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Summary: Harry Potter never again
Review: For some reason, J.K. Rowling has made Hayy into a boy who doesn't have anything to look forward to. He is bitter and self suffering. just like a ny normal person, Harry is supposed to better than that and us common persons. He yells at Dumbeldore and questions his wisdom, I wish someone told harry and J.K.Rowling that the world is bigger than any one of their feelings. I think that J.K Rowlings has taken her past life and a particular vindictive feeling towards to someone who she disliked into the book. sometime the hatred for malfoys and snape and himself is positively nauseating. Please. Harry Potter is everthing fascinating and takes us away from real life. I implore u, Keep it that way. //
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Summary: Not an overhyped book
Review: Not the best book in the series, but once J.K. Rowling has you hooked, you're hers for life! I'm not saying this book wasn't good, I was just a little in disagreement with the death of a certain character. But great props to Rowling for having such great character development with Dolores Umbridge that sometimes I wished I could reach out and strangle the woman, regardless of the fact that she was only a character in a book.
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Summary: j.k. rowling never ceases to amaze me
Review: for anybody who has not yet started reading this 5th book of the harry potter series, i suggest you start reading it NOW. j.k rowling did an amazing job of keeping her readers on their towes and wondering what was going to happen next. as harry and his friends all become more mature teenagers, many different issues are confronted and many different feelings are shown. professor umbridge is a new character in this book, and her character really helps keep you reading. is she good or is she bad? the order of the phoenix may seem long when you first pick it up, but trust me... it's a lot shorter than it seems and it keeps you engulfed in the pages. i encourage everybody to read this book.
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Summary: The grumpy wizard and the order of the phoenix
Review: First of all, this book has this phrase a lot: "Shut up!" Take it from me, this book is terrible! Harry and his friends are all grumpy, and the first part of this book is too gloom. There's also a lot of arguing, and they keep repeating that Voldemort has returned.
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Summary: Harry's dismal adolescent crisis
Review: Sigh. When JK Rowling was a miserable, divorced welfare mother, she wrote about a beautiful, magical world that was fun to escape to. There were exciting landscapes & buildings, funny magical creatures, a school that everyone would want to attend, etc. Harry, a Dickensonian type orphan, was able to escape to this world and find friends, prizes, and glory. The writing was in a charming, chatty style, that lingered lyrically on the better parts of the wizarding world. Leisurely descriptions were intermingled with tightly written suspense and action. Ahh... Now JK Rowling is richer than the Queen of England, has a new marriage and a new baby. Now she feels free to explore the darker side of this magical world and Harry's adolescent crisis. She also is feeling somewhat burdened by the pressure to get these books out. The result? Harry is in a bad temper. He has too much homework. Not only do the Dursley's torture him, he is tortured in detention. He snaps at his friends. They bicker with each other. He feels terribly sorry for himself. He is misunderstood. There are few if any funny, happy scenes in this book. Harry wins no prizes and gets no glory. Fortunately, at least Ron does, which is nice. Unlike JK Rowling, I have not passed into a better life. I was still hoping for a beautiful escape. The beginning of this book was so dismal I almost gave up on it. Though, having waited so long for it, I had to plug along. The action did start really picking up in Chapter 16, so I was glad I had continued. The writing style for the action parts is still nice and tight -- definitely a page turner. Unfortunately, the leisurely descriptions are reserved for Harry being tortured rather than for romantic views of the castle or charming magical creatures. You can't criticize Rowling's style at all. She's a great writer. She's just in a different place from me now. I hope this isn't a spoiler, but the ending is hardly happy. In an interview, JK Rowling asked a reporter about Harry, "What makes you think he'll survive?" I'm not sure anyone took her seriously at the time, but after this book you'll certainly have to. If you are reading this to a young child, you may want to read ahead and reconsider. I can imagine some kids being upset. Sigh. I think I'm still hooked. I'll have to find out what happens in the next ones. JK: Please don't kill Harry, Ron or Hermione off. OK? PLEEEEZE!!! Addendum: The book does have some useful parts for teaching kids about dealing with anger.
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Summary: Ok, still good, but not the best
Review: When I finished it----I said, "oh." I wasn't burning with curiousity, I wasn't sad because it was over, I just sorta folded up the book and was ready to move on. And I had been DYING for 3 years! I waited in line for an hour!
I am in EXACT agreement with one of my fellow reviewers----
There were serious editing problems---can anyone actually edit J.K.Rowling? Do they dare? And Harry, through most of the book, is whiny and mean. MEAN. Our Harry! I swear!
But then, upon reflection, there were neat new good things about the book. Rowlings attention to detail, compassion and cool wizardry gadgets are ever present, thank goodness. I never thought I'd write a lukewarm Harry Potter review. I'm sorry.
I feel that J.K. Rowling was ready to do this when she needed to; like shes ready to move on but we want her to commit to the end---book 7. With some serious editing, perhaps books 6 and 7 will be shorter and more to the point. Less "playing around" until the showdown at the end. Yes, there were great aspects to the story. But....if Rowling's heart isn't in it, or Harry's, why should mine be?
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Summary: However long it was, it was worth the reading
Review: I bought and began the book the day it came out, but only reached about the two hundredth page by yesterday (the Fourth of July). I finished it at about 3:30 AM this morning, eagerly reading the last pages. Although it began slowly, I think of books like this as a roller coaster: Mrs. Rowling pulled us up to the peak of eagerness, and then, brings us through a fantastic middle and ending. Although the start can be slow, it's hard to set down once you get into it. I don't know what makes the world love these books so much. Perhaps they bring out the kid in adults. Perhaps because they are exciting. Or perhaps because as many of us read Rowling's book, we begin to treat the characters as living people, not as figments of her imagination. Whatever the reason, however, we (the fans of the series) love her books, and will eagerly read the last two when they arrive.
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Summary: BRAVO! THE MAGIC CONTINUES.
Review: An enthralling feast for Harry Potter fans, Order of the Phoenix fully lives up to its promise. Some readers will be (or already are) disappointed by Harry's personality changes. But it fits totally and believably in that Harry is 15. Rowling's stature as an author of true brilliance has thereby increased in my view. I was swept away by this wonderful opus; it ended way too soon!
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: To tell you the truth I was highly disappointed with this book. I was so looking forward to reading it, it was so highly anticipated and it was kind of a let down. It took a long time to get started (meaning nothing MAJOR happened till late in the book). I was also very upset with Dumbledore, he was very shady throughout the book. I also hated the fact that _______ died, there was NO reason for that. I don't see how that helped the plot or anything with the story, I guess I'll have to wait until book 6 to really understand her reasoning for killing off ______. Now, I know I'm kind of bashing the book but its not bad, there are many good things about it, one of those things being all my questions have been answered except for one, and one of those questions I've had since the first book...so I was very happy about that. (why did voldemort go after harry in the first place?) I did like the book, but i was disappointed I still say I liked books 3 & 4 better than book 5.
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Summary: More than meets the eye...
Review: Overall, the book was ok. However, if one delves further, the book is very well done in that it teaches readers some valuable lessons: 1. Government (the Ministry of Magic in this case) lies.
2. Government will use its power to interfere with private enterprise.
3. Governments will use strong men with shiny badges and weapons to enforce its will on people
4. Governments don't like those who disagree with it.
5. The end justifies the means for government.
6. Rebellion is ok against tyranny.
7. An armed society (wands) is generally a polite society (except against bad guys). In my opinion, the story does a great service to children growing up and being forced to swallow all the current politically correct assumptions that governments are alway good and always right. Hopefully, these books will teach children that the price of liberty is eternal vigilence (first spoken by Thomas Jefferson).
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