Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (by JK Rowling)

I’m so glad I decided to re-read JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series this year, at a rate of around one book per month. I have read others of my favourite authors too, and some books that were new to me. It was with a little trepidation that I embarked on the sixth volume, ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’, a few days ago, as I could recall the dramatic - and traumatic - climax.

But now I’ve finished it, I am once again awed at the quality of the writing, and the way the author pulled together so...