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Summary: Deeper, darker and better than ever...
Review: Harry's personality takes on a more mature theme. He's so very angry in this book, and rightfully so. Dumbledore also shows a side that has been missing in the other books. Ron and Hermione are faithful sidekicks as ever, but still deifinately sidekicks. Neville finally shows some talent and more than a few reasons he rightfully belongs in Gryffindor house. There's a few new and interesting characters that hopefully will show more prominent roles in the next books. (Luna and Tonks) As with each book that has come out the plot just keeps getting thicker, with plot twists and turns that keep the mind actively searching for hidden clues and deeper meaning in every chapter. I will now begin my eager wait for the next installment in this series.
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Summary: Everyone Must Read This Book
Review: Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix is quite possibly J.K. Rowlings finest work yet I got the book at the Barns and Noble Promo party at midnight and finshid 45 hours later. I just could not stop reading it. When I got home I read for 12 hours straight! the book is wonderful all around. you get the classic harry potter adventure theme but this time there is more of an underlying plot that takes center stage in the end. People you think are doing one thing turn up to be doing quite the oppisite. and I think that adds a whole new level to Harry's magical world. I would definatly recomend this book to everyone.
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Summary: best book so far
Review: The Order of the Phoenix is definitely the best book in this series so far. Rowling answers many of the questions that readers have had since the first book, but at the same time leaves enough cliff hangers that I can't wait for the next book.
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Summary: WOW
Review: I started to read this after lunch and its after 11:00 pm. I could not stop until I had read it completly through on all 850 pages. Its a good read. Its worth it all. Can't wait until the next one to see what happens next. Will not spoil it for you, but its got heart, depth, imagination, a more mature Harry, and a more complete tapestry that unites even the earlier books. I have no higher praise than saying, its a good read and worth it all. I preordered my edition in January. Amazon got it to me this weekend on time. Its worth it.
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Summary: An 870-page Page Turner!
Review: After _Goblet of Fire_, I was not pleased to hear that Rowling's newest book was even longer. I thought GF should have been edited better and the editors were doing her a disservice, i.e. letting a writer who is in love with her story overwrite it. However, having just finished OP, I must say that the pace in this one is much quicker, and the variety of new settings keeps you moving right through the book, avoiding for the most part that "dull center" at the middle of long books when you sometimes wonder if it's worth continuing with a 500+ page novel. With OP, you are too busy turning pages to even notice how long the book is! It gives adult readers that old childhood pleasure of looking up at the clock and not believing how much time has gone by, and that wonderful old sensation of not wanting to do *any*thing other than keep reading right then and there--skipping meals, staying up till the wee hours of the night! What fun for those adults who can block out a day or a weekend and relish that kind of pleasure again.Rowling took more time with this one than GF, and it shows. Harry is getting more complex, and his true challenge for Books 6 & 7 gets revealed--but I won't spoil it by revealing it here! Enjoy Harry, but most of all, I hope you enjoy the sheer pleasure of this all-consuming, page-turning kind of *reading*--make the time in your busy schedule to treat yourself; you deserve to have that kind of experience again, and it's worth it!
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Summary: A big let down
Review: After waiting in line to buy this book I read it straight though without sleeping. I have to say I have never been let down more by a book ever. The plot wanders all over without advancing the story line, it was as though Ms. Rowling was writing for writing sake. I am sorry that I was so excited for this book to come out. I will not bother reading any more of her books.
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Summary: WOW
Review: I started to read this after lunch and its ater 11:00 pm. I could not stop until I had read it completly through on all 850 pages. Its a good read. Its worth it all. Can't wait until the next one to see what happens next. Will not spoil it for you, but its got heart, depth, imagination, a more mature Harry, and a more complete tapestry that unites even the earlier books. I have no higher praise than saying, its a good read and worth it all. I preordered my edition in January. Amazon got it to me this weekend on time. Its worth it.
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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: It arrived yesterday via Fedex (thanks Amazon!) and I finished reading it today. The first 500 pages were sort of slow, but the last 350 pages were the best ever! Outstanding! Harry's pain was my pain, was the pain of all of us who lost someone we love or go have our talents go unrecognized. And Dumbledore's explanation of why these things happen was the only explanation that would ever help. JK Rowling, please don't make me wait 3 more years for the 6th book, and then 3 beyond that for the 7th -- I need these books while I am still growing up!
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Summary: Totally Engaging!
Review: I am writing this as the mother of a serious Harry Potter fan!
My son, Eric (age 12), began reading the book at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning and finished it just before midnight (he wanted to finish it on the same day it came out!). He loved it and only stopped reading when I forced him to for an hour in the afternoon. This series keeps him "spellbound". It is hard to imagine a 12 year old reading an almost 900 page book in a day! His father finished his copy of the book today (Sunday around 8:00 p.m.) Eric was sworn to secrecy until his father finished the book. My daughter, Grace (age 9), has the book on CD and is listening constantly! Our family is hooked!
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Summary: Rowling does it again.
Review: These books engage me. They are morality tales for our age and yet remain hugely entertaining. This fifth installment does not fail to reel in the reader's mind and heart on a variety of levels. In the end, it is not about wizards and magic, but about the very hard decisions we all make (or don't make) in life. Rowling has done a great service to us all.
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