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hdkroon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol
reuben394's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
measlibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Although the book is obviously extremely dark and sad, there are a lot of key elements to this book that are majorly important. We get to meet the lovely Professor Umbridge! I will stand by the fact that she is worse than Voldemort, HA! She is quite literally the worst character in this franchise — I have never hated a character more than I hate her! She is a superb villain though, and this book does an amazing job at making me seethe whenever she is in a scene, complete with her obnoxious little cough. I do love the way that the other professors react to her though, especially Professor McGonagall. We also of course love the centaurs, obviously.
I do love that we get more insight into Snape’s past and the reasoning behind his deep hatred of Harry. However, this does open another can of worms for me with my opinion on Snape. Specifically, that exact hatred of poor Harry for something that his father did to him…but I will not go into that! Regardless, it is a great part of the story and it adds a lot of depth to Snape’s character development, so I do appreciate it.
Of course there is one part of this book that I will never be able to get over and if you know, you know. I will not discuss it here, but I swear I will never recover from it.
This book does a fantastic job with its storytelling and setting the reader up for the rest of the series. I am excited to read Half Blood Prince next and to continue being at Hogwarts at the peak of all of the chaos! I rate this book 5/5 stars! 🌟
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Violence and Death of parent
Minor: Torture
missgrangerr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
akacasper24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
sparksofkell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Confinement and Panic attacks/disorders
kirstym25's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Bullying
bookaholic_in_wonderland's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Death of parent
annaofjesup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Racial slurs, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol
briochebun's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I knew what was awaiting me in this book - but that doesn’t mean that reading about it happening hurt me any less (we are not going to discuss the tears that were shed during the mirror scene 🥲).
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OOTP surprised me! Once I started this book and realized that I had reached the point in the series where the characters began to “hunker down” for safety (so to speak) I was a bit worried that I would get bored & wouldn’t enjoy this story as much as I had hoped - but that didn’t end up being the case! I actually found myself wishing for more Grimmauld Place scenes and moments!
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Umbridge is still as heinous as I remember. I still think that she should’ve been left with the centaurs to be honest…🫠
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Blood, and Death of parent