Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Great story ruined by a bad main character.

Just like in book 5 (The order of the Phoenix) I found during this whole novel Harry Potter was just an annoying character. It got difficult to push through the parts of the story where we follow Harry in Hogwarts, since every piece of dialog that came out of his mouth made me want to stop reading. He is an annoying, dumb and egocentric teenager (once again props to Rowling for depicting an accurate teenager, but as discussed in the review of book 5, realistic teenagers don't make great main characters). In every dialogue with other characters he acts as if he is the only one who is right, and the whole world is just dumb for not sharing his opinion.
This especially got to my nerves with his obsession with accusing Draco Malfoy. Yes he was right at the end, but that doesn't justify being so mean to your friends who are just providing logical conclusion to dismiss his unfounded arguments. Especially because all his arguments can be boiled down to: “I saw Draco being kinda sus”
Each time Harry had a dialogue I just wanted to punch him in the face, which is a bad sign if we are talking about the main character and not the villain of the story.

Am i the only one who thought that the romantic subplot with Geany came out of nowhere? or did I miss something in the previous book, because I had to push through in order to finish it?

Nonetheless this was a better book than the order of the Phoenix, yes Harry was just as annoying in both books, but the underlining story beat were a lot more interesting. I was pulled to continue reading by Toms flashbacks and the whole Horocrux plot. (Ironically in these were the ones were harry talked the least hahaha).

All in all if you've come this far continue reading there are only 2 books left in the series and you are obviously invested in the world and character, just push through Harry being a dumb Teenager.