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New York Times, Ithaca Journal, and Time magazine. All with full blown articles and reviews of the Newest Potter book. Here is one review written by a normal child, me.

I've been a big Potter fan ever since third grade when my teacher introduced me to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. From then on I read only Fantasy. Though I went through the Lord of the Rings, Narnia, and Xanth, Harry Potter's mystical world still was my favorite.


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Then two years after Harry Potter and Order of the Pheonix, Rowling came out with another novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The book starts off with a little "catch-up" so to speak. We read about Snape outside of Hogwarts, and learn of the new minister for magic. The half-blood Prince was a very odd book, J.K. Rowling has a habit of only writing from Harry's point of view, but in this book she gives two chapters of without Harry in them at all, much like the beginning of Goblet of Fire.

When we do come upon Harry we, or I noticed that he wasn't his usual self, he was more uptight, paranoid almost. It makes you feel that something is wrong. When we come to Hogwrarts we have a new Potions teacher Horace Slughorn, and a new Defence Against Dark Arts teacher, Snape. Ron and Hermione are just as good as ever.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione have grown up show much it is hard to believe that these are the timid first years we once knew. In the middle of the book Ron is made Keeper, and Harry is made Quidditch Captain. Ron starts to show his feelings towards Hermione a little more openly than he did in Goblet of Fire. Towards the end of the book, we see Harry and Dumbledore going to destroy the Horcrux.

When they go you see Harry as the 17 year old he is. Not a child, but an a mature young adult. It saddens me to say you also see Dumbledore in a new light, not as the strong wizard, but as the elder man. As brave as he is he cannot overcome the age barrier. When Dumbledore "dies" in the end of the book, it really hits home.

I know I know he is a fictional character, but I couldn't help but think, he is no more, there's no coming back. Though my thoughts have now say on the subject as there is still the shred of hope that Dumbledore is still alive. During the funeral, everything changes at Hogwarts, Mcgonagall is now headmistress, Dumbledore one of the greatest wizards of the age has "died."

To conclude, this book was action packed. The book was like a bunch of climaxes jumbled into one. This book was one of a kind, as is J.K. Rowling.

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