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Summary: The rating says it all!
Review: Let me fist get straight to the point. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a very highly entertaining (but not entirely), darker, thought provoking, humorous (especially the weaslies), enjoyable, disturbing (in a good way), and a very scary book.My first impression of the book is how good the introduction was. This is by far the best introduction yet in any H.P. book. Let me put is this way. When you first read it, you will straight away jump into the 1st climax of the story. There will be lots of chaos and pandemonium and you have no idea whats going on and then straight away the unexpected hit you. Very cool and it really took my breath away. But after the intro (when they returned to Hogwarts) the story settles down and it starts to give many pieces of puzzles to you (it gets quiet boring at this point) and then it kicks off again in the last quarter of the book, (Many really cool stuff actually happens at the end of the book). There were some speculations about many things about the Order of the Phoenix (It was the 'old crowd'), Mrs Figg, the next DADA teacher, Snape, Lily, James, Lupin etc and expect many of them to be not true; and expect a LOT of twists in this book. Bear in mind that there is no big event like the triwizard tourn. happening (except for the OWL) thus that is why in the middle of the book there won't be alot of actions. What can you expect in this book?
1. Alot of shouting from Harry (he is in a bad mood all the time!)
2. A lot of twists about James, Snape, lily and Sirius
3. A darker storyline.
4. Many things will be unfold.
5. Deaths. (many of them)
What can I say? The 5th book of Harry Potter did indeed meet my high expectations of the Harry Potter's saga. But, having said that there is still some minute flaws in this 5th instalment (I felt guilty of saying that) and deserves a 4.9/5. HP&TOTP is only and introduction to the big battle. Expects the main course in the 6th installment. p.s. watchout for the DA (they're cool)
p.s.s I appologize for my bad english!
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Summary: Delightful Reading
Review: The eagerly awaited novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, fortunately continues with J. K. Rowling's engaging and detailed writing style. I found the mood of this novel to be a lot darker than the first four books, and Harry to still be somewhat immature. The start of the novel slightly disappointed me, as I found it to be dismayingly similar to a situation that Harry has previously found himself in. Thankfully, the novel quickly warmed up in a very new way with some surprises about people we have already met. Rowling develops some wonderful new characters, especially Nymphadora Tonks and Dolores Umbridge; however I was disappointed not to see more of Albus Dumbledore, whose delightful wit made the other books sparkle. I felt that both the start and the end were not quite as good as the rest of the book, however there is a suggestion that there will be some fun at Privet Drive next year. All in all, I had great pleasure in reading this book, and am looking forward to reading the next instalment.
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Summary: Harry Potter's latest adventure
Review: this book (the fifth in the celebrated Harry potter series) is an AMAZING story. When i first got the book i expected to either be impressed beyond belief or severly dissapointed.. though i must say that Rowling has quite outdone herself in this new edition!
a MUST read for all ages
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Summary: Amazing! A must-read!
Review: i read this book in five hours. i simply could not put it down. i've read the first four books in the series, but never in one sitting. i adored every page of it. the imagery, imagination, and emotion rowling used in her words allow the reader to completely immerse him or herself into the surroundings and actions of the characters. rowling has displayed incredible depth of understanding in her character development for this book, and she should be applauded. no one should be deterred by its length; the new harry potter is absolutely worth every minute of your time! i encourage all readers to pick up a copy of this book, whether they are die-hard potter fans, or simply curious. it's a wonderful book, full of magic, but also full of understanding of the trials and difficulties of the teenage years.
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Summary: The brilliant Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix lives up to the expectations of three years. It is maybe a little too well described but it tells you what is happening exceptionally well. It is a long book (longer than Goblet of Fire, and everyone thought that was long) and was sad when a close friend of Harry's died. I think this is the best book out of all of them but it is certainly much darker. It is obvious that the next ones will be even more so.
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Summary: Awsome, Another to add to the Collection
Review: I've read all the books in the series, at least 3 times each, so of corse i wuz one of the fans hanging out at the bookstore at midnight to get my copy of the 5th in the series. Read it about 10 hours, and im planning on reading it again tomarrow. The story is so well written, you think you figured something out, then there is a twist that gives you a whole new perspective. Quite a few jokes in the book as well, especially when Harry is having some 'difficulties' with girls. A must read for any age.
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Summary: Absolutely Amazing
Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is an absolutely amazing book. Afer receiveing it on midnight on June 21, I couldn't not put the book down, and read 700 pages before retiring to bed. After finishing the book today after work, I can safely say this book does not disappoint! Huge plot points are everywhere, and the book's ending not only delivers but puts the series back on track for the home stretch! Rowling can simply do no wrong, and if you had any doubts about picking this up, please reconsider. You will not be disappointed!
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Summary: Astonishing and powerful
Review: To put it very bluntly, this is an amazing book. In it, Harry Potter takes one more step into becoming the hero that he will be. It starts off with an incredible forst chapter and never lets up. For straters, this is a book that shows a Harry Potter who is frustrated and is tired of all the things that happen to him. He wants out but knows that he he has to fight for what is right. His friends are also put to the test time and time again through events that people thier age should never go through. Their is new found respect for chracters such as Fred and George Weasly, Neville Longbottom and Severus Snape. This is a book that also shows that doing the right thing is not always the easiest and this shown through the painful and tragic events that occur in this book. While it may not have the innocence of the first book, it does show us what it really takes to fight for something and that nothing is stronger than the loyalty between friends
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Summary: By Far The Best Yet
Review: The Harry Potter series has been hailed by critics as "magical." I began the series as the second book was released. The books immediately pulled me in. Harry was a seeming real character that I could connect with.
I think that the first three books were very well written and developed the characters and the plot nicely. The fourth book was a bit of a dip, not nearly as good as the first three.
The fifth book started out the same as the last four books had, with Harry spending summer vacation at the Dursley's. Then there is immediate intrigue as you find that this is not the same Harry Potter as in the last books.
The Harry here is not a little boy any more. He has grown up alot, and handles his many problems with more thought. This book is about the transition from childhood to adulthood. Harry has to deal with a different "Ministry of Magic" He has serious "girl troubles" The Weasleys are still getting in to trouble. The Order of the Phoenix is once again needed to save the wizarding world. And somewhere, Voldemort lurks in the shadows, biding his time.
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Summary: A Coming of Age -- for character and author
Review: The criticism has been leveled at J.K. Rowling that her portrayals lack depth and realism. She paints with a vivid brush, say the critics, but one which leaves holes in people and situations already fraught with the difficulties of making fantasy real. The crises that face her heroes get resolved far too cheaply. The classes are simply plot movers. The world isn't real. These complaints can now be officially forgotten as Rowling's latest offering presents a truly real cast, complete with problems, issues, spite, anger, and very few cheap theatrics, in a way that none of the previous books have. Gone is the quick-fix attitude of Sorceror's Stone; gone the one-dimensional character interactions of Chamber of Secrets. We now have a world where Harry can love Sirius, and yet be disillusioned about the cavalier way he and his three companions behaved while at school. Now Harry can still despise the Dursleys -- and yet risk his own life to safe Dudley. Now we can know that Petunia Dursley does indeed have compunction about the well-being of her nephew. The relationships we now see are less easy to classify, because they are becoming more adult in nature: more nuanced, more opaque, more confusing to those who have them. The world isn't black and white and primary colors anymore. Rowling has always shown an incredible command of the power of the literary art to reach young readers. But in Order of the Phoenix, she moves on to a new level of writing: the judgment of historical -- in this case, current -- events, under the guise of a fantastic story. Rowling asked for an extension on her book contract shortly after September 11th, and it is now clear that she rewrote the book to include a message that it is not right for a government to abandon its law and principles for its convenience in emergency. Cornelius Fudge as recently as Christmas of Harry's fourth year had been a politician more skilled in the breach than in the observance. But as events move swiftly toward a terrible crisis, he becomes a personally weak but paranoid autocrat who is willing to bring down all the institutions that his socieity functions upon so as to maintain what he feels to be the status quo. And his terrible sidekick, Professor Umbridge, opens the book as the power behind the scenes, manipulating events and people for ends even she does not fully understand, but soon becomes the worst nightmare of those whom she governs. These people, and others in the story, may not have exact parallels in the real world; but the implication is clear for the one who would see it, that even in a magical world, the lust for power need not be limited to those with a skull tatooed onto their forearm. I could close this review with the usual phrases in praise of the book -- "I couldn't put it down", "An Absolute Must", even "Book of the Year!" -- and none of them would be untrue. But I feel that this book, more than any soundbite quote can encapsulate, besides capturing the imaginations of an entire generation, has a genuine role to play in the education of young people as thinkers of great thoughts. It is for us, the living, then to take up the struggle which our magical friends have thus far so nobly advanced, that this cause, of the appreciation of Truth and Justice, shall not vanish from the consciousness of mankind.
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