At first when I read the book, I was so relieved that Harry was no longer the angry, sullen teenager he had been in Book 5... until I realized Hermione was channelling all that teenage angst and then some. I HATED her in this book. Aside from the ridiculous level of her jealousy and anger, she was so stuck up and completely insufferable about the fact that Harry was outdoing her in Potions. Get over yourself!!! But I really was glad to see that Harry matured a lot, in Book 5 he would have thrown a tantrum at the Minister of Magic, now he just sets him straight clearly without all the dramatics. Anyways, I was very disappointed in the book like so many reviewers before me, I feel like the author was just filling in the gap between numbers 5 & 7. I'm glad I borrowed the book & didn't buy it!!!