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Summary: a good book
Review: i liked this book, it was really good, i'm still 14. and i think it's a really sad book. i feel sorry for dumbledore because he shouldnt be blamed at. afterall, he tried his best to protect harry. at the end of the chapter" the lost prophecy" when dumbledore let out a tear. i felt like harry was yelling and blaming his grandfather when dumbledore didnt want him to be unhappy. he sufferred too many complaints, too many harsh yells, and while only he understands himself.
harry was al ittle bit harsh, and the fact that sirius died was really sad. i feel sorry for Sirius since he got locked up in Grimmauld Place. i really felt that he needs company and he does. and in the end, he's dead. i dont think such tragedy should end the story. if there was just some magic spell to make him alive again, to be with harry. when harry ran off to Nick and ask if Sirius could return to be a ghost, i was hopeful that it was true. but however, if it was true, the following books would be less intense because harry always has his godfather beside him and that probably make him too rely on Sirius. somehow i wanted to cry when Sirius died.
when harry start going out with cho chang, i didnt think they would fit at all. and in the end when it reveals that she is just not a really loyal girlfriend, or even a good friend.
this is a silly thought but i wanted at the end of the series, the end of all 7 books, i wish Sirius would just come back.
being young, i am afraid of losing anyone i love, so this book really touched my heart. i dont see anything bad about the book is long. and i dont get why some people keep complaining about it.
i really like this book.
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Summary: good
Review: i just finished the book, and i have to say like the previous four, this book was also exciting. i never read any books, beside Harry Potter,that can make me wanting for more and more.
i kept reading, wonder what will happens next. this one has less adventure than the first four, but it's still really good. though i thought it was very sad in the end. i am emotional, so i wanted to cry because of sirius's death. it was very sad and i kept reading for a better ending. at first i thought 870 is a lot, but when i start to read it, it just goes by so fast, i just want to read more. the ending was a little bit rushed. i dont get why the author can just make it like 50 pages longer. if she can just add a little detail about what happen after the battle between dumbledore and lord voldemort. and i said, i feel really sad for sirius, i wish there was some magic spell to make him alive again. it touched my heart and for a moment, i felt the pain to lose sumbody you love.
the book is overall really good, i was really into itthat i felt like i was in it, see all the scenes that are in it. tho i hope for a better ending !!!
fan of harry potter....
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Summary: Slow action, very frustrating
Review: I did not enjoy this book as much as the others, primarily because the action is so slow to come. Harry has become a teenager that I do recognise in myself, but is much more angsty and yells it out a lot more than in the previous books. Anything was ticking him off and everything was prone to start a never-ending argument. Everyone is giving him the space he needs and Dumbledore is suddenly very revealing, although we know for sure he's holding other secrets from him. So, basically, a good book if you like the action all crammed into the final scenes. Ah, and if you like getting frustrated at teachers with a mean attitude, also...
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Summary: Is Harry Potter series getting out of hand?
Review: Just finished reading the book (spent most of my Easter holiday on it) and can't say I'm very happy with the way I've spent my time. Formidable effort by JK Rowling of course: great imagination, incredible detail, fluent writing, etc. But did it really have to be that long and gloomy? Is Rowling writing a fantasy series or an encyclopedia on the world of wizards and witches? The endless pages on the courtroom hearing, the Ministry of Magic, the exam procedures at Hogwarts, the giants and other magical creatures and the history of the magical world do contribute to the creation of a more complete world of fantasy but are they really needed (to such length) to tell the story? Has Rowling never heard of the literary technique of suggestion and the concept of only elaborating on things that really matter for the story? And what's all that repetition needed for? How many time does Harry have to lose his temper to show that he's struggling with puberty? How many times does his stomach have to jump to show that he's somewhat in love with Cho? And how many punishments and disappointments does he have to suffer to show that his fifth year at Hogwarts is not an easy one? I'm suspecting Rowling either of experiencing a sadistic pleasure in torturing her hero with all the misfortunes imaginable, or of using Harry as a vehicle for therapeutically writing off her personal frustrations and negative memories. All those negative feelings of guilt, shame, loss, sadness, loneliness, insecurity, frustration, stress, humiliation, confusion and pain that Harry has to suffer do not really make for entertaining reading, either. If it hadn't been for the last 75 pages (only seventy five!), where the action finally picks up, I would have finished my reading in a truly depressed mood. I appreciate that the life of many teenagers isn't sunshine all the way but does all this negativity really have to be the focus of a book you're supposed to be reading for pleasure? I'm really starting to get worried about the last two episodes, as the trend apparent from the first 5 books seems to be for the books to get thicker, more encyclopedic and gloomier. As if Rowling is planning never to write another book again and is desperately cramming all her ideas, feelings and memories into the final instalments. I sincerely hope that book 6 will normal sized (a story that can't be told in 350 odd pages is probably not a good story), lighter in tone (not very optimistic on this point, though, as the 2nd Wizard War is announced in the last chapter) and filled with action and fantasy rather than emotion and facts. See what happened to the Star Wars saga when inventor George Lucas, writing his episode IV and V, forgot that what people loved about the first 3 episodes was the excitement of the story and the dreamaway fantasy. It's the entertainment, stupid! (no offence meant, JK)
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Summary: A bit slow but it was necessary
Review: It's true that it takes this story a while to get up and running. (One reviewer commented that it took 200 pages to get them to Hogwart's. I should point out that MOST of the books take a while to get them there, including the first one which takes nearly half of the book.) I really feel like the slow pace of the book is great; it's necessary in order to develop the characters as much as they deserve. They are teenagers now, and their thoughts and feelings are going to be far more in-depth and need a lot more explaining in order to get the ideas across without losing the emotion behind it. I really love the way Rowling deals with Harry's angst and the way that he seems to be slowly going nuts...I think that's likely to be the way he would behave if he were a real kid in this type of situation. I do need to point out one thing: it seems that the books get more and more adult-oriented and less for children as they go. My kids are only 2 and 1, but I don't think I'll be letting them read this series until they are teenagers, because it would be unfair to let them start a series without letting them finish it. I am a Christian, and while I don't think the books are going to have any worse effects than your average fairy tale, I do want my kids to be well grounded in their worldview before I throw something new into the mix. Take that for what it's worth to you.
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Summary: difficult to get through
Review: I was looking forward to the next Harry Potter; however, I was very disappointed. I actually had to force myself to finish the book. Only when I got toward the ending of the book that I really enjoyed it. I reread the first four books in a short time and enjoyed them. This book was so mired down with a very bitter and angry Harry Potter, striking out at everyone, making it difficult to enjoy. The author, in trying to instil realism in a teenage Harry, in my opinion went too far. Only true Potter fans will be able to get through this book. Hopefully, by the next book, Potter will be the same adventerous wizard his fans have come to enjoy.
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Summary: Review of the audio
Review: I am a huge fan of Harry Potter and of Jim Dale. He acts out these books expertly and has consistantly amazed and enthralled me with his depth and versatility with each character. So why three stars only? That sounds pretty good right? Well, I don't know if Jim Dale is to blame, or if Warner Brothers is the culprit, but you don't change the pronunciation of a MAJOR character's name after already establishing that pronunciation in no less than FOUR previous books. I find the hard "T" at the end of Voldemort's name in this book annoying and irritating. I have come to know the characters in these books, not only through my own readings, but through Jim Dale's and I find this change to be cheap and cheesy. I have worked as an editor and proof-reader for years, and one thing stands true above almost any other rule: Consistancy is next to Godliness.
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Summary: Repetitious and Depressing
Review: The earlier Harry Potter books were exciting and well written. This one is a rehash of the earlier books. (Quiditch again. Snape & Malfoy nasty to Harry again. Hermione studies. Yawn.) Most of the rest of the book consists of the same nasty things happening to Harry over and over and over again; and no one (not Harry, not Dumbledore, NO ONE) lifts a finger to do anything about it. Only two happy events occur in the entire first two thirds of the book, and both are very brief. Worse, the series has failed to live up to the author's promise that the characters and book would grow with the audience. Harry's character is perfectly identical to what it was at the beginning of the first book. He has not grown, and no one else has either. Wait for the movie -- it will likely be much better than this book.
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Summary: Harry Potter
Review: I enjoyed the book even though it was very long. I do not mind long detail as long as it is interest, which this book was. I did not like how rushed the ending was. The book was already 800+ pages, another 50-100 would not have mattered at the point. It felt like that at one point the author realized her deadline was coming up, and she rushed all parts at that point.
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Summary: Harry is a little punk
Review: While overall I enjoyed this book I was placed in the uncomfortable situation of hating the main character. Harry is a complete git throughout the entire book. And I'm sorry but that whole "it's because he's an angsty teenager" argument does not make it better. I was not like that when I was 15. Nor were any of my friends. Heck even Ron and Hermione aren't like that and they're all the same age. Harry is stubborn, quick to anger, rude, idiotic, and just plain selfish. If he had been yelling at me the way he yelled at everyone in this book he would have gotten smacked. That and... He doesn't get his first kiss until he's 15?! Are you kidding me? Is the magical world just slower on the development front? Other than that I enjoyed the book. I just really wish that Hermione on Ron would have popped him one for being such a jerk. That would have definitely made me enjoy the book more.
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