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Summary: Life lessons
Review: I agree with Timothy Hough's review, but would add another qualifier. Books touted as "children's books" should teach life lessons. "Order of the Phoenix" has a great opportunity to do this, but fails to. Harry and Prof. Snape have been suspicious of each other since Book One. But Book 5 explains why, and gives Harry an opportunity for reconciliation. But Rowling never takes Harry there. Why? Must Harry and Snape be bitter enemies for no good reason forever? This is not a good lesson for children to buy into. Or adults either, for that matter.
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Summary: Great book- But dark!
Review: Hello Harry Fans! The 5th installment of the book is VERY dark- if you read the 4th book, you would know that JK was leading up to this. A must read if you liked the other 4. The Order of the Phoenix, of course, leaves you wishing that JK would hurry up and write the next one already!Buy it, read it, share it, and love it!
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Summary: Most enjoyable yet
Review: Previous to now, I'd thought that Rowling was an average writer, that stumbled onto a good idea. My opinion of her has improved. Also, I enjoyed this book more than the others once I began to consider it a mystery instead of a fantasy. Good fare for my nephews.
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Summary: Better than the rest..
Review: Yes, I think this fifth book is better than the first, second, third and fourth.. Not only does it have MORE excitement than the first too, but so much more to offer than suspense. It's a mature novel and the characters really grow..
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Summary: I'm sorry to be writing this review at all.
Review: I absolutely did not like this book. People keep asking me, was it too dark? Was it because Harry was a teenager? The answer to both is no. Harry could have gone to the depths of hell and it would have been fine for me. I mean, someone who loves the Tim Burton and Danny Elfman combination and who thinks Sleepy Hollow is artistic isn't going to mind dark. Also, I didn't mind that Harry was a teenager and yelling and screaming because he at least was speaking his mind and showing that he's a human being and not a robot with all the bad things going on in his life. I didn't like the book because it was not as well written. I'm sure alot of people will disagree with me. For me, though, if this book had been book 1, I would not have read any of the others and not understood the hype. I had a certain feeling every time I read the other books. It was of 'oh my God, what will happen next' and dream about it when I'm not reading it, and keep reading until I'm done type of feeling. I mean, book 3 and book 4 were so hard to put down that sometimes we'd take the book inside after reading it for hours at a time already in the car just to keep going. This book felt like every other book out there, where I could put the book down after a few pages and go 'eh, I'll read this tomorrow'. It took over a month to finish the book. I didn't realize what I was missing and why it was different until we got to page 650, or around there. Then, after reading that for a while, I had two days worth of dreams and thinking and obsessing about Harry Potter. Then, it went back 150 pages later into being a regular book. I can only say that it's like reading Ender's Game and going on to the Speaker for the Dead (which I have been advised not to read), or something where the first few books were great and then the next book in the series dips down. The only reason I will read book 6 and book 7 is to finish the series and because I have hope that I will have some enjoyment in there somewhere. Book 5 was like she had a ghost writer for most of the book, and the part she was passionate about and she wrote herself was 150 pages worth.
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Summary: Great Sequel to the Harry Potter Series
Review: The amazing adventures of Harry Potter are just starting. Learn how he is destined to rule the world. Also learn how Harry Potter is related to Anikin Sky Walker. Now that I have your attention. This book absorbed me and my time. I finished it in 3 days (I was busy the first two). If you do not have time to read you may want to look at a different book. This book is very difficult to put down and very easy to read. Good Luck
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Summary: What Can I Say, The Best So Far..
Review: This is the best book so far in the Harry Potter series. This book delves more into the characters' emotions, as well as their histories. I can't say much more than others have said, so I won't even try. This book introduces a score of new characters that are members of 'the order of the phoenix'. I'll let you read the book to find out who they are and what they're doing, but I will say this, these are some of the most colorful characters Rowling has come up with yet. It also has an even darker tone to it, which seems to be increasing with each passing volume. I will say this about the book, it has one of the best climactic scenes of any book I've ever read - a battle that takes place between the forces of good and evil. I can see myself reading this book several times, just to try and catch all the things I might have missed the first go round. I read it so quickly the first time, I just wanted to know how it ended! I would suggest reading it at a leisurely pace instead of the frantic pace I had. This book makes me eagerly anticipate the 6th book in the series when it will be released in a couple of years most likely. As a writer, I have to tip my proverbial hat to JK Rowling for her work, although I did find a half dozen or so grammatical errors in the book. In an 800 page book, I think that's pretty good!
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Summary: where has the magic gone?
Review: With prose as flat as a pancake, a new nasty harry, and a climactic battle between two mighty wizards that seems more like two geriatrics playing shuffleboard, there's little to recommend this book. The tone is mean-spirited, grudges are nursed, and taunting is a major form of communication. It is a shame that Rowling, who inspires so many children to read, doesn't try harder to inspire them to love language. Descriptions are riddled with cliches; conversations are larded with phrases like "you just don't get it." Much of the action has a video-game quality; the luminous imaginings of the earlier books are largely gone. The over-arching themes are not clearly postulated. What exactly is Voldemort threatening, and what is at stake in the magic (and maybe muggle) worlds if he wins? Finally, about adolescence. Yes, it is a moody time, but what about the flashes of humor, the enthusiams, the quest for truth,and the vivid imaginative life that are also part of that age? To me, Harry seems more like an egotistical lout than a complex teenager in this book, and I miss him.
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Summary: Rowling's getting darker
Review: In her new HP novel,Rowling writes for a bit older children.Because of the dark, depressive mood. But it doesn"t matter, 'cause she keeps her best: the characters. Like Prof. Umbridge, the Woman Who I Ever Hated. Hermione is right: " she's an evil ugly woman". But she, and the other characters takes this book so enjoyable, exciting and wonderful. And it's length is just good for it.So I can give just 5 stars, nothing less.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I like This Book better than all the rest. The imagery in my mind existed better from this book than all the rest
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