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Summary: At Last!
Review: I was really worried that after such a long wait, the book would be disappointing, especially with all the rumors floating around. However, the book was excellent! I bought it at 12:01am on the 20th, and finished it earlier today (the 21st), I couldn't put it down! The action is non-stop, I felt like I was on the edge of my seat through the whole thing! I was very sad when I finished though, now another agonizing wait! For those of you that enjoy darker stories, now is the time to jump on board with this series.
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Summary: Not the best of the series...many plot holes
Review: I'm a little disappointed. Of course, as a huge fan of the series, I devoured my copy, bought my my husband yesterday. I just finished and overall, I'm feeling that sort of frustrating, sick feeling that I get when soemthing I've been looking forward to disappoints. Overall, I didn't think the prophesy was all that earth shattering...couldn't any of them have figured that out given all that's happened with Harry and Lord V? Another thing that annoyed me: Most of the book's mishaps could have been avoided if Dumbledore or anyone for that matter had just said to Harry: It's not a dream...he's trying to trick you." Instead, everyone treats Harry like they can't tell him anything, even when 90% of the things going on are ABOUT him...and for a bunch of WIZARDS, that's a pretty stupid assumption. (Also, Dumbledore explained in the last bit of the book why he made RON a prefect, but what about Draco? Why would Dumbledore do that? The LAST thing that chap needed was more POWER! Dumbledore HAD to know that Draco would only abuse the power and make Harry's life even more difficult!) It's things like that that make me more and more irritable with the "grown ups" of this series. For example, finally, at the end of Book five, the other wizards do something to hopefully ease the torture Harry faces every summer with the Dursley's. Um, and why hasn't anyone done this BEFORE? I would be angry too (if I were Harry) at having to go home to be starved and locked in and abused...and the people who's lives I'd helped save all this time didn't lift a finger to help me. No explanation of why he HAD to go home, just go on, it'll be okay, it's only a few weeks of torture and then you're back at Hogwarts where we'll keep you in the dark for most of the book until you need the truth to save our lives. *huh?* I saw that JKRowling was trying to show us Harry's getting a smidge conceited in the early part of the book, but, to me, it didn't really work, nor did it really follow thru the last half of the book. That whole thing sort of fell by and they focused on the dreams and stuff. I mean, all the end stuff could have been avoided if just one of the so called grown ups or Order of the Phoenix people had bothered communicating with Harry. And, why in the world didn't Harry look for that package from Sirius like oh, when he DESPERATELY needed to talk to Sirus? *stupid* I mean, that was seriously dumb on Harry's part and when he does finally remember it in the end, he doesn't think about how useful that would have been earlier..how he could have avoided the end death scene completely if he'd only remembered that package. All in all, I came away from this wishing for more meat...SOMETHING...I had pretty much deduced the "prophecy" all on my own, from everything else that's happened in the books. I am as depressed as Harry right now. LOL I found the whole "cleaning of Gimmbauld..number 12" section of the book to be REALLY slow and not really useful in adding anything. I miss Harry from books one and two...He was either irritable, mean, or moping in this one. Then again, I would be irritated too if everyone kept giving me orders, expecting me to just do it and never told me anything that might make it all "make sense" and Dumbledope's LONG explanation at the end...I thought it was building up to something HUGE...and I was like "Yeah, so? I knew that already..." Anyone else finished yet?
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Summary: Absolutely Spiffing!
Review: Before this book came out, I was counting the days until I would be able to finally sit down and enjoy the next addition to the beloved Harry Potter series. And once I got it, I was blown off my feet. It was beyond what I expected! Fabulous, amazing, imaginative! And thats just the start! Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has surprises from the very beginning! J.K.Rowling really hits the spot with this book. She has made me experience many different emotions which I had never experienced during the last 4 books. I knew that it was going to be good, but never this good. For one thing, Harry really has become a teenager... from everything to girls to his uncontrolable temper, he's finally given something real teenagers can relate to. But not only that, there is real British talk and the action and adventure is even better than before! The book takes no time at all to draw you in with action and adventure. Though abit darker than the other books, it is defiantly enjoyable. It took me 1 and 1/2 days to finish it... but then again i never put it down. Not even to eat! I BEG you to read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It was absolutely WONDERFUL!
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Summary: Worth the wait! (no spoilers)
Review: This book was well worth the wait and answers many questions that the first four books brought to light.
It was a fast read that left me wanting more. while it is the darkest book of the series by far, the character development is amazing. I can't wait for the next one!
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Summary: Awesome
Review: This installment so far is the darkest yet, and also the longest. But I still think that the Harry Potter series hasn't lost any of its magic. Harry is having nightmares about a long corridor that leads to a closed door. What is behind it? I raced through this book. It is unputdownable and definitely up to par with the previous four books of the series.
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Summary: Harry Potter Once Again
Review: Just finished reading the Order of the Phoenix, it was much more fast paced in parts, the overture to the fifth year was much more long drawn, but not uniteresting.
The hype behind the new book in the media was kind of boring because all it seemed to talk about was how one of the characters gets killed, which was not the mystery. Reading through the book, you had a rough idea who would be bumped off. I did feel sad though because it was sad to go like that.
It was a great read as all the previous ones have been. It showed signs of Prisoner of Azkaban, which was in my opinion the best of the lot. The whole climactic fight scene in the end while interesting to read felt a bit tired. It gives you some more information on Harry & Voldemort. But now that I am done reading the book I am kind of sad that I will have to wait for years more to read the 6th one and see where it goes.
Happy Reading.
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Summary: Wonderful and Horrible
Review: J.K. Rowling's new tale is, to put it simply: amazing. I gasped aloud several times during the first chapter alone.
Harry Potter is a little older and a whole lot angrier. Even as he struggles to cope with the tragedies he experienced in his fourth year at Hogwarts, he has more hardships: attacks, a corrupt government, an appallingly cruel and sadistic Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and more death. Be forewarned: this book is not for young children. The events in this book are frightening, and the death of a major character can be traumatizing.
It amazes me how a book in which the title character goes through so much hardship can be so wonderful at the same time. I read it in less than 12 hours. The spell Rowling cast with Harry Potter is far from over.
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Summary: Absolutely Wonderful
Review: This book is, in my opinion, the best out of the HP series. It follows Harry Potter into his 5th year into Hogwarts. After an uneventful occurance during his short time with the Dursleys, Harry goes to live with members of the Order of the Phenix, a secret organization made by Dumbledore to fight against Voldemort. However, as that part of the book is nothing compared to the rest of it. Harry goes to school, forced to hear the ridicule of some of his schoolmates, developes a romance, and runs into a whole lot of trouble. This book is exciting from beginning to end. A wide range of emotions ran through me reading it and I would recommend anyone from the age of 7 (violence and great sadness *for reader and Harry*) to 777 to also read it.
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Summary: Amazing...Lived up to the hype
Review: After all the hype, the book lived up to expectations, or more so. The character development was great. Harry is growing up. Ginny is also coming into her own. The characters show different sides of themselves- ones i didn't know existed or had only caught glimses of. JK Rowling captures a mood so well. This book flows better- and faster- than the 4th book. A great read- well worth the time and the hype.
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Summary: Worth the Saturday I spent on it
Review: Compared to most, this book was fabulous. However, compared to Goblet of Fire, I felt it was slightly lacking. There were very few moments that left me amazed at Rowling's ability to lay seeds of something and have it come back when you least expect it. Many elements, especially the romance, felt forced. I do not feel that I wasted my entire Saturday reading this book, but I won't be rereading it in just a month or two as I have with all of the others. Hopefully Rowling can recapture the magic for the sixth book.
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