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Summary: Rowling on vacation while writing???
Review: Last year I read all the Harry Potter books, since my kids wanted to. I was captivated. So naturally I was excited when I heard about the 5th. Boy was I WRONG. I skipped pages out of pure boredom. The book was poorly written compared to the others. I say yes it is worth readingifyouve read the others. BUT this book has mademeless excited about Harry Potter andwhat becomes of him.
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Summary: PIVOTAL BOOK IN THE SERIES
Review: this harry potter was very different than the other four that have been put out. it is different because harry is different. in this book you see a whople different side of harry that rowling has not shown us before. what makes this fact important is the relevance it has to real life. it can be assumed that young boys can really identify with harry because they are similar in age, and in this book harry is going through the process of shifting from a boy into a young man. harry goes throught the whole range of emotion in this book and i think that it really speaks to the talent of jk rowling. the story within the book is really good i was hooked within the first two chapters. there is a lot going on this year at hogwarts, especially for harry and his fellow fifth years because they are tkaing their o.w.l.s. there is a new horrendous teacher at hogwarts, i hated her much like i think everyone else does or will. there are a few characters who play big roles in the other books but seem to have very fleeting appearances in this book but still play very important roles. to me the book seemed to move a little slow because there was so much going on that i would keep reading and reading and only move a few chapters ahead into the book. but it was still very worth the time and effort because i really enjoyed this book. yes someone dies and yes i feel they are a major character. it is very sad but it only adds to the close resemblance to reality that this book is able toproject. i heard that rowling read an exerpt from the book and said that it was a clue to book six, i don't know what part of the book she read it from but if i had a guess i would think that it has something to do with giants. i am not sure why but that is what my head says. it is a great book and a great read pick it up and enjoy. i know i did.
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Summary: This is an awesome book!
Review: I love Harry Potter, and think that this was an awesome book filled with action and fun! Both I and my sister have read it and raved over it. Some very depressing things happen to Harry, and all the charecters are as true and as alive as always. I couldn't put the book down! This is a great book if you're a big Harry Potter fan. I feel the best part is the details- it feels as you're actualy there! It may be a little long, but the length needs to be there, it gives so much detail! This is a very good book- I reccommend buying the book set!
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Summary: a little disappointed
Review: After reading books one through four, I felt that each book surpassed the former in creativity, wit, and character development. Unfortunately, I think that Rowling may have hit her peak with book four, The Goblet of Fire. The characters in book five, The Order of the Phoenix, often seemed disjointed, and at times I was not sure which character to root for. Perhaps the moodiness and rebelliousness exhibited by Harry is simply Rowling's attempt to portray Harry's struggle through adolescence, but I think in doing so Harry has lost some of the traits which made him so appealing in the beginning.
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Summary: Don't be Put Off By the Darker Tones - It's Meant to Be
Review: For me at 800+ pages it still wasn't enough! I thoroughly got into this novel. It was hard not to plow through and read it in a few hours. I savored each chapter and absorbed the text.First off, yes, Harry is surly, short-tempered, and moody. He's a teen-ager! I would have been very put off if he was written as the same wide-eyed, compliant kid as he was in the first book. In order for him to grow up in the next two books it was probably necessary to write him as impatient and stubborn in this one to show how far he's come. At least, that's my take on it. Also, his relationship with Cho, I liked the fact that Cho was a crybaby and whiney and wasn't what Harry had expected. First crushes rarely work out. Life throws curves like that at times.
The scenes where they are awkward with each other and racking their brains to find something to say, had me giggling. Probably in the next two books he'll find someone who's direct, honest and doesn't play games. There's more scope and more dimensions to the characters. It can't be expected that they remain the same after all that's happened to them so far. So don't be put off by the dark tones in this volume. It's sadder and deeper but there are moments of hilarity and lightness. And remember, there are still two more volumes to go. It'll come all right in the end.
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Summary: REALLY GOOD! MUST READ!
Review: When I first read the other reviews on Harry Potter Book 5 I THOUGHT this was going to be bad. However, in my opinion this TOTALLY deserve a 5. I was totally surprise why some gave this only a 3 or 4. Probably not the best out of the five novels she wrote but definitely good. This book is a page-turner. Must Read! ( I would be looking forward to book 6 and you should be too!) p.s. j.k. rowling still has the writing style that we all like!
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Summary: Sad, but still good
Review: I wonder if there's any point in trying not to spoil the book for the readers of this review, as most other reviews I've read give away everything. The fact is if you read and enjoyed the previous Harry Potter books, you'd be crazy not to read this one as well. I was thrilled that the book is a whole 870 pages. I finished my first read-through the second day after I bought it, and I would have been able to finish it sooner if I hadn't had so mny other things to do. I don't understand anyone who would criticize this book for being too long. This book is much darker than any of the four previous books. Harry is a troubled young man in a lot of ways. I think that anyone who has read the series can understand that. It was disheartening to witness his wide-eyed anxiety and spirit change in this book. At first I didn't understand Harry's attitude changes, but then I realized two things... 1. In Harry's time frame the shocking events at the conclusion of book four are a fresh memory. Whereas I've had more than a year to deal with them, he has only had a few months.
2. I'm an adult, and Harry is a teenager who is being forced to grow up much too quickly. I think that his attitude changes are realistic, and it doesn't make me love him any less. It makes sense that those of us who enjoyed these books as a candy-coated escape from the mundane would experience some disapointment to watch it change into a more serious and tragic world. But if Harry didn't grow up, if each book that followed were just a repeat of the same style and the same story we would quickly grow tired of it. This book is not the most pleasant book in the series, and it's not my favorite, but it is an excellent piece of literature that I will continue to appreciate. The death that took place in this book upset me greatly, but I think I understand why Rowling did it. It may seem at first like one more thing that poor Harry has to endure, but i have faith that Rowling knows what she's doing and that Harry is going to recover tremendously in the next book.
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Summary: Magic!
Review: Don't be put off by all the hype--this truly is a great book. If it were possible to combine E. Nesbit, C.S. Lewis and Madeline D'Engle you might get something close to J. K. Rowling. But her astounding creativity and characters place her in a class by herself. She is the Tolstoy of children's literature. The only thing more enjoyable than reading Rowling's novel is listening to the audio version superbly narrated by Jim Dale. His reading is perfection--and the perfect way for families to "read" the book together. Highly reccommend all the unabridged Potter audio books performed by Jim Dale. This text refers to the unabridged audio version of the book.
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Summary: Not as good as espected but liked it anyway
Review: Harry Potter's 5th book was a long awaited event for most of all his fans, but this book was... well.. not as good as espected. I won't say it hasn't anything going for it, as a matter of fact, I read it in one week. It's long though, but you keep glued to it. The new characters that Rowling introduces to us in this book are some what lame, except for Dolores Umbridge, a really nauseating and horrible person, who at some times, you even want to get inside Hogwarts and jinx her BAD! The writing style is a little weary, some times it goes on too long with out any excitement and it seems a bit dull, but some times it has too much excitement, I think that a mid point would've been better. Overall it's a good book, but some of it's highlignts (like the personality of Cho and her realtionship with Harry, the rude attitudes of Harry, and the uneventful death at the end) leave the reader much to be desired, I think that Rowling could've done better. Well... let's hope that the folowing books get better, 'cause the way the stroy is unfolding, I think that she has a lot of future material to write about, let's hope it doesn't turn out as average as this one. It's a good book, read it, you'll enjoy it, but don't espect too much. I still liked the other four books better. Anyway... at the end you keep wondering (as in all previous books) how are things going to turn out next, as now everyone in the wisarding world knows that Voldemort's back and strong as ever. Well I think we'll have to wait for book six and see...
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Summary: hem, hem...dissatisfied muggles, unite!
Review: The Ministry of Magic almost got us...I thought that this forum would be overrun by diehard fans who can't see past the magic dust. I'm glad to read about the honest opinions. Blood and ashes, I thought I'd have to bow low and approach The Quibbler! No, this wasn't the darkest, hair-raising , most exciting installment. Those who claimed to have read the previous books several times--read The Goblet of Fire once more! Nice and slow now, and this time immerse yourself in the magic. See if the death in this book(5) would compare to the demise of a child (or a teenager, if you like). One happy note, though. I was glad to see Ginny Weasley resurface from her trauma. After not reading much about her in books 3 and 4, her character here is most refreshing--a good counterjinx to the drawn out storylines. Hopefully, Rowling would throw this in Fawkes' perch so that it might be reborn from the ashes!
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