{"id":3084,"date":"2018-07-20T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T14:39:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:39:37","slug":"a-book-review-of-harry-potter-and-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-harry-potter-and-half\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book Review of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"796\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/harry_potter_hbp_scholastic_edition.jpg?resize=424%2C640\" width=\"424\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Harry-Potter-Half-Blood-Prince-Book\/dp\/0439785960\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1529509049&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=harry+potter+and+the+halfblood+prince+book\">Buy from Amazon!<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">The war against Voldemort is not going well; even the Muggles have been affected. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">And yet . . . as with all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Harry receives some extraordinary help in Potions from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. And with Dumbledore&#8217;s guidance, he seeks out the full, complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort &#8212; and thus finds what may be his only vulnerability.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>Series: <\/b>Harry Potter (Book 6)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>Genre: <\/b>YA Fantasy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>Publisher:&nbsp;<\/b>Scholastic Paperbacks; Reprint edition (July 25, 2006)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>Page Count:<\/b>&nbsp;652 pages<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">I\u2019m nearing the end of the Harry Potter series! It\u2019s been a long journey. This is either my second or third favorite volume of the series so I was really excited to read the book behind it!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<!-- more --><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Plot:<\/span> The endgame is approaching and this is palpable in the atmosphere of the story. The book starts off with the villains so that immediately sets a different tone and much of the story revolves around unraveling the mystery of Voldemort and his plans. Much of the story also revolves around potions since Harry\u2019s mission is to uncover the missing piece of Voldemort\u2019s story that is only known by the new potions teacher Slughorn.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Characters:&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Harry has matured much by this time and has grown close to Dumbledore. Draco actually has a significant role in the plot as he goes about a mysterious mission that Snape is committed to helping him achieve. Hermione and Ron have a lot of romantic tension as they both get into relationships on their own when they\u2019re really just avoiding their own feelings.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Dumbledore is also more closely involved in the story. He\u2019s always been there but in this book, he\u2019s working directly with Harry. Slughorn is an interesting character. I love how J.K. Rowling defines her characters. Slughorn is defined as being heavy, having a walrus mustache, and loving the finer things and crystallized pineapple.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">I didn\u2019t really like the Weasely\u2019s attitudes toward Fleur though. I didn\u2019t think she was all that bad but Ginny\u2019s treatment of made her feel immature. I prefer the more mature movie version of Ginny actually.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Setting:<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">The Pensieve unveils new locations such as Voldemort\u2019s orphanage home and even the home of his mother and father. Harry and Dumbledore travel to a treacherous location with enchantments, inferi, and scary water in search of a way to defeat Voldemort.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Epic Things:<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Potions! I loved learning more about potions. If I was in the Harry Potter world, I would really enjoy potions so I liked more expanded upon them especially thanks to the Halfblood Prince. \ud83d\ude09 I also love Pygmy puffs. I want one. XD&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">The Theme:&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">The loyalty between Harry and Dumbledore is really powerful.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Content Cautions:<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Some violence, the most being with the use of a certain spell that causes deep cuts in the victim. Two \u201crude gestures.\u201d Two uses of h*** and two uses of d***.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">What We Can Take Away For Our Writing:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>Unique Formatting &#8211;<\/b> For more on this please see <a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2018\/06\/5-ways-to-play-with-story-structure.html\">Melissa Gravitus\u2019s post<\/a> but she totally pointed out interesting and engaging it is when books have different formatting. The Harry Potter series has a lot of that: newspaper articles, book excerpts, notes, and letters. In one Rowling even included tear stains and many have signatures. It created a sense of realism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>How this can be applied to writing:<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Have you thought of having unique formatting in your story?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif; font-size: large;\">Conclusion:&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\">Overall I really enjoyed the book! Here I go for <i>Deathly Hallows<\/i>!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"54\" data-original-width=\"255\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/4-star-rating.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">About the Author:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, &quot;Palatino Linotype&quot;, Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Rowling.jpg?resize=311%2C320\" style=\"border: none; position: relative;\" width=\"311\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20px;\"><b>J K&nbsp;(Joanne Kathleen) Rowling<\/b>&nbsp;was born in the summer of 1965 at Yate General Hospital in England and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent where she went to Wyedean Comprehensive. Jo left Chepstow for Exeter University, where she earned a French and Classics degree, and where her course included one year in Paris. As a postgraduate she moved to London to work at Amnesty International, doing research into human rights abuses in Francophone Africa. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a Manchester to London King&#8217;s Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Jo then moved to northern Portugal, where she taught English as a foreign language. She married in October 1992 and gave birth to her daughter Jessica in 1993. When her marriage ended, she returned to the UK to live in Edinburgh, where &#8220;Harry Potter &amp; the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone&#8221; was eventually completed and in 1996 she received an offer of publication. The following summer the world was introduced to Harry Potter.&#8221;Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone&#8221; was published by Bloomsbury Children&#8217;s Books in June 1997 and was published as &#8220;Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&#8217;s Stone&#8221; in America by Arthur A. Levine Books\/Scholastic in September 1998.The&nbsp;second title in the series, &#8220;Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets&#8221;, was published in July 1998 (June 2,&nbsp;1999&nbsp;in America) and was No. 1 in the adult hardback bestseller charts for a month after publication. &#8220;Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban&#8221; was published on 8th July 1999 (September 8,&nbsp;1999&nbsp;in America) to worldwide acclaim and massive press attention.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"line-height: 20px;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 20px;\">The book spent four weeks at No.1 in the adult hardback bestseller charts, while &#8220;Harry Potter and the Philosopher&#8217;s Stone&#8221; simultaneously topped the paperback charts. In the US the first three Harry Potter books occupied the top three spots on numerous adult bestseller lists.The&nbsp;fourth book in the series, &#8220;Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire&#8221;&nbsp;was&nbsp;published in Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia 8th July 2000 with a record first print run of 1 million copies for the UK and 3.8 million for the US. It quickly broke all records for the greatest number of books sold on the first weekend of publication. The fifth book in the series, &#8220;Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,&#8221; was published in Britain, the USA, Canada and Australia on 21st June 2003. Published in paperback on 10th July 2004, it is the longest in the series &#8211; 766 pages &#8211; and broke the records set by &#8220;Harry Potter &amp; the Goblet of Fire&#8221; as the fastest selling book in history. The sixth book in the series, &#8220;Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince&#8221;, was published in the UK,&nbsp;US&nbsp;and other English-speaking countries on 16th July 2005 and also achieved record sales.The&nbsp;seventh and final book in the series, &#8220;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,&#8221; was published in the UK,&nbsp;US&nbsp;and other English speaking countries on 21st July 2007. The book is the fastest selling book in the UK and USA and sales have contributed to breaking the 375 million copies mark worldwide.J K Rowling has also written two small volumes, which appear as the titles of Harry&#8217;s school books within the novels. &#8220;Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them&#8221; and &#8220;Quidditch Through The Ages&#8221;&nbsp;were&nbsp;published by Bloomsbury Children&#8217;s Books and Scholastic in March 2001 in aid of Comic Relief. The Harry Potter books have sold 400 million copies worldwide. They are distributed in over 200 territories and are translated into 67 languages. Find her on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jkrowling.com\/\" style=\"color: #0b5394;\">her website&nbsp;<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\" style=\"color: #0b5394;\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><b>Other Books by this Author I&#8217;ve Reviewed:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2016\/11\/a-book-review-of-harry-potter-and.html\" style=\"color: #0b5394;\">Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&#8217;s Stone<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2017\/09\/a-book-review-of-harry-potter-and.html\" style=\"color: #0b5394;\">Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2018\/04\/a-book-review-of-harry-potter-and.html\">Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2018\/06\/a-book-review-of-harry-potter-and.html\">Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;georgia&quot; , &quot;times new roman&quot; , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2018\/07\/a-book-review-of-harry-potter-and-order.html\">Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy from Amazon! 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