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Summary: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Review: Well worth the wait! Can't wait for year 6!!!
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Review: Overall, I am very disappointed in this book. I have enjoyed the others very much, and I expected the same from this volume. The book is entirely too long. I feel as though the entire story could have been told in no more than 300 pages. Harry Potter comes across as a very sullen, moody, unhappy person. It's very monotonous to read over and over Harry screaming at people, moping around, mad at everyone, etc, etc. The other characters aren't much better either.
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Summary: Harry Potter--Tying up Loose Ends
Review: While book three is still my favorite, this one is great! I just spent more than six hours reading it in one sitting. Having two teenagers of my own, I think J.K. Rowling accurately the mecurical nature of an adolescent. All of the anger, moodiness, and self-involvement of a normal teenager has certainly not bypassed Harry Potter. I really loved how several "loose ends" were tied up and fit so beautifully into the story line. I laughed and I cried reading this book. I am also just a little depressed that it will probably been another 2-3 years before the next one! A must read for all Harry Potter fans.
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Summary: The Best!
Review: This is by far the best of the Harry Potter books, and that's saying a lot! It's dramatic, suspensful, heartwrenching...a nonstop read!
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Summary: the weakest of the series: spoilers aplenty
Review: This is a moderately entertaining novel, but full of gaping holes in the narrative: Rowling manages reasonably well a new tone for Harry--frustrated, angry, self-indulgent and self-pitying--but the revelation of the prophecy that Lord Voldemort has been seeking (a secret weapon!) for the previous 800 pages is only that Harry has special powers and that he and Voldemort will eventually have it out with each other. Hello? Is this not what every character in the book has been telling Harry for the previous 4 novels? How would acquiring this knowledge have helped Voldemort in any way? Not that he needed to acquire it, since everyone already knew it. (Likewise: Dumbledore's explanation for why he has kept Harry in the dark doesn't hold water. Does Harry's study of Occlumency help him or not? Since he appears to have no success with it, why did Dumbledore insist that it was vital he learn it?) Finally, there are several scenes that just don't ring true in the book: Black's death, and the entire romance with Cho, which, like much of the rest of the book (the writing on Harry's hand, the clothes Hermione leaves for the hous elves) is dropped without having made an impact by the end of the book. We end this novel exactly where we were when the last one ended: preparing for an all-out battle with Voldemort and his followers--only now Harry seems a little less mature, and a little less wise.
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Summary: An Abrupt Change... but a Solid Book
Review: It's been three long years since The Goblet of Fire, and I was taken by surprise when I heard that the Order of the Phoenix was coming out. Quite frankly I'd forgotten the series. However, since book 4 I have been reading some significantly more advanced books, so this release gave me a nice break from what can sometimes be quite tedious reading material. Of course, when I bought the book I dove right in and started reading so fast I completely lost track of what page I was on. I was rather taken aback when I realized Harry's character had changed significantly. He was no longer the virtuous little boy that I remembered from the Goblet of Fire, in fact, when he was talking about looking for trouble with Dudley and his friends, I thought to myself, "I don't remember this..." I suppose one could say that he is finally acting like a teenager, but I think the change was quite unsupported by the previous books. Maybe I just don't remember them, but Harry's bitter attitude started to [upset] me off after a while. Aside from Harry being a bit annoying, the story was as lush as ever, and I found the length to be not any problem at all, as some have complained otherwise. Some people may just want the book to skip directly to the action, but I think that would be a waste. After all, my favorite elements of these books, I've found, have been the descriptions of the situations in the common room and the rest of Hogwarts. Another thing is that I was surprised at how stupid Harry is about girls. He seems to speak way to honestly or harshly with them, or the one's he likes, that is, when he speaks at all. I didn't find anything too weird about Cho... in fact, she acts more realistically then most of the other characters. Another note is that it's too bad she came out and said someone was going to die, and that they were important to the story. It kept me constantly on the look out for possible candidates, which is not something you're supposed to be doing in a book like this. Though the magical world Rowling has created here is quite realistic, there are many loopholes that I can see. Honestly... middle school students cuss a lot more than Harry and his pals, unless git is supposed to be dirty or something. I guess there will just never be a land as seemless and real as Tolkien's Middle Earth. Despite this, it is still an enthralling world Rowling has given life to, and that is what I will be coming back for... not Harry.
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Summary: A Perfect Edition to the Series
Review: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," in my opinion is an extremely interesting novel. I enjoyed the plot's pace. There were certain aspects of the novel of course I wouldn't have wanted in there but that stems from my sympethy towards the characters. The ending was very fast, it seemed as though it could've been more drawn out. It was like watching a blockbuster action scene going off in my mind. I also thought that Dumbledores's traditional explanation at the end was a bit vague. Like many others, I missed the sort of charicteristic mystery motiff and the "The Dark Lord's" return could've been a bit more pronounce. He didn't really formulate the pure fright and hatred that he usually does, however we had enough of that with Professor Umbridge. I seriously loathed her and wished her the most unfortunate of deaths. I loved all of the little sub plots and how they ultimately tied in. I also enjoyed the glimpse of Harry's wizarding career-life. The new characters were so captivating, Tonks is cool and I'll always have a soft spot for Grawp. We also saw a new side of Professor McGonagol that I thought was endearing. We also were reveiled secrets of Harry's past and I have a new sympathy for Mrs. Dursley, Mrs. Figg and Neville. I will also be watching the "veil" very closely. It was a fabulous addition to the series and if we have to wait another three years for the sixth book it better be longer and better.
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Summary: A Must Read for the Summer
Review: Harry Potter, The Order of Phoenix is a truly wonderful novel and is definately a page turner. In this novel Harry Potter is 15 years old and is in his 5th year at hogwarts. As usual this year is yet another challenging years full of many problems, being a teenager and battling Lord Voldermorts force. In this novel harry potters school is being run by an evil women whos out to get harry and causes him a difficult year. As most of you know a character dies in this novel which is saddening, but you'll have to read the novel to find out. With many new characters and new spells makes this book a winner.
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Summary: Hard to rate
Review: This book has more lose ends and is not as well written as the other four books, which shows that Ms. Rowling MAY have lost some of her drive.
Strange things happen in this book, many that seem to go unexplained or just unnoticed. Many of the ideas that have been protrayed in the earlier books, i.e., Harry strong character, Harry's opinion of his father, the actions of his step-father, Dumbledor personality, Percy's character, mood of the book, and mood of the characters in the book towards "the boy that lived", were dramatically changed in this book. With Harry being an extreemly whinny boy and very moody- (although this was suppose to be explained that it is Volmort's personallity influencing him.....) some items in this book are going to be disappointing. BUT if you read the other books, you are still going to want to read this book, the Wesley Twins are great, you get some sympathy for Snapes, and it is definitely setting up more to come.
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Summary: One of the best in the series
Review: This book beats the pants off of book #4 - it was an incredibly fast read for such a large book. It's length, on the whole, seemed perfectly justified - I only felt once (during a Hagrid subplot toward the end) that I could have done without some of the material. I think Rowling really lived up to the hype this time. Not quite as good as #3 --- but pretty damned awesome! I also appreciated that the characters matured as well as became more complex, and that the turn of events was unpredictable and interesting.
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