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Summary: Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix
Review: Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the series by J.K Rowling. I am a fan of hers and I have re read all five of the Harry Potter books many times. This book had many unsuspecting twists and turns. Harry Potter's mood swings make him seem a little agrivating to be around. My favorite character is Sirus Black. He is Harry's godfather and was wrongly convicted of a mass murder and is now on the run from the Ministry of magic even though he is innocent. The man who is in charge of the search for him knows exactly were he is but is not telling. I also like Fred and George Weasly. They are Ron's (Harry's best friend) twin older brothers. They are the kings of pranks at Hogwarts. The twins are always good for a laugh. The ending of the book has a gigantic twist that ends up making for a very sad ending with the death of a key character. All in all this is a extremly good book that keeps you geussing, and people of all ages would enjoy it.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry is subjected to even greater evil than in the other four books. He meets mystical creatures in the Forbidden Forest, kidnaps a teacher, and goes head to head with his arch nemesis, Lord Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a wonderfully written book. I think J.K. Rowling outdid herself on this book. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoeniz is the best book out of the series that Rowling has written so far. The more books she writes the better they get. I can't wait for the next edition to her series.
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Summary: The Best of the Series
Review: It had been three years since the fourth Harry Potter book came out, but apparently JKR used her time very well. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the best book of the series, with only the third coming close.Everything is a step up in this book. Voldemort being at full strength and attempting to possess Harry gives an edge to the whole book. The issues are a lot more gray. Many things that we took for granted from the earlier books are not so: Dumbledore's infalliblity, the needlessness of Harry staying with the Dursleys, James's perfection. That's why this book was so great, because it wasnt just a rehashing of everything we know about the story, like another reviewer wrote. The second great aspect of the book is the emotion in it. Not only does it connect to you, but the emotion of the characters is so clear. You can just feel Harry's uncertainty, Dumbledore's fear, Snape's pain, Neville's loyalty, Sirius's pride. The book never comes across as a series of isolated events. Everything is merged together. One thing that I took out of this book was much more contempt and dislike for Hermione. She never goes with her instincts, she ridicules Harry and Ron too much, and her pretentiousness is out of control. I couldnt believe she criticized Harry having "a love of playing the hero" and Sirius's decision to fight as "recklessness." We need more people in this world to act like those two. Then, of course, there's the ending, the best, by far, of the series, with only the 3rd and 4th anywhere close. It was really the ultimate battle of good vs. evil - the Death Eaters vs. the Order. And then the ultimate ultimate battle of good vs. evil - Dumbledore vs. Voldemort. A twist from the Harry vs. Voldemort theme, and I liked that because Harry had really been battling Voldemort all book. The scene with those two is brilliant, as is the part where Harry is almost possessed by a fleeing Voldemort. But the best chapter of the entire series is "The Lost Prophecy" where Harry learns why he lives with the Dursleys, why Dumbledore wouldnt look him in the eye all book, who Neville really is, why Sirius had to die, and what the magical prophecy that he smashed said. In the second straight ending that eerily resembles a Biblical passage, the prophecy foretells of the coming of the one great one who will be able to vanquish the Dark Lord. Dumbledore tells him how much he has wathced Harry during all his years, how he has understood the pain he has gone through, the pain that he felt after facing death this book, and the pain that saved his life. (Re-read the last line of The Lost Prophecy chapter. many times) In short, dont believe anyone who says JKR is done, that the books are tailing off in quality as the pressure on her increases. Book 5 is the best yet, and it also leads the way for 6 and 7 to be masterpieces as well.
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Summary: Harry Potter Strikes Gold
Review: I think this is one of the best books made ever. It will make you cry, laugh, and jump with happiness. I have personally read this book 4 times. I have never read a book more than 1 time. But what can I do this is the greatist book I have ever read and I hope you get the chance to see how great it is. Thats why I say that the only way you could discribe this book is Great, and only Great.
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Summary: 'Tis really good, despite over sensitive parents
Review: Call me cruel, call me insensitive, but over sensitive parents need to stop ruining good books. this book does NOT work for satan. it is an absolutly fantastic book, probaly the best i have ever read in all my 13 years of reading and i for one am throughly insulted that oversensitive christians have to go through book lists telling people that any book involving magic is all for satan. (...)
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Summary: Rowlings Does it AGAIN!
Review: Rowlings does it again with book number five. It's filled with the key ingredients of the other four Harry Potter books: magic, fantasy and surprises. Fans young and old, new or die hard will love this book. Debbie Farmer(...).
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Summary: Bigger and Better than Ever
Review: When I first recieved this book in the first hours of June 21 (it was a midnight bookstore party, that's how obsessed I am), I was fearful that somehow the gargantuan text wouldn't live up to the literary legends its predecessors set. After the first three pages I was no longer worried. Rowling proves her vivid imagination and sense of humor is still in excellent condition (there are many more jokes in this book than the rest by far) and retains an excellent memory of the emotional traumas and doubts that come during the teenage years. Being fifteen myself when I read the book, I can say with all the confidence in the world, that Harry's outbursts of anger are not excessive, melodramatic, nor unrealistic. With the incompetence of authorities at Hogwarts, the corruption of government, ridicule and slander aimed at him by the Daily Prophet, betrayal of several respected acquaintances, Dumbledore's mysterious apthay to comfort Harry, disappointing changes in the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and a preventable death at the end, I can't say I wouldn't act the same. Ms. Rowling is perfectly reasonable to add grief and gloom to the fifth book; this is a time Harry discovers the shades of gray between people and learns lessons on socializing with girls, rather than knocking out trolls and slaying basilisks. Dumbledore can make fatal mistakes; his father was far from the perfect role model Harry thought him to be; and Snape is not the wholly evil character Harry thought he was in the first book, but a more multi-dimensional human being, worthy of pity. Book Five is an ingenious balance between humor and tragedy, physical, mental, and social challenges, unhelpful role models and pity-arousing villians, life-ruining woes and uplifting loyalty. Characters are much more well-rounded and believable than before (Ron-and-Hermione-esque squabbles are well-known to any pair of teenage friends), and show increasing maturity as students rebel against impotent teachers (namely, the evil toad of a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher) and develop leadership skills and independence when they take disatisfactory classes into their own hands. The fifth book is without doubt my favorite in the series, as Ms. Rowling proves to us it's not the suspensful battles and mysteries that make up the heart and soul of the Harry Potter books, but the throughly developed characters and worldly themes that grow more complicated and diverse for each book. Dumbledore said to Harry in the second book, "It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." Never before has that statement rang more true.
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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: This book is really 3.5 stars, and I'm being generous. The 5th book was sharply written, and I, being a die-hard Harry Potter fan, had been waiting a terribly long time to read this book. Sure, it mostly everything I wanted to know, but, usually, as in the previous books, I was attached to the pages, and I can still go back at read book 2 or 3 and be turning each page in excitement and my heart pounding. But this book, fell short of my expectations. I put the book down several times. I literally had to force myself to finish. Yes, the ending was more Harry Potter (ish), but I had to wait to long too get there. Yes, if your a Harry Potter fan, its a must read, but, if your like me, you'll put it down. Thanks for Listening.
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Summary: cant wait 'til book 6
Review: i just want the next book to come out...and seriously this is i-dont-know-how-many-review-i-wrote review. the book has a lot of mystery, tension, suspense, and really sad emotion. however the weasley twin also bring some joy to it. I just so so so so want to read the next book. omg, when is it coming out... :-D no books beside Harry Potter made me want to read so much...it is so good, i kept reading reading....oh man it's good
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Summary: What to Say...?
Review: Oh. My. Goodness. How bleak would my life be without Harry Potter? I am completely obsessed. Psycho. Crazy. Nerdy. Yes, yes, all of these, and certainly more. And during the EXCRUCIATING years-long wait for the fifth of these utterly engrossing books, I found myself turning to the wonderful world of fanfiction to pass the time. Writing some, reading some, it certainly helped, but only increased my desire for OotP. I read this book in less than 24 hours. Three years is a very long time for such a huge fan as myself, and I couldn't restrain myself. However, one thought recurred numerous times during my whirlwind (yet utterly exquisite) first reading: Has my brain been turned to mush by the fandom? Because I could SWEAR this is fanfiction! Many components of this story smacked soundly of the imaginations of myself and countless other HP fans who'd taken to making up stories of their own to satisfy their cravings. These include: Ginny dating around a bit, Ron on the Quidditch team, The Harry/Cho Kiss, the Prophecy, Voldemort's Legilimency...sigh. It's all so...so...beautiful. I have to admit...(not to give anything away that the world already doesn't know...)near the end, when That Terrible Event occurs...the first time I read it, I was in tears, sincere, sorrowful tears, for at least an hour and a half...the rest of the book passed, literally, in a blur. However, don't take that to mean that I DIDN'T enjoy the book. The best books make you cry, make you laugh, make you angry, excite you...the best books toy with your emotions, get you hook, line and sinker, and reel you in. Ms. Rowling has perfected this art, and I fall for her trickery every time. One last point: If you are a teenager such as myself, and find yourself feeling a bit rebellious, angsty or angry at times, then you will identify with Harry. In fact, you may laugh out loud, as I did, when he goes off on one of his loud, very angry rants, positively sodden with testosterone and angst....sigh... If you are contained within the 1% of the world who have yet to pick up this considerably large novel, I'd say...GET ON WITH IT, ALREADY!
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