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Summary: Good, but different
Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, a book to quench the thirst of any Harry Potter fan, is an excellently plotted book, but the writing was different. J.K. Rowling's style of writing seems to have changed greatly when compared with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, not in its paragraph length, but in its preciseness. Before she would have said "He left to get the drinks, paying for them himself. When he tasted it, it warmed him to his fingertips." If she had written that now, she would probably describe how he walked away, paid, walked back, and given the drinks. The plot elements were interwoven in a traditional way, but the writing needed to be shortened. Though very good, it needed some work.
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Summary: Great
Review: OK the Fith book is great! I don't understand why every one is all dissapionted in it. It's great because the characters have grown. Yeah Harry is miserable, he's 15, and so am I. He's not the happy-go-lucky 11 year old anymore, get over it. I'm personally impressed how JKR seemed to understand what a teenager feels. And if anyone thought the book was boring well I feel sorry for their lack of imagination. I know that it's kind of lost it's airy-magically feeling, but it's still really good.
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Summary: disappointing 5th Harry Potter book
Review: It took me so much longer to get through this book than the previous 4, and i'm not referring to the length. i loved the 1st 4, read them back to back very quickly and couldn't wait for this one. maybe my expectations for this one was too high, after waiting so long.
too much of the story was uneventful. weird things happened here and there but no explanations were given until the very, very end - when everything was revealed too hurriedly and quickly. excitement should've been spread throughout the novel and not just saved for the last few chapters. i definitely will still read whatever's to come in this series in the future though.
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Summary: A departure of sorts, startling and revealing...
Review: I read this 870 page monster off and on for two weeks in order to finish it. I am an adult with less time to read than I used to have, so two weeks is a really fast read for me. I did not get tired at all in witnessing Harry's anger, a sustained, startling difference from the earlier books. That J.K Rowling has explained her reasons for using that trait, that Harry is reacting to his plight as a hormonally ravaged teenager, makes sense. If you want to sympathize with him as a human. Other new features are the way Mrs. Rowling keeps us guessing at the identity of the next person to die. I won't give any details as to how she does that, except that these tactics are rendered cleverly. I am amazed by certain reactions of the Dursleys in this book. And I like the love story here, but I fear Mrs. Rowling may moderate this due to revelations made in Order of the Phoenix. Harry's spiritual outlook will change forever. This is my second favorite of all the Harry Potter books after The Prisoner of Azkaban. Azkaban's timeslip aspect was done so well that it will be hard to beat, but Order of the Phoenix may overtake the top spot in due time-- the flowing prose is better developed than the earliest books, in a surprisingly less cumbersome, wooden way to read, and very expressive.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: All I have to say is: GREAT, SUPERB, MAGNIFICENT! If you've liked the other books in the series you will definately love this one. Harry, Ron and Hermione are growing up, we see them going through the confussion of adolescense and we see them relate to themselves and other characters differently. I fell in love with the characters all over again and I have to admit that I HATED some as well! LOL. This book definately prepares the setting for the last two. P.S. TO OTHER REVIEWERS: PLEASE STOP WRITING SPOILERS IN YOUR REVIEWS! I THINK ITS VERY RUDE.
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Summary: Hard to not recommend this fifth book of an exciting series
Review: My reaction to this book was very similar to what I had after reading "Goblet of Fire": I enjoyed yet another encounter between Harry and the Dursleys of Privet Drive, found the plot in between Privet Drive and the arrival to Hogwarts rather slow and boring, and then quickly became more engaged with the book once Harry and his companions settled in for their fifth year at Hogwarts. For me the strength of this book lies in the Jan Umbridge character. She really does seem the embodiment of institutionalized evil, and her interactions with Harry and her stay at Hogwarts made me eager to turn the pages, wondering how the author would resolve her unwelcome stay at Hogwarts. I found the book's conclusion once again very exciting, surprising, and revealing. My only complaint might be the book's length. Longer does not necessarily mean better. Quite often I felt that the author's prolonged descriptions of things like the evolution of a character's demeanor during a verbal exchange did less for enhancing the story than it did in unnecessarily slowing down the book's tempo. This book likely has more words than Melville's "Moby Dick", yet alot less substance. Writer's who are encouraged to be more descriptive in their narrative ought to take that advice with a grain of salt. Sometimes
aspects of a scene are better left to the reader's imagination.
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Summary: I got my hopes up...
Review: ...but I was very disapointed when I finally got to read the book. I have loved all of the other books in the series. The fifth one just lost its touch. In the begining Harry was totaly miserable. In the middle Harry was totaly misreble. In the end Harry was totaly misreble. There was no style just Harry not knowing what was going on. JKR should have made him at least match the personality that he was at the end of the fourth book. At the end of the fourth book it was like he was getting ready for some huge battle and then in the fifth book all he did was sit around and get tortured by some teacher
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Summary: The story deepens
Review: I enjoyed the first for books quite a bit, but I was carried away by Order of the Phoenix. It's longer than the others, but that doesn't mean it's any less tightly constructed. Instead, we finally get to see behind the curtain on a lot of references that previously were only referenced sideways. I felt like Harry getting the standard response from Hermione..."If you'd ever bothered to read Hogwarts, a History..." It's an excellent novel, and it is also the first of the five that seems to have a real impact on Harry's future, an impact only hinted at in Book 4. Read the first 4. Then read this. You won't regret it.
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Summary: Best of the 4
Review: This book is definitely better than the previous 4. Lengthy? I agree. Some parts were very wordy. But now, Harry seems to have a mind of his own, which is good unlike the previous ones. He's more angrier and not so goody-goody. All in all, this is a great book but with some scratches on it. Could be improved.
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Summary: Good Book!
Review: This is the latest book in the series and it is an ok one. I loved the plan with Harry staying with his Godfather and old teachers and friends at Sirius' house. The new DADA teacher is not a favorite but hey that adds to the book. The only part I REALLY dont like is the end. I wish Sirius wouldnt have died! But you never know what could happen... well a must read book! Thanks!
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