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Summary: All I Have to say is......WOW
Review: I really dont want to ruin it for anyone who hasnt read this yet, but the whole series reaches a turning point in this book.
Other than that, just a word to the wise.....do not freak out the first time somebody "dies", they are not really dead.
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Summary: Worth the wait!
Review: I waited 3 years for this book and was not disappointed! It was one of the best books I've ever read! The story is engrossing, the scenes are vivid and imaginative and the characters are as endearing as ever.
I especially like the way that Rowling has shaped Harry, Hermione & Ron into realistic teenagers -- with real problems, feelings, fears, disappointments and aspirations!
I love the Weasleys and was not disappointed by the exploits of Fred and George. I found myself laughing many times at them!
Finally, although I knew that a major character was to be killed off, I couldn't help but shed a few tears when the deed actually happened. Okay, I shed more than a few tears...I really cried!!!
Rowling handled the character's passing with sensitivity for both the characters involved and the reader!
How will I manage to wait another 3 years for the next book?? Well, if it's as good as book #5 -- it will be well worth the wait!
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Summary: The Best Yet!
Review: I waited in line at Midlnight to get this book, and let me tell you it was well worth the wait. I have already read about half of the book! It's absolutely fatasic the action starts off right away, unlike that of the other books. Also, the looming threat of Voldemort and his infamous Death Eaters comes back. As well as that of Harry's last year at Hogwarts, and the many challenges he faces in school, and with Voldemort. This is by far the best book in the series it's action packed. I absolutely love it everyone needs to read it! A must!
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Summary: Woah.
Review: What to say? I finished it a few hours ago and I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the whole thing. Well it's good. Really good. Of course, it's also longer, darker, and not as humorous as the previous books. Still, very compelling. I cried over the character death, but then I am a rabid fangirl with a too-strong-to-be-healthy attachment to the characters. So, one good thing: Harry's characterization makes him wonderfully realistic as a teenager, though not as likeable. I *really* liked what J.K. Rowling did with him, though. One bad thing: The required explanation talk with Dumbledore at the end was a little anticlimatic and obvious for me. Still, that's the only major flaw I can point out. Another great effort. I'm definitely going to have to read it again, very soon. I hope the next one comes out sooner than 2006. :)
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Summary: She Did It Again
Review: This book is simply amazing. The length of 896 pages is stupifying at the first glance but it is suprisingly fast to read.
I was past 200 pages in just over two hours of reading.
The rich characters, wonderfully odd locations and the complete richness of the entire storyline and attention to detail that J.K. Rowling has put into her previous books shines through this edition in the story.
Rowling has enabled the reader to become a partner of Harry, Ron and Hermionie. You root for them to succeed and wish you could step in and help them.
Rowling castes a bewitching spell upon you, constantly inviting you to read on and on
until you realize you cannot put the book down for the need to know what will happen next.
Harry Potter can be understood and enjoyed by any age, regardless if they are a Muggle or Wizard.
J.K. Rowling is surely the master storyteller of our time.
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Summary: Definitely different, but no less fun!
Review: When I first started this book, I was overwhelmed with thoughts that, "Wow, this is different". I don't want to give away too much to future readers, but this is definitely a bit darker and much less 'bright and cheery' than the first four in the series. Nevertheless, it is still Harry Potter through and through, and definitely the most enjoyable HP experience I've had so far!
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Summary: Great Book! Worth the wait.
Review: I got this book today...and just finished it!
Its great, highly recommended.
I think that J. K. Rowling has written the best book in the series till now.
Enjoy!
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Summary: Order of the Phoenix-Rowling continues her amazing run!
Review: Just pages into the first chapter of this book you are hit with the depth of Rowlings realisation of her world. It has been a year or so since I read the last book but I was back with Harry in Little Wingeing almost immediately. Like a roller-coaster that you can't get off (and really have no intention of doing so) this book grips you and keeps you. The surprises keep on coming and they are all convincing. There is no revelation that does not fit or does not make sense. Some say that it is not Literature and will not last but I disagree and so do Billions who have related to her world in a real human sense-The sheer complexity of world-building and strength of her characters appeal to myriad ages: how can that not be meaningful.
I hate to up the pressure but I can't wait for the next book!
Thanks JK.
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Summary: They keep getting better - How long till the next one?
Review: The 5th Harry Potter Book is definitely the best one yet. As soon as I started reading it I was sucked into the story and I could not stop until I had finished. I started reading the book at about 5pm on Saturday (I would have started sooner but I knew that I wouldn't be able to put it down until I finished it and I thought I'd better do some of the homework I had). I read it everywhere, and kept reading through dinner. Nine and a half hours later I'd finished it: at 2:38am.Harry starts off in a flowerbed outside Number Four, Privet Drive on a hot summer's evening, but by the end of the book he has seen and done much more than that. Throughout the year he encounters (and has to somehow endure) everything from Giants, to Centaurs to Professor Umbridge (hem hem). He has to sit the gruelling OWL examinations, sit detentions with Professor Umbridge, still face up to Potions lesson with Snape and consider his future after Hogwarts. Not far into the year the school is thrown into chaos and as time goes on it gets steadily worse. Harry strives to tell the truth about what happened at the TriWizard Tournament in the last book but there is a shadow of disbelief cast over the Wizarding World and hardly anyone believes him. He sets up DA and for much of the year this is what keeps the light in his world. At the end of the book Harry discovers the truth, but not until he has witnessed the death of one of his closest friends. JK Rowling continues to develop her characters in the fifth book. They grow, change and mature throughout the novel. Harry becomes increasingly angry as his Fifth year at Hogwarts continues, there is rarely a time when his scar does not hurt and his dreams become more than just dreams. For those worrying that the book will not be as good as the others there is no disappointment. The novel lives us to all expectations. The plot is even more detailed and intricate than the fourth book and the characters are full of life. The only question that I have now is, how long until the sixth book will be finished and released?
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Summary: I've waited so long. . .
Review: Well, its here. At last. No amount of words could discribe to you how I feel about this book. Bit I thought I'd try to reivew it any way. OoP is alot darker than the other four Harry Potter books. Not only does one of the people closest to him die, but the new DADA teacher is a horrific sadist. We also see Harry get his fist kiss. Learn more about the mysterious Mrs Figg and Ginny Weasley grows up. All in all, fan or not, read this book. Its longer than all the rest -and thats a VERY good thing. I promise you, it will leave you shocked, horrified and aching for more.
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