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{{bookheader | author=J. K. Rowling | pubdate=2005 | pages=652 | read=2005.12.25 | rate=8 | expect=10|ISBN=0-439-78454-9|title=HP and the Half-Blood Prince}}
 
 
*by: J. K. Rowling
 
*pages: 652
 
*read: 20051225
 
 
 
 
I'm surprised I didn't hear anything in the press about someone dying in this one.  They made a big deal about it in the last book, but I didn't hear anyone mention it in this one.
 
I'm surprised I didn't hear anything in the press about someone dying in this one.  They made a big deal about it in the last book, but I didn't hear anyone mention it in this one.
  
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Overall, I enjoyed the read, but I think some of the others in the series have been better.  The misdirection was good, but the pensive scenes felt a little artificial.  (There should have been a better way to have the Exposition without breaking the main story flow.)
 
Overall, I enjoyed the read, but I think some of the others in the series have been better.  The misdirection was good, but the pensive scenes felt a little artificial.  (There should have been a better way to have the Exposition without breaking the main story flow.)
 
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--[[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] 5 January 2006
 
--[[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] 5 January 2006
  
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Latest revision as of 23:12, 16 December 2006

HP and the Half-Blood Prince
Author J. K. Rowling
ISBN ISBN 0-439-78454-9
Published 2005
Pages 652
Date read 2005.12.25
Rating 8/10

I'm surprised I didn't hear anything in the press about someone dying in this one. They made a big deal about it in the last book, but I didn't hear anyone mention it in this one.

That said, I have a feeling he's going to pull a Gandalf in the last book. (After all, he's been associated with the pheonix ever since the beginning.)

I was caught unexpectedly by the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, although in retrospect it was fairly obvious. I think Rowling did a good job with the misdirection, constantly reminding us that Voldemort was half-blood.

So... is Snape a death-eater or isn't he? I think that's the one resolution I'm most interested in in the final book.

Overall, I enjoyed the read, but I think some of the others in the series have been better. The misdirection was good, but the pensive scenes felt a little artificial. (There should have been a better way to have the Exposition without breaking the main story flow.)

--Tometheus 5 January 2006