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Summary: Another Enchanting Installment
Review: This is, by no means, a bad book. It might well be a good one. J.K. Rowling continues Harry Potter's story, but this time around she seems much less enthusiastic about it. The characters have the same old dilemnas, with the exception of "hormonal" ones. These are the least pleasant of the predicaments- Harry's "girlfriend" is a twit, yet she's treated like she's not. It's obvious that J.K. Rowling is having a more difficult time telling the story than she was before. I expect the Harry Potter's will get longer and longer, as it takes Rowling longer and longer to say what she must. In addition, she seems to be growing less creative. Much of the inevitable last-hundred-pages climax centers around a prophecy, which Voldemort knows about but didn't hear because he was kicked out of the pub before he heard it, and is now searching for. The prophecy turns out to be rather pointless, divulging information that should be grave but is what the readers should already know. There are high points, though: it is explained exactly why Petunia took Harry in if she hated his mother so much, and why Voldemort can't kill Harry. However the secrets are revealed in a very formulaic way in which the phrase, "I'm too old to understand youth anymore and that's why I haven't told you anything yet" appears about ninety-seven times. The book has the usual round-the-year feel about it, which is actually pleasant, but it ends about forty pages too late and the end feels both stolen from the last four and too mishy-mashy. If it had taken me more than a day to read, then I might be angry, however, it did not, and for fluff it was pretty good.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I fineshed this book in 8 hours, and I thought is was one of the best books I had ever read. it was exciting, and I didn't want to put it down. JK Rowling did an excellent job on this one. I cant wait till #6 comes out!
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Summary: another excellent potter book
Review: Rowling has done it again witht this the fifth edition of her harry potter series....I can't wait to see what she comes up with for the sixth and final editions of the series.
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Summary: Best one yet!
Review: I like all the Harry Potter books but this one's the best! I just couldn't wait to get it and when I did I finished it in less than 2 days. It was even better than I thought it would be. I wish J.K. Rowling would write more than 7 books about Harry.
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Summary: Finished reading the second day! AMAZING!
Review: This book was undiscribable. So good I will read it many times in the future, although Harry's anger seems kind of anoying to readers. I wish Harry was more patient too, he rushes into things and bad things happen because of that. In this book it lead to death in one of the closest people he knows. Poor Harry, so confused, and upset. I hope his attitude improves in the next two books.
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Summary: J.K. HAS DONE IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!
Review: This book is amazing and I would reccomend it to anyone!!!
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Summary: Absolutely Amazing!!!
Review: I read this book in 16 hours straight, I was so hooked! I've read the series many times before, and I am so happy to say that a lot of questions are answered in this latest book. It's interesting to see how the characters have changed. I'm rather excited to see what happens next in the lives of the characters! I thoroughly recommend this book to any Potter fan!! Have fun!!!
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Summary: She does it yet again..........!
Review: Well, I have to say that once more I have been amply impressed by Rowling's genius. This newest installation is much deeper, darker, and more mysterious than the first four. Yes, I was one of those who waited on line at midnight and stayed up reading to the wee hours of the morning. I could not rest until I finished the book. Rowling, as she always does, kept me anticipating, guessing, hoping, and dreading. The book starts out a tad slowly, but, of course, it is also very interesting. By, oh, I'd say the 450th page it really begins to pick up... The frustration I felt at not knowing the answers to the multitude of questions that kept racing through my mind was well rewarded in time, and by the end of the book I was quite satisfied. Finally, we, the followers of this magical world, are given answers to questions we have long asked of everyone who has read the book.
As I do not want to give away what happens in this wonderful book, I will only give a general atmosphere that surrounds its content. Yes, it is darker. The whole wizarding world must realize what it is dealing with. It is mysterious. Until the end of the book, you are left groping for answers in dire suspense. Of course, the humor that threads through all of the Harry Potter books is present in the fifth book as well. The characters become deeper - more of them is revealed, and their different natures become more distinct. As much joy as I felt reading the book, I left it with mixed feelings of happiness and depression, for, as it is true to real life, all things do not turn out satisfactory in the end.
All in all, for you Harry Potter fans out there, do not become disgruntled at seeing 870 pages stare you in the face. It goes rather quickly - too quickly in my opinion (maybe Rowling will keep on the doubling track and make the sixth book 1700 pages long) - and it is well worth reading. As for those of you who are not Harry Potter fans, I sincerely suggest you become fans - and quickly, for this book is sure to become a topic of hot discussion and debate all over.
The book in one sentence: Harry Potter's life is in danger (as usual), he goes to Hogwarts and deals with the trials of school, fights widely circulating lies and rumors about him, encounters bigger problems than his O.W.L. exams, and has to learn to cope with more loss (in a variety of areas). Well done, J.K. Rowling!
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Summary: Please don't make us wait three more years for the next one
Review: There's no excuse for anyone who bought their copy at 12:01 a.m. Saturday not to have finished "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" yet. Rowling's plot is as full as ever of twists that leave the reader open-mouthed, her protagonists as engaging as ever, her antagonists as venomous. Though a few readers will undoubtedly find fault with the book, they are to be pitied, for the only people who could do so are those who read it joylessly, maybe because it is their job to review it or because they pride themselves on criticizing sequels. The fan whose anticipation is free of ulterior motives, however, and who delights in the thought of eight-hundred and seventy pages of uninterrupted brand-new Harry Potter will not be disappointed, nor will second and third readings be far behind the first. My advice, difficult though it may be to follow, is to go as slowly as you can through the first reading, or you'll be left in the same position I'm in- twenty-four hours after the release of the fifth book, and all you can think about is how long it will be until the sixth one.
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Summary: Waiting for book Six
Review: This is not the best of the Harry Potter books, but it's still darn good. Every Potter fan should waste no time in getting a copy, just don't read it as fast as I did as then you'll be back to the waiting game. Waiting for book six that is. All of your favorite characters return, not all survive. This is not the cheeriest book, but it does have it's moments of humour. The Weasely boys are sure to be legends at Hogwarts for years to come :) This is a long book, and I wished it were even longer. There is so much going on, that some characters and locations get only a brief mention. We are left with a few unanswered questions as always, to set the stage for the next book. (Just how well does Harry do on his O.W.L.'s)? Hopefully we don't have to wait quite so long for our next fix. Daryl W. Clemens
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