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Summary: The magic continues.
Review: Harry Potter. Poor kid. He is now under almost constant ridicule from the Ministry, the Daily Prophet, and many of his fellow students. Going from heroism to hatred in one short summer would have to be hard, and it shows in his newly short temper.This is not his only problem, however. Ron is now Keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, and to put it nicely, until the final match of the season, he is not very good. To make matters worse, a vile Ministry official named Dolores Umbridge is working as their Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, High Inquisitor, AND Headmistress. This foul hag gives Harry a LIFELONG BAN from playing Quidditch. O.W.L.s are also approaching, and these do not go exactly as planned, but bet you anything all the members of Dumbledore's Army get an O in Defense Against the Dark Arts. This book is much darker than the rest, with dementors entering in the first chapter, Death Eaters on the march, and some rather nasty facts brought to light about James Potter. Every person needs their own copy of this book. One copy per household just does not suffice any more.
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Summary: I think I know what the problem is
Review: This last Potter book was great, but, at the same time there was something missing. I have two hypothesis:
1. The three year wait and anticipation made us expect more than could be offered. 2. There was not as much blunt "action" in the Pheonix book & the description of the Dept. of Mysteries was average and not up to her creative abilities. It was, no doubt, creative, but predictable creative, imaginings similar (I hate to say it) to my own imaginatio abilities. And I love J.K. Rowling, so I hate saying all of this. These books are amazing and have created a world I would love to live in somehow. Her characters are complex (the movies do them no justice at all) and the scenery is entrancing. I will say, however, that I did have favorite parts: Umbridge was amazing (I hated HER, but she was a great character; I couldn't stop reading whenever she entered the page. Sirius was my favorite. I had always imagined I was related to him.
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Summary: Phoenix fails to charm
Review: Blimey! Author JK Rowling could have used a word-busting charm in this bloated, dialogue-driven book. The narrative form that was at least present in books 1, 2, and 3, is almost completely absent in this fifth work.
Since none of these characters have unique voices, Rowling's helpfully identifies them every single time. You can escape her Stupefying Curse of the "he said, she said, then he said and then she said" drivel by reading every other line. This may be a popular book now, but it is hard to see how this kind of sloppy storytelling and writing will stand the test of time.
Note to Rowling: Find a good editor for Books 6 and 7 otherwise your promising work may find itself under a Silencio Curse forever.
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Summary: My take on Harry Potter 5
Review: This books is wonderful. It starts a bit slow in the begining but gets even better as it goes on. It's also a very long book but it was good enough that it made me just want to keep reading to find out what happens next. But this book is a lot darker, and a bit depressing in the end so if your a parent maybe you should think twice about letting your kids read it. Now then, I've been looking at some of the reviews and I've seen a lot of negative reviews. People complaining that the book is too long, or that it's too depressing ect. Get over it people. You should no JK Rowling has something big planned for the end and so this is all necassary to continue the story. Voldemort is back so of course there's going to be a lot of bad stuff happening, and a lot of people dying, including characters that we care about. Oh and I've also seen some people complaining about Harry's temper in this book. To all those people who don't like it: too bad. Harry's growing up and we all go through that stuff. We all get angry at the world sometimes, and Rowling did a good job with how she handled Harry in this book. I mean come on, he's only human after all! So those of you who haven't read or are thinking about reading you should get it. But be warned it is darker than the other books, so if you have kids you should read this book first and see if you want them to read it after you finish it.
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Summary: worth the wait
Review: The fifth book in the Harry Potter series proves to be well woth the wait. The most noticeable changes this time around are the darker tone and a more rebellious, teenage Harry. I really enjoyed Goblet of Fire, because it didn't have a typical "Hollywood ending" where everything gets wrapped up in a neat little package. Order of the Phoenix is in the same vein, and succeeds excellently. Highly recommended.
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Summary: No surprise here - another Grand Slam!
Review: There is only one negative thing you can say about this book - as long as it is it still has to end sometime! Rowling does not dissapoint - it was worth the wait. I'm already looking forward to reading it again - the plot is so compelling that I couldn't read it quickly enough the first pass, so now I intend to read it again and savor all of the little details. Be prepared to spend some time with your heart in your throat - Rowling's hint that someone important dies is no lie - but so many of your favorite characters are in mortal peril at one time or another that you'll be worried about one or more of them at many points during the story.
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Summary: Bad Boy Harry.. Need I say more?
Review: If you love the bad boy image, you would be as pleased as I am with Harry's transformation in this book. No longer is Harry allowing people to push him around or walk over him. Harry is finally acting like a real 15 year old boy! The only objections to this book is the lack of a Harry and Hermione romance... C'mon! you know they belong together!
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Summary: Redundant and Boring!!!
Review: This book is a big disappointment. My whole reaction to everything that's supposed to be a surprise in this book was "Gee, who could have seen that one coming". This series has become so redundant that it's bordering on ridiculous at this point. This story could have been told in 200 pages not the 800+ pages of Harry and Ron falling behind in their homework, Harry too chicken to do anything about Cho, Snape hating Harry when their supposed to be on the same side. ... Oh, speaking of the series ending, how convenient that auror training takes three more years. If Rowling wants to keep adults interested in this series, she needs to come up with something new and not have plots so transparent that most elementary kids reading this should be able to guess the ending. This book was too little too late. It's poorly written and edited and it's a shame that such a fine series of books has been turned into pulp fiction. Here's my prophecy: This series will continue to be popular with kids, but I don't see a lot of adults chomping at the bit to read the rest of series.
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Summary: Who is Harry Potter?
Review: This is undoubtedly a good book to read as it provoked thoughts and controversy. However as Harry slowly reveals his real character in the book, I can't help but to wonder what kind of a person Harry Potter really is. For one thing, Harry is a bit too good at verbal attacks and defences, which makes me uncomfortable. More unsettling is Harry's "dark" subconscious tendencies. How could he use an Unforgivable Curse to inflict pain to others as if he's got a natural reflex to use it? I think he is so stubbornly arrogant to people he doesn't like (Snape for example), shallow (see how he deals with Cho and Dumbledore) and selfish (his temper is a sign of his self-centerness - he thinks he is always right) that he is starting to resemble the adolecent Tom Riddle. I won't be surprised if Harry is tempted to join the dark side in the next book. By the way, Ginny and Luna are pleasant surprises.
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Summary: Not the best of the series
Review: I was really looking forward to reading this book. The action in the 4th book was really good and I was expecting more relationships to develop in the 5th book. This did not necessarily happen and I hope this book translates better as a movie. I think it stinks Rowling made readers wait three years for this book. She does not understand what a sequel really is. You don't write a sequel that takes you ten years to freakin' read! She needs to get this together and I hope book 6 and 7 do not disappoint. I think if she was going to do a seven book sequel she should have planned it better. I also find it interesting that auror training takes three years. I guess we will be following Harry even after book seven. Work on your character development. Even the best writers can use a few pointers.
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