The latest edition of the Harry Potter series was a total disappointment. It didn’t even come close to any of the earlier stories. This one was better left unwritten, if the author didn’t really have a good story this year!
Except for the last part of the book, the rest of the book is boring and slow paced. Quite unlike the other Potter books, this one spends a lot more energy on the dating scene in Hogwarts than on the other ingredients that make Harry Potter books what they are...
Even the good part of the book - the climax and the now-famous death of a major character - starts and ends in double quick time.
I sincerely hope that the final book - where the author plans to kill Harry Potter - will be a better written book. And till that comes, switch to the Goblet of Fire movie, rather than the half-blood prince book.