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Summary: Fantastic fantasy for all ages
Review: This book has surpassed all of its media hype. Well worth the wait of three years.
Harry's anger and inner turmoil are sometimes disconcerting but very honest and true to form.
Bravo to J.K. Rowling - please don't keep us waiting for number six.
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Summary: It's finally here!
Review: I have just finished the Order of the Phoenix and I have to say I can't wait for the 6th. While I did find the initial start of the book to be somewhat slow, it was definately worth the wait for the book. You will find out so much more about Harry and all of the characters in the book. Look out for Neville, he definately steps in this book. Good job to JKR. Impatiently waiting for the next book...
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Review: Hmmm... I liked it a lot, not sure I loved it. Nothing much different, and the usual big "good vs evil" scene towards the end is definitely kind of stale.
But I read it straight through, enjoyed it enough, and can't wait for the next one.
I do hope we haven't seen the last of Fred and George, though!
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Summary: A little disappointing after so long a wait
Review: The new Harry Potter book is a hefty read, weighing in at almost 900 pages--even longer than the Goblet of Fire. Fans have been waiting three years for its appearance, and are even now hacking their way through it and posting comments and questions on the Internet. I will try to avoid specific spoilers while saying what I have to say: this book mildly disappointed me.It was thrilling enough to read through it, mind. Any new Harry Potter after so long is better than no Harry Potter at all. And a few of the mysteries I've been wondering about for so long have been solved at long last. But it seemed to me that, in the end, the book just didn't hang together very well. There were several subplots that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, then vanished back into nowhere just as suddenly, and certain events at the climax left some things to be desired. That being said, it is still a Harry Potter book, and Rowling continues to have an amazing talent for leavening the storyline's increasing darkness with aptly-placed cathartic humor, and for making various little details revealed in prior books take on a much greater significance in this newer context. I just wish the ending had left me a little more satisfied.
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Summary: Best One So Far!!!!!
Review: WOW! J.K. Rowling has outdone herself yet again! Order of the Phoenix is both etremely enjoyable and utterly surprising. The fifth installment to Rowling's Harry Potter series is much darker and takes readers down a new path of Harry's personality and personal life. Anyone who enjoyed the first four books in the series should be grabbing Phoenix off the shelf in a heartbeat!!!
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Summary: Rowling Does It Again
Review: I don't know how she keeps doing it. I just finished this book not 24 hours after I received it on its release day, and I'm reeling from it. Rowling continues to pack her Harry Potter novels with new people, new ideas, more and more complex plots, more and more interesting characters, and taking twists and turns that can't be guessed. Or at least, I couldn't get most of them. This book challenges us to reconsider the characters we think are amazing and the characters we often forget. This one's dark, though. Much darker than even GoF. Harry's character is changing and developing and becoming very complex as he grows, and though it's a little disconcerting, it still makes absolute sense because Harry as a person HAS to grow and HAS to change for us to really believe in him. Such a fantastic edition. My only regret is that I read it too quickly and will now have to wait for Rowling to come out with No. 6. READ THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Brilliance
Review: J K Rowling once again has in my opinion managed to once again better the previous books in the series with this latest publication. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a book that any potter fan will appreciate. This book expanding on what book four started develops the bigger picture of the wizarding world and the reader is put into a world of politics and corruption. With this novel the series seems to have really matured and this is shown especially in the main trio of Harry, Ron and Hermione all of whom have grown up. I would reccomend this to any Potter fan and also to anyone who hasn't read any of the books, though to those in the latter group you will not gain anywhere full appreciation of the book without having read the previous four. Gripping stuff and the best yet.
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Summary: Read the first four, then read this
Review: I don't feel like I can write a lot about the plot of this book at the moment, seeing how so many people have not finished it yet. Therefore, I won't tell you which major character dies (and it is an important character), who the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher is (though I have a very strong, non-positive opinion about her), what the Weasley Twins are doing with the Triwizard earnings Harry gave them (some seem very useful), or what other amazing and harrowing adventures and trials Hogwarts must face this year (and they are very trying). All I can guarantee is that after reading the first chapter, I decided it was worth the wait. And the other chapters supported this opinion fully. So sit down for a few hours (or days) and enjoy Rowling's latest.
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Summary: Something Old, Something New, Something Blue.
Review: Waiting in line at the stroke of eleven till midnight on "shelf day", I knew what to expect of J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". Stupidly, my expectations were wrong: I should have known that Book 5 would not be equal in danger, suspense and delight - it's better. In fact, it soars! Never before have I read anything so wonderful, so strange, and exciting. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is a reminder of the good ole days, back when children's books had real mystery and kept you up all night wanting nothing more than to turn the next page... and the next... and the next... Gone are the sophisticated chapter titles of the first four books: in their place are quirky one-liners like "Dudley Demented" and "A Peck of Owls". This book, number five, is a descent reminder of Sorcerer's Stone, in which each and every chapter tells us a different story. Voldemort, it seems (written cleverly by Rowling) is after something, a weapon, a Sorcerer Stonish object (and just as small). Anyway, Book Five begins like a bat out of hell and quickly explodes into something large (much like Marge), but as for the ending, when Dumbledore reveals Harry's secret... well... I sort of liked the "reason" why Dumbledore didn't tell Harry five years ago, but the secret itself was expected and unepected (see "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" when Harry tells Dumbledore about Professor Trelawny's Prediction). All in all, the story surrounding the Why of Voldemort's rage against Harry is definately a wonderful excuse for another Harry Potter novel.
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Summary: Awesome, JKR strikes again
Review: Wow, I just finished this book after maybe 20 hours of straight reading. At first, a few pages into the book, I began to worry that it wasn't going to live up to the standards of its predeccesors. Harry seemed so angry and different that I was worried that the tone and atmosphere of the previous novels that I enjoyed so much would be damaged, but once I got into the swing of thing I was completely transported back to the wizarding world for another magical adventure. I was brought to tears 4 times in this book; I would describe it as more emotionally driven than the previous books. Overall I thought it was a step forward for the series. It was less formulaic (aka, not following the structure of some trouble arises at Hogwarts, Harry and co. solve problem but then discover new startling twists) than its predeccesors--much more of a coming-of-age story than a Hardy-boys-like mystery novel. I can't wait to read it again, I think it's my second favorite after POA. Cheers!
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