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Summary: Great, great book!
Review: Just what you expect from one of the greatest series ever. The only flaw? Its length, some scenes are needlessly long and drag on.
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Summary: Worth the wait
Review: 12 hours. That's how long it was between the time I found the Amazon package this morning, as though left by an owl, and the time I turned the last page in this incredible book. If you've read the first four Harry Potter books, I don't need to sell you on this. If you're just looking for a little more info before you order, consider this:There is more action and surprise in just the first three chapters of this book than in the first three books in this series combined. By the end you're left feeling that you know more than ever before, but that there are still mysteries to be solved. Incidental characters become increasingly important, with one in particular earning a degree of honor and respect you'd never have imagined. It's almost impossible to discuss this book, because I would never want to ruin even a bit of it for someone who hasn't read it yet. It's clear why this book took three years to write. There's so much going on, so much meat... snippets of humor dovetailing into pure terror, high fantasy mixed with in-depth social structure, characters rising to become heroes and others falling to darkness or ignorance. This is a book that will require multiple readings to take it all in. Which is fortunate, because it may be some time before we discover what lies next. Your heart will, in turns, soar, break and be filled with resolve. I can't even fathom what comes next.
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Summary: Further plot developement
Review: As an adult reading a supposed children's book, I was a little surprised by the plot development in this newest potter installment. I would have thought that the level of death, despair, and anger in this volume was a little too intense for your average eight year old. Personally, I loved the book and of course, am now panting at the bit for a new one - I just wonder if Rowling is purposely trying to teach the fact that as one ages, one's problems become larger and less solvable and the consequences for mistakes can be dire. My only other criticism ties in with that, in that both the Goblet of Fire and the Order of the Phoenix had a distinct "serial" flavor about them. I had no sense of coming to the end of a book, just the frustration of having the story cut off in the middle on a couple of cliffhangers. Harry's characterization in this book is a lot less sweet and occasionally disturbing, which is only proper as he is 15 going on 16 throughout the book. The introduction of burgeoning love interests in the book is very charming and well done. Hermione emerges as an even more attractive character and Fred and George have some serious surprises in store (I bet that they look hot in those dragon skin jackets). All in all, worth waiting 3 hours for at Border's, but only made me more desperate for the next one!
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Summary: Cracking Good Yarn
Review: This is a must read for fans of teen wizard Harry Potter. The mystery in this book lasts right through to the end and has quite a few suprises. Once again, J.K. Rowling has woven new adventures, dangers, and even a few moments of teenage romance, for the Wizard Harry Potter. Her writing of Harry's story is well paced over the whole book, and you won't want to put it down. All the new characters are well fleshed out and made as real as those you have seen on the screen. With all the ridiculous rumors about who dies and other things in the story, you will find yourselves not seeing most of them in the book. The ending of the book has been well designed to make you want to see the saga through to the conclusion in the last 2 books. This books answers a lot of questions just hinted at in the previous books and there are plenty of heroes to go around in this book.
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Summary: A Librarian in MN
Review: Overall, a very solid book. As with the other books in the series, it starts off slow, with vivid descriptions of Harry's vacation away from Hogwarts. But, soon enough, he is off having brand new adventures, and misadventures with his friends, and foes. A much darker tone to this book. It will be hard for Mrs. Rowling to cram together the last two years of Harry's ordeals at Hogwarts, into only two books!! Best of luck to you J.K.!
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Summary: gripping!
Review: So, we've been waiting a while for this one. And for the most part, I think Order of the Phoenix holds up to expectations. Rowling has changed focus from a charming and deeply imagined world to a harsher, more overwhelmingly dangerous setting. It's still deeply imagined, but much less charming. Overall it's a good but unsettling story and very hard to put down. Because our heroes are growing up their emotional lives are written with more complexity.
Some highlights from the initial reading: Neville's growth as a character (and some surprising revelations!), insights into Snape and his animosity toward James Potter, and reflections on hero-worship and the change of a child's perspective on his parents.
Dumbledore's lengthy exposition near the end almost seems anti-climactic in light of the more subtle reflections elsewhere.
It doesn't feel as bloated as The Goblet of Fire and it goes a long way to clear up a lot of the seemingly useless detail from that one.
Overall, a satisfying enough story to keep us hanging on another couple of years until the next one, and a complex enough story to give us something to gnaw on til then.
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Summary: Blown away
Review: I did not expect anything to compare the the Goblet of Fire but this blew it out of the water. This is a lot darker than the others which I think is a perfect fit for Harry's times. I also loved J.K. Rowling's ability to tie everything from the past four books into this one. The ending does not have such a surprise as the fourth but the book sure makes you a lot nerveous for Harry in the next books.
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Summary: Rowling does it again
Review: Wow! I bought this book at midnight, like a lot of people. I started reading when I got home. Got up in the morning, started reading again. I finally finished at 10:00 at night. That's got to be a record for me!
This book has been long-awaited and does not disappoint. There is a lot of the familiar and a lot of new introduced. Some very old questions are answered (Why did Voldemort try to kill Harry when he was a child? Why did Dumbledore leave Harry with Dursleys instead of with a Wizard family?) to name a couple. And of course, the much-hinted-at death of a major character. No spoilers here; you'll just have to read the book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and now get to wait for however long for Book 6!
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Summary: Just What the Phoenix Ordered
Review: haha anyways.. This book is Great.. The beginning of the book takes you straight into action, skipping the boring first pages that the previous books have. This is a must get.
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Summary: Great, Awesome, Enspiring!!!!!!
Review: IN this fifth novel of Rowling's masterpiece series, Harry is faced with new allies, new enemies, and a growing threat to his life. A unknown prophecy, an annoying ministry official named Umbridge who strangely becomes his new Defence Against Dark Arts teacher. Also, Harry has to worry about Cornelius Fudge and his idiotic beliefs. As if almost being expelled during his summer wasn't bad enough!!! A brilliant book, everyone should read the wonderful continue of the Harry Potter series. Even though Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite book from the series, this one is definately worth the read!!
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