« Another business group formed to reduce our dependence on oil | Main | Review: Ann Coulter Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on TerrorismHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6). I didn't mean to be, but the first one got me hooked. I bought it in the airport and had to tell my traveling friends that I was reading it for my daughter. You know, to see if it was appropriate for her. "How old?" "Uh, three". busted. So I have read them all. And this for the new one, I did the right thing and ordered it through my local bookstore paying full retail. (Death to you who bought it at Costco!)

So I am a Potter fan. Unfortunately this one just dosen't deliver. It takes WAY too long to get going. Nothing happens till the very end. At least in the other books there is more than one conflict scene. It seems like all backstory and build up. Like 400 pages of it! Then the climax is what we all expected any way. You need to read it to complete the series, but this is my least favorite. Also probably the least accessible if you haven't read any of the others. If you are a fan, read it because you have to. If you are not yet, dont' start here, go back to the beginning.

I rate it a 2 of 5 on the Tobias scale.

Posted by Martin at August 21, 2005 8:14 PM

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