Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Harry Potter, the chosen one, the boy who lived. All names for the hero in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, the sixth book in the Harry Potter series. Written by J.K. Rowling this exciting fantasy book has action, love, jealousy, hate, and of course Magic.

Harry Potter's parents were killed by the darkest wizard of all, Lord Voldemort, at a young age. Harry was then raised his non-magical aunt and uncle until he was sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A the young age of eleven, Harry not only finds a home here but makes some awesome friends like Ron and Hermione. Through 5 years of Hogwarts Harry learns a lot about magic. He also learn to be an amazing quidditch player. He also has a few close shaves with Voldemort that almost result in his death a number of times.

He enters his sixth year at Hogwarts after learning that he has to be the one who kills Voldemort. As a result of this Harry and Hogwarts headmaster, Dumbledore, set out to find out as much as they can about Voldemort and his past as to find a weakness. Harry has also suffered the loss of his newly found godfather who he watched be killed the previous year.

This book is interesting because of how detailed it is. It shows exact test scores, gives good information on the classes that Harry takes, and makes it feel like you are in Hogwarts castle with Harry. There is also a lot of drama to make the down parts of the story seem more exciting. Like love wars and friend fights. It even has great action that gets your blood pumping like quidditch matches, and wizard duels. It also has a decent amount of love in it for all you romance fans.

I think that one of the main reasons that I think this book is so good is because it has many mysteries that are not solved until the end of the book. Like the mystery of who the Half Blood Prince is, the mysterious person whose old textbook has tons of helpful tips in, and the mystery of what Draco Malfoy is up to.

One of the opinions that the author has in this book is that love is a powerful thing. I agree with this because of what love can do to people. All over people die for people or things that they love. It says that Harry's biggest advantage over Voldemort is that Harry can love. Yes it can lead to bad things, but pure love will always be that, pure. Harry is fighting for the good of all mankind so that everyone can continue to live in peace and love. Which is far better than what Voldemort is fighting for, power.

This book also mentions that tyrants everywhere create there own enemies. It also says that evil can never be truly vanquished but only can be kept at bay. This also means that good can never be truly vanquished too. I think that this means even today there will never be an all good or all bad world. It will always be in between somewhere.

"In spite of all the temptation you have endured, all the suffering, you remain pure of heart." -Professor Dumbledore (page 511.) This book shows that we always need to be courageous in fighting evil and staying pure, so that love and peace can continue around the world. If you start reading this book, be warned, you will not be able to put it down.