Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
Note: I did not read the printed version of this novel, but
listened to the audiobook version, which was unabridged. However,
since it’s a complete re-creation of the novel, I think this qualifies
me for a review of the book and the audiobook since there’s not much
difference.
Having watched the previous Harry Potter movies
(except “Azkaban”), I had a pretty good picture of the world
and the characters depicted in them. Although the author does a
decent job of filling someone in if they have some understanding of the
books’ environment, if you were going to read this having never seen the
movies or the previous books, chances are you’d be a bit in the dark
about a lot of things. I believe this because I heard references made to
the “Prisoner of Azkaban” events in the book that I didn’t
quite understand.