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Summary: It was certainly...interesting
Review: Upon reading this book I felt quite ambiguous. On one hand I found the majority of it very cleverly written and certainly worthy of J.K. On the other hand, there were parts, and I stress only _some_, that I found to be badly done. Simple words, sentances, that weren't exactly flowing and showed clearly the stress that she was under to create another masterpiece. I didn't love it, I didn't hate it. I simply liked it very much. And I will still be hanging around to find out what happens next.
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Summary: The Harry Potter book that tops all the HP books so far....
Review: This was the book that I was waiting for, for at least a year or so. This by far is the best book I have read yet. If you have read the rest of the harry potter books and are wondering if you should really read this one, well this book explains most of everything about Harry and Voldemort and a little about his past. I think that anyone that can read would be interested in it. I am a big fan of Harry Potter books and after reading this I hope you will be too!!!
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Summary: Potter#5 is great & better when you hear Jim Dale read it
Review: I am mainly reviewing the feature of hearing the book read (audio cassette version). However I can say up front that I enjoyed this book so much that I tried to make it last so that I could savor it. Thus I only listened to one side of a cassette per day (my daily "side of Potter"). I have read books 1-4 and also listened to the audio tapes of some of them (also read by Jim Dale). Based on that comparison and on listening to him read book 5, I can say that I thought hearing him read the book added much value. His voices add an extra dimension to the characters and make them come even more alive. Whenever I think of Hermione I will remember the way he has her say "Oh Harry!" (which she does many times). In book 5, hearing him do Proffesor Umbridge, especially her interrupting, was particularly entertaining. Even if you have read book 5, if you have not listened to Jim Dale read it, get the audio and prepare yourself for a treat.
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Review: This book is by far the greatest book that I have ever read. Harry still goes through his usual conflicts with his aunt and uncle, but fortunitely he does not stay at their home for the entire summer. Harry has even more problems to cope with in this book than any of the others, especially since most of the students at Hogwarts beleive him to be some stupid, lying, show-off. He goes through a lot of pain in the book, ending up losing one of the people that he cares for most. This entrancing book really keeps the reader's interest.
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Summary: harry potter 5 - review
Review: I think this book is the best in tha HP series so far because JK Rowling really has experience. Harry is now older, 15, and his relationship with Cho is very comparible to experinces that real people have. I belive that the arrival of Umbridge was very creative frst because, she is a female defense against the dark arts teacher, and second because she compares with that nasty teacher we all know, and third because, she is so nasty and everyone knows that the job is cused so, eventually something bad will happen to her, which is comforting.
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Summary: Harry Potter 5
Review: This book was good but it just wasn't as interesting as the other ones. It was too long of a wait. It took so long to come out that I found other books to read that I am a lot more interested in than the 5th Harry Potter book.
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Summary: Great for an eager reader!
Review: Description of the story plot and why you gave it the rating: Harry Potter is a great book! As in the first four books in the series he struggles living in the Dursley household. Unexpectedly he fights over Dementors and Dudley gets hit. For his actions Harry must go to a hearing. Before that he flies to Grimmad place where the order of the Phoenix is. The Order of the Phoenix is trying to find a way to defeat Lord Voldermort.
At the hearing Dumbedore fights for Harry and wins. Harry returns to Hogwarts and finds Proffesor Umbridge,a mean defense against the dark arts teacher. Harry and a few friends form a club where Harry teaches spells. He has dreams of Voldermort torturing Sirius, his Godfather in the Department of mysteries where the hearing took place. Harry goes there and takes along Ron, Hermine, Ginny, Luna Lovegod, and Neville. Sirius is actually safe at Grimmud place. Sirius goes with Lupin and others to rescue Harry. Voldemort tricked Harry to going there to retrive a prophecy. At the end, Dumbedore fights Voldermort and wins! I think this book deserves four stars! It's fun and exciting. I recommend this book to all kids who want a surprising adventure.
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Summary: You better read this book!
Review: Harry is the main character in the book. He is a boy who goes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He keeps having weird dreams of what Voldemort wants him to see and then he had a dream that Sirius was in the Department of Mysteries being tortured by Voldemort who was trying to get Sirius to get the prophecy. Harry thought that Sirius was really there but actually he was safe Voldemort was tricking him to get him to go to the Department of Mysteries. Harry fell for the trick and he went to the Department then Voldemort's Death Eaters caught them. They were almost killed by the Death Eaters when the members of the order come to save them.
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Summary: Mystery novels. Honest.
Review: An author at a small con in San Diego (Conjecture) remarked that a good mystery novel is one where all the information is presented to you from the beginning and you have everything there to make the connections and reach the proper conclusions but do not, not until the very end. It's easy to cheat, to only give the necessary clue at the very end, but a good mystery novel doesn't cheat. J.K. Rowling doesn't cheat. She gives all the clues to deciphering the mystery of Rita Skeeter in book 4, but I never put them together. It's one reason her novels are so good. The second and third time through you can still see small clues she gave you, in a very fair, open fashion, but which slipped by you at the time. It's also a reason why the books have such high re-read value. On a second read, you can look for the clues she dropped that slipped by you the first time or look for how she drops them, the voice she uses, so you can hunt for where else she uses that voice in the series. Order of the Phoenix, more than previous books, begins to answer the mysteries that shroud Harry Potter's future and past, even as it sets Harry's feet firmly on the path to book 7. There are questions left from the previous books: Why did Voldemort try to kill Harry's parents? Was it simple malice? What does the dialogue 'take me instead!' mean? Why would someone think they had a choice? Why would they think they could negotiate with Voldemort? Then there are hints of things to come: why did Dumbeldore's eyes light with triumph in the fourth book when he discovered that Voldemort had used Harry's blood in his ritual? Does this mean Voldemort shares Harry's fate? What better tribute to the series' success than the websites that raise these questions? Without ruining any of the details of Phoenix, it continues this tradition. There is also the pleasure of seeing old friends: Ron, Hermione, Hagrid, et. al. To read Phoenix, you also need to know that every one knew that a major character would die in this book. English bookmakers were taking odds on which character it would be and Rowling teases the reader with this throughout the book. Phoenix is beautifully done, a pleasure to read. As always, it makes you wonder what she's laid out that you're not seeing. It leave questions, unanswered mysteries, but it is, even so, very satisfying. Highly recommended, to adults and children.
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Summary: A wonderful addition to the series
Review: Forget any negative reviews you've heard, if you're a Harry Potter fan, you're going to love this book. Once again J.K. Rowling has increased the maturity level of the book (writing as well as content) to match the fact that Harry himself is growing up and having to deal more with the adult world outside of Hogwarts. Things are more serious and yet there's still a great sense of fun about the whole thing. Harry actually acts like an average 15 year old here, having the occasional bout of self-pity, mood swings and thinking about how life just isn't fair. Typical teenager and many reviewers found fault with that. But Harry should get to act like a teenager, he isn't perfect and we shouldn't expect that of him (too many people already do in his world). So much happens in this book, and even if it is wrapped up in the end -- and some long-overdue justice delivered to a certain Slytherin's father -- it's not as tidy as in the first few books, but nor is it as frightening as the last one. We're left knowing there's still much more to come but this time it's on a far more uplifting note. Like the rest of the Harry Potter books, you won't be able to put this one down and when you're finished with it you'll be anxious for more.
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