Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[TheSlyMoogle]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

I dislike the 5th and 6th book.
The 5th book because Harry spends most of his time whining.
And the 6th book for pretty much the reason you stated, its like she reached a point where she knew she had 7 books to write, and even had a story, but the 6th book was just used to get everything in place for the 7th book.
I mean the Half Blood Prince storyline I thought was kind of a wash, and hardly touched on afterwards.
And they had to come up with a way for Harry to defeat Voldermont.

To be honest I don't even remember the half-blood prince thing really. Something about a potions book maybe?

[Vampyr]

Not to mention Ginny is really damn annoying.

I agree 6th is worst in the series. I wasn't sure about the 5th one, because Harry was extremely emo, but it was supposed to be because of Voldemort infiltrating his mind or something.

7th one was very good and enjoyable, though I kinda missed the spirit of being at Hogwarts.

1 - 4 will always be the best for me.

I like the style the director has taken with the 5th and sixth movies, though. Impossible to follow them if you don't know the story beforehand, but who goes to watch these movies that doesn't?

[BreakABone]

Originally Posted by TheSlyMoogle

To be honest I don't even remember the half-blood prince thing really. Something about a potions book maybe?

Yeah a spell book for a class that Harry finds in which a student creates some of his own spells and crap... turns out to be Snape.

[KillerGremlin]

I'm sure some of the Harry Potter magic was lost on us as we all grew up, but yeah, the latter books in the series are pretty terrible. I read the first 5 and never gave a shit enough to get around to read the 6th or 7th. Probably will reread the series at some point...like too my future kids, haha. Harry is a whiny bitch and the books have an incredibly predictable formula.

Formula:

Harry starts out at his foster house, there are problems > Harry prepares to go to Hogwarts (usually some intermediate step takes place) > Harry goes to Hogwarts, life sucks > Problem ensues (usually theme of book) > Harry fights with his close friends and becomes emo bitch > Harry makes up with close friends they solve problem > Harry leaves to go home for summer

Rinse. Repeat. Make a lot of money if you're JK Rowling.

Understandably, they ARE kid books. So we shouldn't expect top-notch literature per se. Also, Dumbledore is a homosexual. Take that Christians against Harry Potter!!!

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

I'm sure some of the Harry Potter magic was lost on us as we all grew up

Eh, not really. I can still read them and feel the same way I did the first time I read them. Some literature is ageless, I think the Harry Potter books are.