I am surprised by your disdain for Harry Potter (the character). Throughout the series he has shown determination, pluck, and intelligence. Yes, he is "a young guy with lots and lots of guts" as you so eloquently point out, but there is much more to him.

[edited spoiler] you are already spoiling it for any of us who haven't read the book yet. At least you didn't reveal the identity of the Half Blood Prince. Some of us want to read the book and find out.

Victor, I'm sorry this made it through the editing process with a major spoiler intact. The article has now been edited to remove that spoiler.

a phillip,

i was wander could u start a 5 word story page? if u don't no wat a 5 word story is i will explain....

some will start out by posting 'i was walking down the@ and then the next person has to carry on then the next person carries on from that and so on so forth. it can be really funnt sometimes, we could do it about Harry Potter?

Uh, wait a minute. Someone must have done a MAJOR edit job. I just read this and the only thing about Dumbledore is "totally adorable". Character killed by Half Blood Prince.

Dumbledore is dead
Voldomort has four more live left, plus the one he already has.
The boy (harry) can only love.
I think Ms. Rowling has to kill the dark lord herself.
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People -- watch the spoilers please...

Thanks.

This novel is very goood i really like this novel.Its really nice i really love this novel i hope everyone liked it.i am fan of all the novels of harry potter.i hope the next novel will come soon and the movie of harry potter and the globlet of fire will all so come soon.

This review sucked big time! I do not know where to start! Half Blood Prince is I believe, the appropriate title for this book. Harry depends on the half-blood prince for so many crucial things throughout the book and there have been scores of people waiting in queues at midnight on 16th just to know the identity of the prince!
So how can you ever say that titled 'sucked'?

Was diappointed in book. The love connection between Ron and Hermione is overplayed. We've been reading about it since book 3. Either they snog or they don't, but give it a freaking rest, JK! Harry's character is much better than the Order, he's stopped being a pissy brat, and is now, fairly likable. The best character, Dumbledore, has lost his power, as the book portrays him as flailing, even before drinking the liquid. Too many plot holes, too much fluff with the teenage relationship crap! Am huge fan of the series, but am glad it's drawing to an end.

well ur all freakkkkkkkkkkkkkks

snape is the half blood prince woops it sliped

with karate ill kik ur ass

i agree we should have a 5 word story and if any one mucks it up they should be band

Karate, if you're actually interesting a Five-word story thread, I suggest starting it up in the books open comment thread. Have fun!

Who ever wrote this book review needs to get out of the business of writing reviews because it sucks. Maybe you need to go back and read the book again. Because you sure missed the point of why they named the book half blooded prince. By reading this review I'm sure you were a huge fan of Rambo. Maybe you should stick to the basic shoot them dead heroic books. Your imagination for adverture is limited to these kinds of books.

Personally I think the love stories were very interesting. They provided some comical relief from all the evil things going on in Hogwarts as well as the rest of the magical world.

On top of it all, these characters are indeed 16 years old, thus doing what 16 year olds would be doing. Deal with it, J.K.Rowling is simply potraying the truth about teenagers.

Althought I am a little annoyed by the amount of time it takes for Ron and Hermione to get it on. I mean 3 books down and they're still not doing anything...lets go! hurry it up!

The book was definitely preparation for the last book. very enlightening.... but i agree with one of the comments, it has flaws and a bit passive also inconsistent to other books like Hermione suddenly being mediocre to pave to Harry's new found keenness.. To sum it up, though, still acceptable. but i would just like to share my view regarding snape... there are evidences that support what he did was dumblebore's bidding. there are: hagrid overheard snape and AB arguing about snape being over worked and didn't want to do something anymore. my view here, he didn't want to kill him even should the circumstance ask for it; the hatred on Snape's face when he was about to kill because he didn't want to do it; Dumbledore to beg? Not so likely he's not even afraid to die... my interpretation, he was begging to Snape do as it; Snape has knowledge of AB's quests for horcruxes for he helped him to counter the curse when he dealt with the ring. Snape was still teaching harry to do nonverbal and close his mind, though not in a nice manner, but still inspite of the situation, when he was about to escape. i still believe he just did what AB told him to do should the situation ask for it to save Draco, himself and help Harry to be a better person as well as to make Harry realized his final task.

I am the reviewer of this book. Harry Potter is indeed..... made of guts only....
He has no brains..... but he has lots of help and luck.....
I do not think Snape is helping Dumbledore to pretend that he is dead. So that Voldemort can spring to action.

I believe that Dumbledore is dead for sure. And Snape is on the Dark Lord side.

The next book will be very thick with plots. Expect Harry to act alone. As you have noticed. Dumbledore is the only wise guy who knows it all. Other characters acts under his orders and decisions. The Order has no leader now.

Harry alone cannot destroy the Dark Lord as he does not have the brains. And of course, we are very sure, that The Dark Lord is much much knowledgable, and smarter than the Potter boy.

Great reveals in the next book will be.... who is going to act as the new leader of the Order? Brave, guts and power alone cannot solve problems. The brains and wiseness of the leader is the most important factor. Who is the new leader? Who is the one who destroyed Voldemort hocrux?

As the plot tickens, I am afraid Harry Potter guts alone cannot save the wizarding world.

To Janine,

You don't understand the importance of a good story. The book does not relate much to the Half Blood Prince. It should be named " The Secrets of the Dark Lord"
As this title is more relevant. Janine, you should stop giving comments. You adore Harry too much. And please remember that Rowling's writing style is not that excellent. It is her imagination of an extraordinary story that excite us.

I think the review sucked. a lot. jkr's novels are good and you made it seem like everything is just crap. well, first of all, what's wrong with the title? jkr gives the title of the intrigue. the half-blood prince is very important - if there wasn't for him and the whole potions stuff, harry would have never found out about voldemort's secret. dumbledore wouldn't have died and nothing would've happened. second of all, in this kind of books, there has to be a bit of romance, to please all readers. many want to read about their love life. and harry may be just a young guy with lots and lots of guts and no brains at all, but that's how the main hero of this kind of books is supposed to be. Harry is the typical hero. all in all, it was a pleasant book. and i also liket OOTP, i found it very good.

I think this review is suck to no end. You can't just debate about the title, I mean, come on, it's just title!! It's up to thewriter what kind of title she want to make. it's her work, after all.

If you feel you're smarter than JK Rowling, dear reviewer, then I suggest you try to write SOMETHING as famous and good as Harry Potter first before you start to critic JK Rowling's-er-book's title.

If you ever write, you'll understand that it's not easy to open up your mind and write it in paper. Especially thinking about reactions you'll get from people who read it. you have to have much braveness to show it to other people.

but nooo, you made it as if it's children's work. As if everyone can make story like JK Rowling, and it's just a piece of cake to write stories which are acceptable by people in many coountries. And JUST IMAGINATION? How many people outside there can set their mind to have SUCH IMAGINATION? I'm not sure that it's an easy task to Imagine somehtinng, sorting it, and make it into good plot. not everyone THAT creative, you know.

Have you realize how hurting your words can be to some people? You shouldn't write like that. It's not good to hurt anothers, say, harry's fans. If you don't like him, fine, but please be careful with your mouth-er-finger. You're hurting his fans, you know?

I think Harry is just a teenage boy, and come on, how many boys outside there can act and think so wise since childhood. Harry never been educated well before, never has the chance to sort and let out his emotion freely like some of us(with uncle and auntie like that, he must burried it deep down) so you just see the last product of it, a boy who still so young and in the way to grab his wisedom. Unlike you and me and some other poeple, he has no friend before. And it's understandable at the end, when he can let his emotion out, he doesn't kknow how to control it. No one ever taught him or show him the right way( Dursley's family's way are certainly bad,ne)

and you know that people grow older and wiser by their experience throughout life.

Nobody's perfect, so do you, me, and JK Rowling.Again, if you don't like her way of telling stories, don't read it. You don't have to tell another bad things about this or about that, we can decide what's good for ourselves. What will you get by telling bad things about this book and hurting others who really like it? Even if you're right, you're still wrong in communicating it with others. Please be careful next time.

you say harry has lot of guts, now I wonder if you ever realize that your way of reviewing resembling harry's? it's as if you say "yelling is bad!" but you say it with screaming...so there's no different between you and harry at the end. Please consider my words carefully. I just don't like some poeple who can hurt others without realizing it.

Woah,
I only just finished reading it... and it was quite good. Although I have some mixed feelings about it... but quite good nonetheless.

Yeah, I really have to add that I can't really rate the book until I've read the final one, because a lot of stuff happened here that would be interpreted as pretty spectacular, or even pretty lame, depending on how it ties in to the final book.

All in all, it had everything I'd always loved about the Harry Potter book series: the adventure, the mystery, the suspense, the comedy (u-no-poo), and it even had some romance in it (for the girly girl fans I guess), and most importantly, the horror (that chapter about the retrieval of the horcrux was simply spine-chilling). Solid book! Very solid indeed!

i have just started to read the book. i have been waiting a very long time to get the book without having to buy it to see if it is worth even buying so far i have gotten through the first chapter. seems really kind of weird though. i have really always liked the harry potter books i have seen all the movies and they are some of the best movies that i have ever seen.they are so very detailed and barley even leave any part of the books out so many interesting creatures and words.so well J.K. ROWLING you are such a very tallented writer so when you are finished with the seventh book do you have any kinds of plans to start a series with the grown up harry potter? if so i wish you the best of luck you really amaze every one with every book that you come out with. just one important question in the front of the book you dedicate your book to your daughter is that whom harry potter really came to life is in your daughter? well thanks victor

I think most of you are wrong most of you give up way to easily .... I think the book was great but I would like to see J.K. Rowling write about Harry's after life to like if he becomes a teacher at Hogwarts, Oh and Harry and Harmione. Oh and some fan that guy is up at the top.

i think that none of the above statements clearly explains to the people who are reading this the true story of harry potter yes he has guts but in order to use it he needs to have brains to so who ever said he has guts only and not brain refrain that..and the JK always has a reason for her titles or she could just rite harry potter 1 2 and so on... No offence to none

...heck of a book...

Dumbledore's dead but he can still live in the portrait like the previous headmasters so he should still be able to lead the Order right?So in a way he is still living,I wonder if that puts J.K.Rowling in dielemma.They say she had already planned all the 7 books before starting to write the series but i don't think so, if that was true why did it get messed up so bad?
The way sirius dies in the fifth book was really funny,dumass was teasing the witch instead of attacking" na na u missed" and the next second he is dead.What a foolish way to die.The fight scene at the end of the 6th book between the death eaters and the order didn't really make sense to me, its beyond my perception why those guys were hexing each other instead of throwing curses.I found the felix potion absurd, how can a potion control fate?What if two people on two different quidditch teams drink the pottion before a the match which team would win?I think God would get confused.Regarding malay readers who consider harry potter haram,convert to other religions morons u are insulting Islam, doesn't say in the Quran that Harry Potter is haram.

IF you think Harry is going to die in the 7th book type I.

I, along with Voldemort tho

all in all a good book

i think harry will be the new voldemort!!!

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lemme try that again simpler

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Hi! I am the reviewer again. I have no doubt that Harry Potter has indeed been considered as a haram in certain countries and by a group of 'ulama' / religious preachers because the book is considered as containing socerry. This is not an opinion. It is a fact that happened in my country. This was actually debated and was put up in the newspapers.
If you didn;t realised and didn't read the papers, please do not say that my facts are wrong. I would not put it haram myself, some 'extremist' labeled it so. And I don;t agree with them...cause it is just a story. I am not the one who said it is haram.

Hey! Did everyone get the point? The story line is good! But the title sucks! It is non-relevant at all. The book helped Harry a lot. But is the story is about the half blood- prince book helping Harry? No!!!!

The book is concentrating on Voldemort hocruxes!!!! Did you really read the book!!! Just count the pages!!!

Are there more pages on the potion book ? Or are there more pages on the retrieving and story of the Hocruxes?

Exactly!!! There are more pages regarding the Hocruxes!! Did you really read the book??? Think carefully!!!

I am against the title of the book. And I definitely liked the storyline. Don't go ahead giving me comments like I am a Harry Potter story hate fan.

I read all the series. And I liked the storyline of each book. I don't like Harry no brainer character. I love Dumbledore bravery and wisdon package. I hate long and dragging stories....eg. the love part.....it could be written better.

And I am definitely not so supportive on the Order of Phoenix book.

Thank you.

I think that the title is so-so. but I have a few questions of my own: how come security tightened and people can still get into the school by floo powder? and how come the ministry doesn't tell people to roll up their sleeves and see if people have the dark mark on their arms? can't they force people to tell the truth? and what kind of an idiotic name is the death eaters? a better name is the nose-blowers. Why did JKR have to make up a new word for zombies? and how come there is only one prison in the entire wizarding word, and it's maximum security? who in their right mind would trust dementors? why the hell does Dumbledore keep Snape? He's the worst $#@!-ing teacher in the world!!!!!!!

Harry Potter has the perfect writing style for the story. Thats not to say I think it's amazing. I have read better books. but I had fun reading it, even though there were a zillion plot holes. I still don't see why JKR had to call Harry 'the chosen one.' 'the boy who lived' was original, and I would have loved it if JKR didn't call him any of this chosen one crap.

James again.

How the hell do you figure that Harry will be the next Voldemort? It's a freakin' kids book!

James again again. Sorry I got excited.

i agree totally with comment 28. harry may end up becoming the very person he wants to kill in the end. think this is absurd? think about anakin skywalker and darth vader from star wars!!

you guys are all a bunch of freaks anyway

and that includes you too james

Tell me how I am one and I'll see what I can do to stop.

i have't yet read the book but hearing the rumors ive heard from those who already read it,its quiet interesting.if given a chance to read it,i think im willing to read and feel the world of magic of harry potter.hoping someone would lend me or make me borrowed the 6th book of jk rowling harry potter and the half-blood prince.thats all!!!!!!good day!!

your a freak james, there, iv proved it and plz stop posting stuf that has got nothing to do with harry potter or the reveiw ( which did suk by the way)!

p.s. it wasn't me that called every 1 freaks it was wen this guy was inpersonating me.

oh my god. you who did that review probably didnt read the book at all. You cant read a harry potter book with your mind on your dinner. PAY ATTENTION!! the title half blood prince is very relevant thank you very much! if you had actually read the book then you would know that JKR used the title to create suspense. The half blood prince and potions class is the center plotting. along with dumbledores private classes with harry. You say you are a big fan of the series. i beg to differ. no fan of HP would DARE speak that way about JKR's writing style, and doubt her work. i seriously doubt you could come up with anything nearly as good as Hp. I personally think that OOTP is one of the best books in the series. If u think that harry's tantrums are inexcusable, then id like to see how you would act in his situation. it doesnt look like you read OOTP either. it is perfectly normal for harry to be upset. he is a teenager;REMEMBER???? but oh, im sorry, i forgot. YOU DIDINT READ THE BOOKS BEFORE YOU DECIDED TO REVIEW THEM!!! good day to you.

re.31 snapes not a bad teacher. hes actually quite good. he just is outragegously mean and sarcastic 2 harry and co.

yeh but hes ace. SNAPE 4 EVER

I TOTALLY AGREE! GO SNAPE !! but hes actually bad i might consider hating him =P

but if** hes bad

i no, hes meant to be good but a nasty person so we hate him but hes on our side so we like him.....but still....WOOHOO SNAPE

I LOVE SNAPE...lol...

ERR hes so AWESUM i hope harry doesnt like kill him out of rage before he finds out that hes good...

if hes good that is but its more likley that JK will make him good instead of bad coz hes been there through out the books, always saving harry but looking like hes killing him.

SNAPE!!!!!!!

RE: comments 36 and 37, James Janison.

Sorry James, i take it back. I didn't actually know how interesting this site was at the time.
(I hope you don't think that i'm a freak now.)

BIG DICKS HALFWAY INN.

I saw this on someone's t-shirt and i just had to share it with someone.
Why not share it with someone here, you ask? Well i'm in a library and there are members of staff patrolling as i speak, sorry, write.

umm...great...*ahem*

comment 51

lolololol

No, I don't think you are.

No seriously James, i AM sorry. I have the tendency to do and say stupid stuff on impulse. Just look at comment 50. I actually found it funny but it was stupid to post it here...i'm sorry for that too and it won't happen again. You know you can't see or hear me, so all i can give you is my word; but i really am sorry.

i really like the sixth book.I have to admit that i wasn't realy into HP untill the 5th book came out only because i wasn't really into the whole wizerd and wicth thing and i'm still not but i just like the syle of how JK rights and how much of an imationation she has.it's sad at the end when some one really imporant dies at the end (i dont want 2 ruin it for the ones that havent read it yet)well i think the 2 year wait was worth it for the fans and maybe the 7th one is 2.the last time i cheaked in one of jk's interviews was that she really hasn't started yet and that it might take awile. well now all people have 2 look forward 2 now is the movie but i might not go see the fourth moive.only because i don't have alot of time and i'm looking forward to other moives that are coming out. idk i might get the DVD.don't no yet, well thats all i have to say C Ya

first of all - this review was comeplete bullshit.. and i think that harry will have to kill himself to kill Lord Voldemort.

First of all, Caroline, try writing a review yourself. Then you will have a basis for calling the kettle black...

Yo,people.I am not a Harry Potter fanatic but inspite of that i have read all the books and i can say that the Sixth book is qiute well written.I agree that the fifth book was the most boring one since it was the longest up to that time and it was all about a stupid prophecy,witch turned out to be completely useless,as it was said in the sixth book.(By Dumbuldor)

Also as for the sixth book i expected larger battles than one between 5-7 Death Eaters and a group of students.I mean in the end of the fifth book that Ministery received absolute proof that Voldemort has returned and that he is gathering his forces.And as i could understand from the book this meant a full scale war(even one of the final chapters was named THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND WAR).I can't believe that there haven't been any confrontations between Aurors or at least grown up wizards and Death Eaters.

But despite the flaws of the sixth book witch generally was much more interestind the five previos ones i think it did its job to pave the way for the final and hopefully "epic" battle between the two sides in the Wizarding world.And i think the seventh book will be the most interesting because the ens of the sixth one leaves a pretty complicated situation.I mean,Harry knows the secret to Voldemort's immortality(thes HORCRUXES and how many they are and many of them what exactly are)but it will be pretty intersting how his is going to manage to do all the things he knows must be done.He knows that he must find and destroy all the Horcruxes before he goes head to head with Voldemort but i can' see how he is going o do it since to this moment every one have been so protective about him an as it could be seen from the last book the Horcruxes surely will be hidden in quite dangerous places.Not to mention that Dumbuldore will not be able to help anyone directly(beeing dead and all).

Yeah,dudes you are right.Some times there is to much romance in this book.Maked me feel i am reading THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL:( OK,so that for now so long

i was wondering; what if Harry was actually a HORCRUX himself. i know that would be bizarre but i cant help but wonder. when Voldemort attacked him he gave Harry a bit of himself, what if he had given Harry a bit of his soul. now that i think of it this would be ridiculous. Voldemort wouldnt give his enemy a piece of himself and would he hunt and try to kill a piece of his own soul? no Harry couldnt be a horcrux and i just had a conversation with myself. Thats really weird.

If Harry is a horcrux, why has the dark lord been trying to kill him all ths time? Why does Voldy STILL want to kill him?

Why would Voldemort make a horcrux out of the person destined to kill him?

How 'bout I just offer my comment that the book in itself completely sucked ass? Yes, that might work better.

Destroying what we thought about characters, killing characters, crappy drama and love stories, unneeded...everything. Now...Order of the Phoenix was an EXCELLENT book...up until Sirius died. I think J.K. is only in it for the shock value now.

HBP. Sucked. Ass.

This is something I meant to add: although I hate that Sirius died...I loved his death. It was pointless and unneeded...just like so many other real deaths in the world.

And some of you people need to calm down: they're books, meaning the characters aren't real. Sheesh...

I TOTALLY buy that Harry is a horcrux. I think it explains the connection he has to Voldemort thru the scar...but I'm betting that he accidentally turned Harry into a horcrux when the spell went awry.

And maybe the Dark Lord has been trying to kill him because it's the only way he can reclaim the piece of that soul?

BTW...since we talked about removing the spoiler from the text of the review...maybe an editor should also remove the same spoiler from comment 1?

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE NOV 18!
CAN'T WAIT!!!!
WHO'S WITH ME!!

why did you have to swear so much

pot the reveiwer not potter

i know that people have already suggested that "harry is snape's kid". according to