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Summary: Darker, scarier, better: A delicious read
Review: I bought this book the first day it came out. I'm sure that most Harry Potter readers have noticed that the books are gradually growing darker as Harry begins his search for who he is. This book is the best sample of this phenomenon.
There are many changes taking place this time. The secret that has been concealed from Harry all this time is finally revealed. (Can't say I was surprised). The characters are growing mature and the students have to unite in order to face a common threat sent straight from the Ministry of Magic.
Meanwhile, Harry keeps having strange dreams and his mind begins playing strange games, while a new connection with Voldemort is revealed.
This book is an irresistible read. It is such an enchanting and fast-paced work that I finished it within 3 days.
The conclusion here is devastating, as one main character dies and the people become more conscious of the evil that surrounds
them.
It's a much better book than the rest of the Harry Potters in my opinion.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: At first, I was reluctant to read this book. That is because I knew that as soon as I started it, I would finish it quickly and have to wait another 4 years for the next book. But finally, I got tired of everyone telling me to read it and I did read it and it was excellent!! The beginning starts out with Harry in the grasp of teenage angst, and this actually upset me a little bit because he was so different than the Harry of past books. But at the same time, it's much more realistic and made the book even more amazing, because Rowling realizes that people change. More and more crazy twists made this book impossible to put down after about the 15 chapter. Of course, I know I'm not alone in my hatred of Dolores Umbridge, and my confusion at Dumbledore's ignoring Harry's plights. However, I may be alone in thinking that the Ministry of Magic gave up too easily. Either way, The Order of the Phoenix was an amazing book and I cannot wait for the next one!
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Summary: Phoenix is as Hot as They Say!!!!!!!!
Review: I am a Harry Potter Fanatic, and I have bin since I was 8, (Now 12) I hope you find this review useful :)Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix is the new book from J.K. Rowling's hold-your-breath Harry Potter series.
In this electrifying fifth book, Harry, who has experienced a series of unfortunate events in his previous year at Hogwarts, such as the brutal murder of is friend, Cedric Diggory. Harry has to bear with new troubles, as well as try to get rid of the depression from his previous unhappiness.
For those who are just beginning to read this book, do not get the impression that this is a fantasy-filled adventure. Rowling has managed to weave real life teenage problems into Harry, Ron, and Hermione's already dangerous world. Surprise surprise!! In this book, Harry actually develops a "love life" with his secret crush Cho Chang, who is trying to get rid of the ache from her loss of her boyfriend Cedric.
As the plot twists and turns, prepare yourselves for all the different scenarios and moods. You will feel anger, pain, laughter and frustration as Harry deals with all his quickly revolving problems.
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Summary: This book ruined the series for me.
Review: Well, what can I say? I used to be a tremendous fan of Harry Potter. I have read the first four books so many times it's ridiculous, I loved them. However, after reading this book I can't stand to read any of them any more. I thought it was truly awful. Harry, who has always been entertaining and relatively upbeat, was depressing. Sure, he has reason to be but he wasn't it the first four books, which is why they were so good. His life had hardship but Rowling didn't make you feel so bad about it that it ruined the book. In the fifth book, however, all you read about is bad things. He is bitter in the beginning about being left out and from that, things only get worse: he has a horrible teacher, he is kicked off the Quidditch team, and, as a horrible finale, his godfather is killed. His parents were previously killed and now his godfather is gone. At one point, she even has him believing he'll come back as a ghost. But he doesn't, making it almost as though he loses him not once, but twice. Also, the twins drop out and Cho is completely disappointing. Before there was very little romance related issues. I understand that now he is getting older but if he's going to like someone couldn't Rowling have at least made it someone that treated him better or someone that her reading audience could have liked? It was as though nothing went right in this book. It ruined the other ones for me because it's sad to think how depressed he gets (for good reason). I just couldn't like this book. It was truly disappointing to me. I finished within 15 hours after buying it and it was a waste of time. I shouldn't have even read it, much less wasted time standing in line to get it the minute it was released. Rowling, why did you feel the need to take away one of the only people Harry has to look up to? This book took forever to come out, however, I wish it never had.
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Review: When I bought this book, I though it would be great. It was, but not my favorite. The death in the book was very hard for me to cope with. I accidently saw a sentence from the end of the book that said who died. I had a hard time reading it after that. It really was a great book, but I wouldn't recomend it to children youger than eight or who are more sensitive. I can't wait for the next installment in this wonderful series.
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Summary: Good, but not the best in the series
Review: This was a deacent book, but there were a few promblems:
1.The Death- Sirius's death felt too sudden. He's duleing, then-OPPS! he fell threw the veil. And also, it wasn't particulary dramatic. I mean, he didn't have to make a speech or anything, but J.K could have made it so at least you knew he died right when you read it, not 2-3 pargraphs later.
2.Gwarp- Gwarp was just plain boring, and I didn't think he had any real purpose.
3.Lily- We were supposed to learn ALOT about her. What did we learn- she didn't really like James for most of Hogwarts. Boy, that was a lot of info. Sieriously, we learnend more about James then Lily.
4.The Twist- basicly, there was none. At the end of ALL the other Harry Potter books, there was some sort of shocking twist that challengned somthing we belived for the whole book. Nothing like that happend in this book.
5. The prophechy- Personally, I thought it was kind of stupid. It felt almost like J.K hadn't thought of a reason that Voldie wantend to kill Harry and just made it up on the spot. But don't get me wrong from all the critticism, I loved the book. I just think it could of been bettter.
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Summary: They keep getting better
Review: I'm 25, and i waited less than a week for Order of the Phoenix after the release date for my copy to arrive.
I loved Goblet of Fire because I felt that Rowling's writing style and ability improved with each book, and I think she's done it again with book 5. The issues that seem to upset some other readers are ones that please me - that Harry is angry and lashes out at his friends, that Umbridge is as awful as she is - "The world isn't divided into good people and Death Eaters" - that Harry lost someone close to him (although I question the death, personally), and that it was as long as it was.
I feel like it's more real than any other book, ESPECIALLY in terms of character development. If she makes you hate a character (Umbridge, Fudge, Percy), she's doing something right - she's getting a strong reaction. Ron and Hermione are very vivid characters, though Ron could do with some further development, which I can sense coming in the next book. And harry... Like any other adolescent, Harry questions himself, feels by turns angry, proud, ashamed, scared, uncertain, happy - and there's a blossoming of good character towards the end, in a scene with Loony. That and the note the story ends on give the suggestion of much more hope for the next book, although the loss of ---- may make Harry's life even darker for a while. Rowling does a wonderful job of showing HArry's progress through these tests.
Also, simply her writing style has improved greatly - vocabulary, creativity, humor, everything. I LOVE the interactions between Ron and Hermione (their continued bickering).
I think there's a great deal more social commentary in this book as well - you see the possible direction Hermione is taking with her continued passion for SPEW activism and other issues; and the issues surrounding government control of the fiercely independent Hogwarts is very very interesting.
Overall, there are many many layers to this book that make it a fascinating read, and I'm looking forward to the rest of series as soon as possible!
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Summary: Not Good Enough, J.K. - See Me After Class
Review: For the record, I loved books 1, 3, and 4 in this series, and I enjoyed the films. But let's call it like it is. Rowling apparently suffered from writers' block during the gestation of this, the fifth in the mighty series. And boy, does it show. I can only award two stars. Here are my reasons. 1. Too much dialogue. Rowling gets horribly stuck in this mode, at the expense of narrative.
Boy! They go on and on! People at the Ministry of Magic, teachers, students, yapping among themselves for pages on end. Where is the rush of action that characterised the other books? Not here. 2. Too much exposition (that's "explaining", for the high-schoolers).
Instead of things naturally happening, there's an awful sense of contrivance, of things being jammed into place. No natural flow. Characters constantly moving goalposts and explaining. 3. Magical creatures - far too many. How wearisome is that?
The early ones like the Boggarts and the little dragons were fine. But in this, Rowling flings creature after creature at us in a sort of desperation. This is to cover up the fact that there's no action (see points 1 and 2 above). 4. Inadequate development of key relationships between Harry, Hermione, Ron, Dumbledore. This is mainly owing to too many minor characters clouding the issue. 5. The originally witty syllabus at Hogwarts has been stretched into exams, etc. etc. Again, like the magical creatures, it's like a joke going on too long. 6. Simply too long. With this lack of inspiration, the book should be no longer that 350 pages Good points: Dolores Umbridge is an inspired character.
The Ministry of Magic provides effective satire.
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Summary: It Keeps getting better.......
Review: JK Rowling has outdone herself again. With every book she writes, she pulls many new readers of the Potter series and gets them hooked. This book has thrills, adventure, and many adolescent behaviors!(I know because I am one) While reading the book, you are pulled in and cannot put the book down. This book is the book everyone has been waiting for, because it reveals many dark secrets (including when Dumbledore "spills the beans"). Harry is taken on a whirlwind adventure, and you're going along with him. I only wish it wasn't such a long wait for the sixth book to be unveiled. On a scale of one to ten, this book would receive a 50!
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Summary: Rowling thinks she's hot stuff..
Review: Sadly, I think Rowling has let all the commercializm get to her. This book kept me up sometimes at night, as the others did, but what I was looking forward to was the thrilling climax. There was none. Not at all like the others. I also have to really object to the ending entirely. Dull, horrible are words to describe this book. You want good Harry? Read all the other books, especially book 3, but not this piece of stuff. At least not till book 6 comes out, in which we may have some explinations. I give this one star just because it was slightly interesting in some parts. And because Amazon doesn't allow anything lower.
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