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Summary: Not the best, Maybe the worst.
Review: I've read all of Rowling's books, unfortunately this is the worst of the lot. To sum up, it is incredibly long and tiresome. Of course you will still read it anyways cause it is a Potter book. However, I feel that Rowling's prominence is so great, that no editor would dare touch her work. That is why her books have been getting progressively longer.The book meanders through Harry's personal life. There is absolutely no purpose to this. The intro, of Harry as a teenager is good. Later he is confronted with a secret of immense proportions that no one wants to share with him. It is ludicrous. Even Dumbledore refused to share the 'secret' with Harry for no apparent reason. It's always the same, "your too young, you can't know the secret, even though it involves you 100% and we're adults, we know better." Come on, Rowling could do better then that. That's pretty much the whole book. When the 'secret' is finally revealed, you are left feeling cheated. You invested a lot of time to get to the literally last few pages of the book, but the conclusion is an incredible let down. Now I know the die hards will read this review and completely disagree with me. I also know that the skeptics will still read the book just to see what it's all about. I would do the same. But if you have enough will power, get a summary of the book from somewhere, don't waste your precious time.
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Summary: 0 stars
Review: this book is efinetly boring. Also the trextr is enlarged so you ca nread the whole thing ain a few hours and they can sell the books for a higher price. There is no poot and I copuldn't care less about the characters. It is entrely predictable and notyhing really happens. It should be skipped.
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Summary: FANTASTIC BOOK
Review: this book is a gem of J.K. Rowling
it is written as perfectly as any other book you will ever read. This book is so good because of its vastness, and how it explains so much that any harry potter fan cannot live without
in conclusion, this book is amazing
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Summary: Sigh...
Review: You know the drill, I'm here just to give out comments on the book not tell you the storyline.
Not a big Harry Potter (HP) fan, I've still got to grudgingly admit the series is a good one. It sort of reminds me of the old Enid Blyton books like Famous Five or the Secret Seven that I used to read. You know, kids going on adventure solving them and saving the day. Its probably why adults love HP as well an its en vogue to be seen toting a HP book. Adults naturally themselves like to be able to enjoy again the simplistic world of little children, far from our problematic world.
However thats where the similarity with the old Enid Blyton books end. HP actually grows with you. If you started of reading from the first HP book and actually waited for the next installment ( I didn't) you would actually be growing with the book. And nowhere is this fact clearer than in the 5th book in which Harry has had to deal with more things than he did in the 1st. This book actually gives you alot of missing answers and ties up the lose ends of the older books. It also has to be the darkest and perhaps saddest one yet. Then again I said that in the 4th, but the 5th turned out darker, so who knows with the 6th. There's alot of grumblings that Harry is irritatingly whiny in this 5th book and I would agree, but do bear in mind it makes it more realistic..weren't you that whiny when you were 15?
Only thing is..with all the answers given out, like why Voldemort tried to kill Harry in the first place, the 6th and 7th book can hardly hold any more mystery for us. What has kept us reading through all the way to the 5th is the fact that we were trying to get more answers. Now its obvious the 6th and 7th will hold little more than the final battle between Harry and Lord V and perhaps more of Harry's growing up.
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Summary: Harry Grows Up
Review: There is a different side to Harry. While the other books seem more like fantasy, this seemed more realistic. Harry actually has problems that he has trouble solving. The book covers more of his emotions and he seems to weigh and deal with things that are more complex and new to him. There were more problems and Harry had some feelings that were much different from the other books. Harry is in his fifth year of Hogwarts and fifteen years old, that period when you are nearly an adult and problems are bigger. I would give this book a five star rating. It was long but very interesting. Harry was in trouble often, and he had to deal with these problems differently than in past books. I was curious with how he would deal with these problems. They were problems that just about anyone could have. It was more like real life as he had people that didn't like him. Harry is under more pressure and seems to be uncertain about what action he should do. Because of all the uncertainty, Harry is more moody and even negative. Like real people, he doesn't necessarily deal with pressure well. In the other books, it felt like Harry had more control over the situation. Harry, like in the other books, does try to find a way to solve the problem and get things done. The first interesting scene is when Harry is out at the park alone late at night. He saw Dudley, his cousin, and met him when his friends left. Harry was teasing him about how Petunia, Harry's aunt, calls him Dudders and of these little boy names. As this was going on, two Dementors appeared in the alley way. They attacked Harry and Dudley. Harrygot out his wand, and used the patronus charm. He was already warned for misuse of majic, but Harry considered it a life-threatening situation. Dudley told on him and he had to appear in court. I also found the scene in the court room interesting. Cornelius Fudge, one of judges for the Ministry of Magic, hates Harry and wants the pleasure of sending Harry to prison. Dumbledore came to save the day for Harry. He helped convince the court that Harry is innocent and got him cleared of all charges. As a result, many people doubted if Harry was really as good a person as they were led to believe. This adversity kept me reading. I wanted to see how he would recover from this setback and regain his popularity. It was a much different book compared to the first four, but I enjoyed it the most. There were more difficult situations to deal with that were new to Harry, and it was exciting to read how he would solve his problems.
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Summary: Most Misunderstood of the series
Review: This is a great book, and really shows Rowling's power as an author. Her skill lies in the way that she can create a fictional world but then make her characters act in completely realistic ways. Some reviewers have complained that in contrast to the other books, Harry is now darker, more unreliable, and more confused about his feelings. That is how 15 year olds are. How many other middle aged women are there that can believably write the sublte differences between a 14 year old boy and a 15 year old boy? She captures the frustrations with young love, the reliance on friends, and the need to belong brilliantly. Rowling's style is a treat to read, and the length of the book only provides more enjoyment for the readers. This will truly go down as one of the great fantasy series of all time. Review by Bill Pottle, Author of DreamQuest.
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Summary: Give me a Break....
Review: The key point to length of this book isn't really that too long. More like the Fact that Harry Potter is One Story spread out over Seven Books. just like Lord of the Rings was spread over three. With that in mind I'm only going to say that Books four and Five are all about Climax and Plot Build up. Not to mention the fact that JK Rowling's far suppassed the vocabulary level from the first book. With Good reason, She knows that her readers are growing older and with that her writing must grow along with them. I'll say this, this book contained plot twist and surprises even I didn't expect. However, it only left me wanting more. with the desire to speed read all seven once I've read them once. Please don't mistake take me, everyone's has their right to their thoughts. I'm just asking you not slam one book ment more to be a turning point than anything. Remember you still have one more book of Build up and then you get your concludtion.
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Summary: Really emotional read...
Review: This is a great addition to the Harry Potter Collection. It will make you angry, worried, relieved, and even sad....and aching for the next installment!
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Summary: Where is book 6???
Review: Book 5 was really good and intense. But I would have to say that it is my second favorite to The Prisoner of Azkaban which is my favorite of all five. But I am getting very impatient for book 6. You don't here anything about it, what it is going to be titled or anything. I really hope it comes out soon.
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Summary: Best book of the series!
Review: I was so shocked to see that some people are saying this book is boring. What is wrong with you people?! This book was the best one!! First of all, Harry gets a little depth by revealing his angry side. Second, the big death scene (you know!). And who didn't love to hate Professor Umbridge?! And we get introduced to Luna Lovegood, who is a pretty cool character and ought to end up with Harry, if you ask me. Anyway, now that I'm ranting... seriously, read this book, it's the best one of the series, and if you have read it already and didn't like it, well, I have nothing to say to you. Bah!
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