I liked this book, but it was a little harder to get into than the other books because this book starts off slow. In Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts he becomes the captain of the quidditch team. Dumbeldore is gone a lot from Hogwarts and Draco Malfoy is up to no good as usual. Harry and Dumbledore towards the end go to get a possible horocrux, and when they get back disaster strikes and Dumbledore gets murdered.

Another great work by JK Rowling. One of the best books I have ever read. The only thing is I don't think that this book should be in the children's books category because of how complex it is.

Bloody Brilliant! And only one more to go! :(

I loved the book. Of course, Dumbledore's death made me cry like a baby, but the book was incredible. The whole thing with Ginny and Harry being a couple, i loved. I also loved the parts where Ron and Hermione were jealous of each other's couple. I didn't like the fact that Fred and George barely came out in it. They are by far my favorite characters.

Loved it. Had Tom Marvolo Riddle in it too. Very sexy and very evil he was. Dumbledore's death...wow, so tragic but a necessary evil otherwise Harry would of never stopped really hiding from Voldemort behind various folks and nothing woulda of really happened. Looking forward to the 7th Book...I predict ze title will be, Harry Potter and the Attack of the Imperial Stormtroopers of DJ Bob Sinclar...in which involves...disco music, Voldemort and Harry of course, Hermione and Ron OWNING! the dance floor, Draco grumbling and Lucius getting a hair cut!

SPOILER ALERT! I've noticed that Rowling has brought a theme to the Potter books in the last three - a good guy dies. I wasn't torn up about Cedric, but Sirius and Dumbledore? Wow. Didn't see those coming. This book was well written and it was nice to see a little more on Voldamort's background. Some pretty cool stuff. To those who've accepted Snape as being evil, don't give up on him yet. Think about it. Dumbledore and Snape were found in a heated argument. My guess is that Snape revealed to Dumbledore of his unbreakable vow. Not wanting to kill him, he argued his case but Dumbledore insisted it must be done in order to get closer to killing Voldamort. Right before Snape killed him, Dumbledore seemed to be begging for his life. On the contrary, he was ordering a reluctant Snape to kill him. Also, when Snape was fighting with Harry, he used the excuse that no one can kill him. He must be saved for Voldamort. I found that a rather ingenious way to protect Harry. On top of that, he refused to let Harry use an unforgivable curse (to avoid prosecution/expulsion from Hogwarts perhaps?) AND, in a very slick manner, taught Harry the importance of non-verbal spell casting. He kept telling him to keep his mouth shut. No, Snape isn't evil. He's a little rough around the edges, but I think he'll be a key player in Voldamort's demise. Besides, he knew right away that Harry was lying about the potions book and could have given him a much worse punishment. I think he had a sense of pride that Harry was using HIS spells and potion knowledge that he couldn't help but be a bit proud of the fact that Harry did everything he could to keep it. Oh yeah, for something to think about - R.A.B ----> Regulus Black? (who died back when Harry was born). The real Horcrux is probably another locket - perhaps the one the Order found in the Black's House and didn't know whose it was or what to do with it? Crazy Crazy

I would agree with you on that one, I was rootin' for Dumbledore also, but I guess that says something that even with all the evidence pointing the other way, I still believed him. I for sure cried, as I have with the last two as well, and man, it's all getting so complicated! If any doubt remains that this is no longer a children's series, I'm sure that this book with extinguish this. I found myself having to reread a few things to make sure I got all the facts right, I can't imagine a kid reading through and going...oh yeah! I gotta say, I did miss Fred and George as regular characters, there wasn't much in this book to lighten the mood as they have done so well. Very depressing, but still fantastic...the next book's gotta be like 1000 pages, there's so much left to do!

Personally, I think this book was well written. It actually made me cry at one point but I didn't particularly like the direction Rowling went with the book. (SPOILER WARNING) I guess, I just didn't want Snape to be evil, as much as I didn't like him. I think this stems from how much I trusted Dumbledore, and how much I would rather him have been right about Snape than Lord Voldemort been right.