Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Ravenclaw Edition by J.K. Rowling

61 reviews

camifestari's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Couldn't stop reading~

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

lineywriter17's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

finallyyyy <harry and ginny started dating>

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Self harm, and Blood

finallyyyy

harry and ginny started dating<\spoiler>

jls6283's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• 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

What a wild ride! I do love a villain backstory, tea on all the side characters (looking at you Lupin 👀), and of course everything that is Severus Snape. ❤️

As a kid 3 and 4 were my favorites, but now on my re-read as an adult this is my favorite of the series! 

Side note: the movie does NOT give this book justice… Almost every reason I love this book is cut from the movie 😒

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

gandalf_a's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Self harm, Slavery, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

anamustacho's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, and Alcohol

karlin0336's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This used to be my least favorite out of all the books in the Harry Potter series.  That's definitely not the case anymore (I'll give my new ranking for the series once I finish the final book).  The Voldemort backstory stuff (which I found rather boring before) is SO GOOD now.  The ending is extremely emotional and leaves you excited to read the seventh novel.  Just one more to go!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Slavery, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Alcohol

rivstew's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

A brilliant part of the story. Exciting, magical, fun, emotional and light vs dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

emlawley's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I’m a huge Harry Potter fan so I love all the books and have read/listened to them multiple times. This is one of my favourites as it starts to dig into the darker and more complicated parts of the story, helping us better understand the link between Harry and Voldemort. I also like the deepening relationships between Harry and Dumbledore and Harry and Ginny and more focus on Snape and Malfoy as it makes the story richer and more mature as the characters get older. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Dumbledore dies and it upsets me every time!

linnylionheart's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Mental illness, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

toriholzwarth44's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• 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

Ahhh well this one really sets up everything for the final book. I forgot how much backstory on Voldemort we get in this book which makes him a more interesting character. I love the concept of a pensieve. The Half-Blood Prince storyline is so iconic ones the reveal happens and further complicates Harry's feelings. So sad

Dumbledore

dies even though I knew it was coming, and I didn't remember it happening so quickly after he and Harry get back from the lake. Also, I'm upset that movie Ginny is so pointless because book her is amazing and her quips in this book are sooo good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Torture, Blood, and Murder