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Summary: Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling Does It Again
Review: This book was more then great. I am not going to reveal anything about it. But readers will be absoultly shocked and surprised and in most of the chapters. I really liked this book and really enjoyed it. It is worth reading and taking time off to enjoy this book as I have. J.K Rowling has come up with a very great stroy line as I think most of you will agree with me. This book is one of my favortie books out of the Harry Potter collection. To future readers dont start the book unless you are going to finish it well I know ofcourse this book isnt one of the type for you to just stop reading. Enjoy this book I know I did.
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Summary: not the best
Review: I believe that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is
not the best of the HPs (Goblet of Fire was the best). It
was a great book but it left a lot of questions hanging.
Although it was intense and exiting it did not have the
mystery surrounding the other HP books. The plot was also
much weaker and less captivating then Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire. I also wish that D.A. (you will understand
when you read the book) had more of a role than it did. BUT
HEY!!! IT'S A HARRY POTTER!!! READ IT!!
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Summary: An Absolute Masterpiece
Review: Not only is this novel filled with bigger, more spectacular imagery regarding the wizarding world and its inhabitants, it is the first one where the reader can really connect with Harry. In the previous books, Harry was too young to understand his own feelings, or to react to situations. Here, however, he releases all the emotions that have built up within himself and the reader over the last few years at Hogwarts, as he is square in the middle of adolescence. In addition to that, the themes of the book have matured as well, questioning the government and loyalty of friendship. Although darker than the previous three, this book is great on an epic scale...and has the potential to be loved by anyone...Potter fans or not.
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Summary: great, surprising but a little long
Review: When looking at this bulky book, I wondered how all the nine and ten year olds were going to hold it while reading it. Each page was filled with an unexpected emotion or event that made me as the reader ready to turn the next page and the next. The plot was awesome however, I would have to say the third book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban had the most awesome plot ever. I was a bit taken back by Percy's betrayal to his family. But I am glad my favorite character: Sirius, plays a very great role in this book once again.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I have truly enjoyed the Harry Potter series so far. The fifth installment isn't the best of the series, however, it does answer a few questions about Harry's past. The first half of the book was fairly uneventful, but everything picks up in the second half.
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Summary: ok...
Review: First of all, I am not anti-Harry Potter. But lets face it, isn't J.K Rowling over doing it? I read the first book, skimmed the second and read some of the third. What more can I say? She is definatly a good writer--but not nearly as great as she is made out to be. I wonder how many pages of this book could be eliminated. Plus, every book needs detail- otherwise whats the point of reading the book? But isn't there something known as too much detail? We do not need to know the scientific name of everything in the room- some stuff has to be left for our imaginations. And what about all the other stuff- movies, toys, EVEN BACKPACKS! i mean...dont just go by what everyone else thinks about Harry Potter. Why not spend your time reading a good book--AMAZING book by someone like Agatha Cristie? Someone who knows how to stick to a topic and further develop a plot into a real, one of a kind mystery.
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Summary: Not up to Snuff
Review: While my family and I spent a great deal of time reading this latest edition I must admit it was tooooo long. Come on editors please do your job. The plot was too tangled, Harry's character was too self involved, and come on the only quiddich game went on forever. How many versus of Ron is our king did we need to read! I believe that Rowling needs to remember that her main readers are children and many will not stick with the book to finish it. I hope the next book is better and more concise.
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Summary: Harry Potter -- Growing Up at Hogwarts
Review: I admit it--I'm addicted to Harry Potter, that fascinating boy wizard wonder who took us all by storm a few years ago. Now in his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry has become a teenager with all the moodiness and hormonal attacks accompanying it.J. K. Rowling had the option to keep Harry a boy, but she chose to apply his adolescent development and increased learning at Hogwarts to a thrilling tale of dark magic. In doing so, she also complicated the story so that it may become increasingly more difficult for young readers to keep up with what's happening in Harry's teenage years. Readers must also endure a heavy 870-page hardcover book which took this Ph.D. nearly a week to read! Ms. Rowling's classical and British background pervade Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. From the sections of London such as Elephant and Castle to the use of names like Professor Umbridge and Kingsley Shacklebolt, she enlarges the American vocabulary base while telling an intense tale. What is astounding to me in this book is the degree of anger and darkness not evident in the first four Harry Potter books. This level of intensity is appropriate for several reasons. First, Harry is entrenched in adolescence, and his moodiness and interactions with Cho, the love of his life, have him becoming instantly angered at everyone and everything. In addition, he doesn't understand why Dumbledore, the grand wizard and school headmaster, won't even look at him. Second, only Harry and Dumbledore believe that the Dark Lord, Voldemort, has returned. The Daily Prophet, the wizard world newspaper, continuously mocks them both. Third, in the fifth year, wizards must pass the O.W.L., the Ordinary Wizarding Level exams. These will make the year tougher without adding the usual assortment of crises facing Harry each of the previous years. Finally, with Voldemort about and his godfather, Sirius Black, unavailable to him, Harry must go it somewhat alone. His anger turns off his regular comrades--Ron and Hermione--who try to stick by him as always, regardless of his moodiness. Added to the clique this year are Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, and Luna Lovegood, a wifty sort of character new in this book who adds a bit of mystery to the story. Without giving away the ending, I can only say that Rowling wraps it all up and ties it together nicely with Dumbledore's explanation of the past, the present, and the future. All in all, an excellent read that will eventually make a spectacular movie!
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Summary: A fun read, but no development
Review: I enjoyed this book, but was a bit let down at the end due to the lack of growth in any of the characters or the plot. Rowling seems to set Harry up for some serious coming of age from a whiny teenager to a young man, but the moment of realization never happens, and the reader is left wondering where the point wandered off to. Rowling sets up the need for cooperation amongst the houses, then a perfect opportunity and means for Harry to make friends with Snape, and the ongoing potential for Harry to question the very friends and family he has blindly idolized in the past. Harry is poised for a rite of passage, then we are led into some pointless action to save a "weapon" that didn't need to exist, ending in an obvious revelation we already knew. Just as Harry is the boy who didn't die, Order of the Pheonix is the book that didn't end. When is number six coming out?
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Summary: Loved it!!
Review: This book was so engaging and such an addictive read. I miss it now that I am done. The 870 pages was not one page too long. Great story but I think more suitable for adults than the suggested 9-12 year old reader.
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