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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I skipped book one, read two only because I was desperate for something on a plane trip, three interested me, four captivated me and I couldn't put it down. I finished five and it had to have been one of the biggest literary let downs I have ever experienced. I am not saying it was bad, but it sure wasn't up to snuff with the last two. With book four there was this driving need to continue reading to see if Harry will make it or to find out what will happen next. With five, I kept reading waiting for the adventure to begin. It never really does. The story is slow, confusing and conveluted. Rawlings spends so much time leading up to the battle that she fails to place the much needed story in to a very long book. That is not to say that the book is without its entertaining moments. Most of them provided by the Weasley twins at the expense of Professer Umbridge. They were in fact the most entertinaing parts of the book. Harry has become an increasingly angry and disturbed young man, but I think that actually gives him a great deal more depth than he would have otherwise. It is much easier to relate to a young man that is angry at the world, and in Harry's case with reason. After reading the authors interviews about the difficulty she had killing off a character I was surprised to find it was [...]The death of a character does go to show a more realistic approach from the author. No one would believe a great battle between good and evil would end in no one's death but Valdemort's. I have not decided if I will bother to purchase the next book. this one was such media hype and very little substance that I wonder if it will be worth my money. Rawlings left readers hanging with this book, the major battle that was expected simply never came and I wonder how much longer she will be able to continue the story. I am not sure if there are to be six or seven books in the series, but I don't think the author could pull off more than one more at this point. Perhaps she brought Valdemort to life too soon.
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Summary: Back at Hogwarts and in trouble
Review: The fifth book in the Harry Potter series continues the story of the boy wizard and his friends and mentors in their fight against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Harry, now a 15-year-old, has some of the wilfulness of most teenagers, but retains his desire to protect the world from the evil that continually hunts him. This time, however, even the Ministry of Magic is against him, Dumbledore, and all who believe that Voldemort has returned. Hogwarts itself is besieged by the Ministry's minions which hampers everyone's efforts in the fight against the Dark Lord. There is always Professor Snape, who hates Harry more than he hates Voldemort. Cornelius Fudge, the bumbling head of the Ministry, who has decided that Harry should be punished and banished for telling lies. Dolores Umbridge, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and the Inquisitor set in place by the Ministry. The Malfoys whose loyalty to the Dark Lord has never been stronger -- except for their loyalty to themselves. At 870 pages, this at first seems a daunting tome. It could have been tightened in places, thus shortening the length. However, it is still a fast read. The action is exciting. The cast of characters is as large and varied as ever. And the story is full and satisfying.
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Summary: Harry enters adolescence and faces new challenges
Review: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" clocks in at a whopping 870 pages, but J.K. Rowling has done an amazing job of advancing the basic Harry vs. Voldemort plotlines, while developing the central characters and introducing new allies and enemies.
Harry, now fifteen, has entered adolescence full of teen angst and emotion, questioning the adults in his life as to why they continue to withhold information from him. At times difficult, whiny and self-absorbed, young Harry is determined to prove to the doubting wizarding community that you-know-who is indeed back from the beyond. Rowling throws enough obstacles in Harry's way to keep the story interesting, including the latest Defense of the Dark Arts teacher, Madame Umbridge, a truly vile and horrible character. Harry also must deal with Ron as the new keeper on the Quidditch team, loads of schoolwork, a nasty punishment in detention, Malfoy as a prefect for Slytherin, and the loss of a friend.
Along the way, we get new development into Harry's Aunt Petunia, plus we see growth in Neville Longbottom, as well as Ron Weasley. Fred and George are up to their old tricks, but they grow as well. I would like to see more from Hermione than just the know-it-all bookworm, and she does loosen up throughout the book, but she can be grating as well.
While the book is long, and could have done with a bit of trimming here and there, Rowling succeeds by having conflict on every page, and keeping the story moving with new challenges to the young wizards.
Adults may fine the black and white distinctions trying, but consider the true audience of these books and what they want out of this series.
Probably the best sequence is where Harry learns some interesting information about Professor Snape and James Potter.
Read and enjoy!
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Summary: A Disgrace
Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in my opinion was a complete fiasco made sheerly out of anger, hatred, and confusion. The very end of the book where Dumbledore explains everything does not explain anything at all, and his excuse for not telling Harry over the years does not make sense at all. Harry supposedly is entering puberty with his hormones. He needs anger management desperately. Still a complete fan of Rowling, this book seems like a major set back from her first four fantastic books. I hope she isn't losing her touch, but it sure seems like it with her latest addition to the Harry Potter series.
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Summary: J.K. Rowling finally screw up!
Review: It's a bit of dissapointing as I can say, the worst from the Harry Potter series.
The surprise that usually really surprise us at the last chapter was gone now, it's predictable, boring and wasting time and money.
If you are not a big fans of Harry Potter, you can skip to read this 5th book, since there's nothing important to read except the death of Potter's godfather Sirius and the revelation of why Snape hate Potter, that's all.
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Summary: Another Great Read
Review: This was a wonderfully excitting book. We took it on our vacation and listen to it during the long trip. The authour makes one of the new teachers so real you feal like you could grab inside the book and strangle her because she was so unfair. Can't wait for the next one.
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Summary: Yet another thrilling tale...
Review: I loved it. It took a while to get into it, but by about 1/3 of the way through the book, I could not put it down. Too scary for kids under 10, but a must read for young adults and adults alike.
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Summary: Disappointed surprise.
Review: I eagerly awaited this book and I was totally disappointed.
All of the other Harry Potter books I couldn't put down. They were all high quality light-hearted tales that were totally captivating. They were witty with entertaining comedy and cheerful flippancy. Yet they were exciting with wizardly action.
This 5th book was a great disappointment. It was lifeless with a negativity that was unpleasant. It would make me question whether I would buy the next Rowling book.
All the other books were exciting to read sentence to sentence. This book I would get bored and have to re-read sentences. I would just put the book down and read a couple of chapters a few days later. It took me until yesterday to get the book finished. It was very easy to put down.
I don't know what happened to the excitement and the charming witty comedy of the first books.
This book was like it was written by a different Author. I wouldn't suggest making a movie out of this one.
Sorry I loved the rest but this book I could have done without.
I am really disappointed.
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Summary: not my favorite..but still a fun read!
Review: *sigh*. I was very excited when I received this book in the mail. I have read the previous 4 books in the series and I was a bit disappointed in this one. Since I have a tendency of getting lost in the book (as I am sure is the point), Harry got on my nerves several times. I understand he is going through this adolescent pride thing, but I couldn't stand it after a while. I did enjoy the book as a whole though. The other characters were as interesting as ever and the new terms (occlumency, etc) caught my attention fully. However, now that we know all about Harry Potter and his "role" in the wizarding community (and in the muggle one as well), I wonder what J.K. Rowling will talk about in the next two books...I can't wait for the 6th one. But the Order of the Phoenix was definetly not my favorite of the series..But its still a fun read and I recommend it 100%
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Summary: Read this book!!!!!!! (or you will miss out!)
Review: I am not an obsessive Harry Potter fan but I really love to read books that are in a series and you can really get involved with the characters as they develop. I couldnt wait to start reading The Order of the Phoenix as The Goblet of Fire left so many unanswered questions. This book is a lot more mature than the first ones and I like that because it seems much more realistic. Harry gets angry quite a lot but lets face it, who can blame him after all he's been through? I was just waiting for it all to come out, I mean, he's nearly died atleast five or six times in his life and so many people hate him or think hes weird. There is still humour though - I couldnt stop laughing at certain parts and that was when I was reading it late at night because I couldnt put it down. I'ts one of those books where you cannot put it down and do anything else until you know what happens. I found it almost painful to stop for meals or to try and get some sleep! Its quite long (750 pages) but I think that is a good thing because you can make it last longer! I was not qute satisfied with the end - I really did not want ***** to die and cried when they did. Also, I thought the prophesy bit was kind of obvious! I guessed from the first books that there must be a prohpesy but I thought it was the centuars that made it because we didnt know about Divination then.
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