The Order of the Phoenix" deterred you from reading this series, I would recommend taking this book for a spin. It is, in my opinion second only to "The Goblet of Fire" in the series, which has long had the reputation of being a reader favorite. All in all, it is more than well worth the time it takes to get through a book with more than six hundred pages! |
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