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Summary: Harry Potter strikes again!!!!
Review: Once again the 5th book in the series Harry Potter and the Order of the Phenix was a great and interesting book and I enjoyed it a ton.
I finished this 870 page book in one day, although I'm only ten years old. The action and exitment never ended from the 1st chapter to the 38th chapter. At the beginning of the book it almost seemed that the plot would be uninteresting, but I knew this couldn't be true considering J. K. Rowling is an awesome writer. At the end of the fabulious tale Dumbledoor reveiled some secrets that are new to Harry Potter and the people who read and reread this great series. I've never really loved or worshipped Harry Potter's earlier books, but this one is deffinetly the best of all!Hints: 1. A main character dies
2. Harry meets new friends
3. Harry learns why Voldemort attacked him as a baby
4. Two teachers almost get fired
5. Harry has to take extra lessons with Professor Snape
P.S. Don't read the last few chapters at night, they might scare you!
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Summary: JK does it again!
Review: Harry is growing up! This is wonderfully written, it is fun to see the teen angst in Harry and his friends. Plot twists and fun incidentals galore - what a delight! Can't wait for numbers 6 and 7!!!! Nobody does it like JK Rowling - what a wonderful escape.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I thought this was a great book. It was well worth the wait. I have already read it once and am planning on reading it again. J.K. is a great author. Hopefully it won't take so long for the next one to come out. I can't wait until my kids are old enough to start reading these books.
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Summary: Great Read!
Review: Just finished this book the weekend it came out. It was GREAT very entertaining and exciting - just like the other 4. I was not dissappointed. It is long - 870 pages - but don't get intimidated the story moves along quickly. My only complaint is that it might take J.K. Rowling another two years to finish the next book! Arrgh...the wait is going to kill me! E.H.
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Summary: Harry Potter gets better and better
Review: I got this book Saturday Morning, read all day, hit 600 pages by bedtime, restarted at 5:00 a.m. next morning and finished just before noon Sunday. It was fantastic! The characters keep getting more well developed. I particularly enjoyed getting to know the real Mad-Eye Moody better, and the new witch, Tonks, is a kindred spirit. Each of the Weasley kids are developing their individual personalities more as well. I love the way Rowling keeps up with the times in her stories. The characters are altogether "today", and altogether fantasy/medieval style wizards at the same time. You find out that the heroes are real people. Snape is not all bad, while James and Sirius are human too. Even the Dursley's might have their good points. Meanwhile, the Ministry of magic is absolutely the bureaucracy of your choice. Well worth the wait, and a fantastic read. Do remember to eat and sleep however. The adrenaline high you can get from reading this book may leave you a bit tired after the kind of marathon intensive read that I did. Getting back to the muggle world can be difficult after a book like this.
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Summary: Expect the unexpected!!!!
Review: I finished reading this book at 5 in this morning. This book is so worth waiting for three years after the fourth one. However, be advised that the story is scarier, darker, and as JK Rowling gave us a hint that somebody dies.......be ready to cry!
Parents: be prepared that your children will be traumatized by this brilliantly written book! But aside from the story...I want to say that this is the best of all series of HP. Absolutely a must-read!
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Summary: Pivotal
Review: This book may prove to be the fulcrum of the series.
Like most adolescents, Harry is going through changes
that he hadn't bargained for, and his ordeal is just
beginning. Brace yourself for several surprises, not
all of them enjoyable...but fascinating, nonetheless.
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Summary: I loved it!!
Review: Just want to say that this book was wonderful!! Although it was certainly darker than the last 4, it was EXACTLY what it needed to be. Harry is getting older and things are moving faster...I can't believe there are only 2 more left! Thank you JK Rowling for staying true to form, and true to Harry!! I look forward to the rest of this amazing story!!
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Summary: Different tone than the others, but still engrossing!
Review: J.K. Rowling delivers again! This book was a great read, but very different from the past. Firstly, Harry is one angry guy in this book. Definitely a typical teen. This book is alot darker than the other ones. The new defense against the dark arts teacher is the best villain since Lord Voldemort. Her scenes with Harry are great. Alot of the time you will be wondering where Rowling is going with certain things, but its all explained in the end. I enjoyed the fact that Neville Longbottom is a much stronger character in this book, and not so much of a loser. Rowling goes into more detail in this book about things she just glossed over in the others, such as Harry's relationship with Cho Chang, What happened to Neville's parents at the hands of Lord Voldemort, why Professor Snape hates Harry so much, and Sirius Blacks life before he went to Askiban. As for the "big secret" of who dies. I am not going to spoil it. Let's just say that it wasn't who I expected, but it made sense in the story. This book won't disappoint. I read it in 12 hours, and did little else!
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Summary: Once again, the newest installment is the best
Review: I thought for sure that this time around, book 5 wouln't be as good as the last one, but it was simply incredible and far outdoes any of the previous Harry Potters. It's beginning is much more intense than any of the others, the schoolyear is full of new mysteries and frustrations (thanks the incompetant Ministry!) and we meet lots of new and interesting characters that are sure to make a reappearance in book six. It was great to see many of Harry's classmates get much, much larger roles in this book, especially at the end. Rowling also spent a good amount of time dealing with Harry's personal life. My only real dissapointment is that the growing relationship between two of Harry's best friends (gee, can you guess who?), which received some attention in book 4, seems to have been put on the backburner here. I was looking forward to seeing it develop.
Once you get to the last 150 or so pages, you won't be able to put it down.
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