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Summary: Bravo
Review: I found The Order of the Phoenix to be a great extension of the original story. Harry is becomeing more like a real teenager with uncertainties and fears. The other characters are also evolving and finding a place for themselves. This was a great book!
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Summary: Awesome!Wished it would never end!
Review: I am 27 yrs of age, and I along with many other adults are fascinated with the books of Harry Potter.. Of all of the books in the series this one by far is the best!This book was very hard to put down, and never a dull moment for being almost 900 pages..But don't let that deter anyone from reading this because so much happens and you will become so enthralled that you won't even realize how long it is.I was soo disappointed when I finished with the book because I just wanted to keep reading more and more into the world of Hogwards and Harry Potter.
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Summary: If you don't like it read it a second time please!
Review: OK, I'll admit I was a bit disappointed in OotP after waiting three years for it, and a bit annoyed with Harry's yelling, Sirius' griping, and Dumbledore's abscence, but I also didn't like GoF until I had read it a third time.
After a second reading (and not rushing this time) Harry's tantrums made a lot more sense, plus the "death scene" hit hard the second time around. I was so busy thinking this wasn't the "big one" that it went right past me the first time, plus I had already concluded it was going to be somebody else. Woops!!
I was surprised at how adult this one was, but as the characters grow up, the books grow up a bit too. I'm sure it confused quite a few little kids AND worried the parents reading to them.
Can't wait to find out what Malfoy's mother thought when she met her son at the station. Hee!
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Summary: A Dark Phoenix
Review: I am still reeling from the final pages of this book, as I'm sure most readers will be. The 5th book in the Harry Potter series is quite a bit darker than the other four. While it takes off like a shot with Harry and his cousin Dudley being attacked by Dementors, the next half of the book is filled with frustration. Harry and Dumbledore are being publicly slandered by the Ministry of Magic, who seek to control every aspect of the wizarding world, including Hogwarts. They even install a horrific little witch as an Inquisitor to make sure everything is running according to Ministry standards. All this while Voldemort is on the loose! It was only when I'd reached the height of MY frustration with the book and the near disintegration of happiness at Hogwarts that I realized what JK Rowling was up to. She brilliantly takes the reader on a ride through Harry's life. Just as he was expecting his 5th year at Hogwarts to be a wonderful escape from the mundanity of the Muggle world, so was I. And as Harry grows more and more frustrated with the Ministry of Magic's manipulations within Hogwarts, so did I. I completely empathized with everything Harry was going through, and I even became angry with Rowling, thinking, "Why did she do this? Why is she making this happen?" And then I realized what a HUGE message she was trying to convey: The Ministry of Magic (it seems to me) is very much like a governmental force. And in this book, the Ministry become very dictatorial. Even Dumbledore admits to making the mistake of incarcerating Sirius and Harry in their homes for their own protection, and he's not a party to the Ministry (thank heavens)! The whole book rings with the importance of freedom and being free to make one's own decisions. But it also speaks about knowledge and secrets, and the need we all have to know what's going on in our world. I really feel this book is a huge commentary on what's going on in the real world. It's almost eerie. And it's brilliant, and I would recommend it to anyone who has been shying away from it. It will break your heart, it will make you think, it will make you dream and hope, and there are moments (thank god for Fred and George) that you will laugh. It is a fantastic book.
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Summary: LACKS THE SINCERITY OF THE ORIGINAL 4 BOOKS
Review: When books, especially those in a series like Harry Potter, become more the means to an end than a sincere expression of and love for a story and its characters, the result is a stale offering that signals the beginning of the end. Such is the case with the latest installment in the Harry Potter saga from JK Rowling. First, Ms. Rowling seems not to have learned the old school adage that it's not the quantity but the quality that matters. This book is unnecessarily long. It's as though Rowling was told by her marketing strategists that somehow a heftier offering would equate to a heftier credibility. Next the book is dominated by repetitious and trite phrases. My personal favorite is "screwed up his eyes..." Use it once, okay. Use is several times, over and over again, as Rowling does in Order of the Phoenix and it definitely gets in the way. Finally, Rowling really offers nothing new in this latest volume and we see her straining to keep the tale going. After all, if she is to get Harry out of Hogwarts successfully, she has two volumes to go. If these are as stilted as Order of the Phoenix it may be likely that her readers will have to give it up before they die of boredom.
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Summary: An Angry harry?
Review: Over all I enjoyed this book. I have read all 5 of them now to my children. I read each one of them first, then to the kids. I get more detail in the second reading. All the Harry Potter books are well written. This one seems to be full of teen anger. Harry is mad at one thing or another thru the whole book. The end seems to just "drop off" like JK Rowling was not sure how to end it so she just put him back on the train home. I look forward to number 6, but hope Harry is less angy. Over all a good and fun read.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I for one thought that Harry's 5th year at Hogwarts was excellent. I have honestly never read a book faster even if it does have almost 900 pages. At times I was a little frustrated with Harry emotional bursts of hatred towards the nearest person but Harry can't be happy and jolly all the time. I think that J.K. Rowling made this more adult-ish because thats what Harry will be in a few years. An adult! And I think that it was perfectly normal for her to go that way. I do feel that the dead ending was a little off but the climax of the story was great. I can not wait until the 6th Book and I will probably rip my hair out if it takes another three-or-so years. But if that's what it takes to make another great story than I will be more than happy in the end... By the way my favorite year was Year 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Summary: Fantastic Story
Review: This book is great for teens and adults alike. It emphasises friendship and the importance of rules. If you are looking for a great read for your child you should try Harry Potter books.
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Summary: Extremly good
Review: First of all i thought this was a great book.I did not like it as much as the fourth book but it was still very entertaining and very good.
I wanted to say that all these other reviews [by adults of course] were very disappointing.I find them disappointing because thay all say the book is to adultish.However, me being a 13 year old Harry Potter fan finds this stupid. I say this because who els has more right to say it is a great book for kids and not to adultish than a kid.Although i will admit it does have a few surprising curse words and some romance it is not to muchly for adults.You see kids like books better that have a curse word here or there because it is more relistic to tell the truth because most adults dont walk around saying this is rubbish or silly.Instead thay say this is BS.
I know all you adults reading this will think it is a terribul influence for kids but your not a studint in middle school.However i am. I can see why you might think this but it is literaly rare to find an average middle school kid who does not curse.Kids now days use curse words even while talking to teachers and middle school teachers just skip right over it.
Now to the point.This book clearly shows J.K. Rowlings talent.In this story Dumblador and Hagrid become fugitives.the Devination teacher is fired.being replaced with a centour.Valdamort is exposed.Harry is an adalesent.Somebody dies.Harry is almost sent to azcaban and everybody thinks harry is a nut and a lier.
Over all I can asure you you will love this alsome book.
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Summary: Growing up...
Review: It amazes and impresses me how JK Rowling manages to keep the same characters, but evolve the level of writing to reflect the growing maturity of her hero. Harry's angry in this book, and a bit stupid, just like a fifteen year old boy typically is. I loved how in this book, Harry suffered through the same kind of jealousy and anti-socialness that Ron went through in Goblet of Fire. There didn't seem to be as much happening on a larger scale in this book as in GoF, but the character development was wonderful; Ginny's finally showing her true self, Fred and George were insanely great, and McGonagall showed what it really means to be a grande dame.
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