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Summary: Two Wands Up
Review: Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix was one of the best books I have ever read. I like how they combine the smallest details from the previous books to make this one killer suspense novel. Anyone who reads this book will understand exactly what I mean. Sometimes the book will want to make you rage, cry, or shout YIP-PE till you can't no more.
THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ!!
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Summary: Harry Potter's Hellish year at Hogwarts
Review: This novel is great,not alot of action though.This year at Hogwarts,there is an hag named Dolores Jane Umbridge,whom is Corneilus Fudge's spy and a "I love kicking people around" woman.Harry Potter is a little hotheaded in his fifth year and Professer Snape and Draco Malfoy are meaner to him than ever.Dumbedore acts like a little child saying nice things to avoid going into trouble with his parents.The Dursleys are acting like they want to beat up or murder Harry and I want them killed.Corneilus Fudge,Percy Weasley,James Potter[15 years old] and Sirius Black[15 years old] acts like real jerks.Most characters are acting like real jerks. This book isn`t focused on a big battle between good and evil,it's focused on being bossed around by real jerks like Dolores Jane Umbridge!!!!
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Summary: JK has done it again
Review: JK Rowling, who lives very near me by the way, has done it again. She has conjured up another blockbuster book. What more can I say. She is a great storyteller and her characters have grown up more in this book. The death...poor ...!! I won't say who it is just in case you haven't read the book yet. I loved it and I can't wait for book 6. I am just about to place an order for the american versions of the potter books, as I have all the british versions! It'll be cool to have both...
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Summary: A sad Reader
Review: Don't get me wrong, I'm CRAZY about Harry Potter books, but the 5th book as let me very disapointed. I was eagerly awaiting the 5th book, I stayed all night at a Harry Potter PArty just so I could be one of the first people to get the new book. Usually Harry Potter books are the kind of book that you can't put down, can't sleep until you finish it. Well with book 5 I could have put it down at any moment and been perfectly fine. The book was WAY to long, and the story seemed to just keep dragging on and on. At the end you finaly get some action BUT THEN SHE KILLS Off ONE O THE COOLEST CHARCTER!!!!!!!! I really hope that JK comes up with something that measures up to her first 4 books, for her 6th book, until then though, I will remain, A Sad Reader :(
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Summary: Worst Potter book yet!
Review: Of all the Potter books and the follow up to the Best Potter Book, Goblets of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix is by far the worst book yet. The problem with the Order of the Phoenix is that it creates too many stores lines that aren't relevant, it leaves too many questions unanswered, and it is 800+ pages. JK Rowling could have spared 300 pages and been more effective with her story by limiting the scope of this work. There are so many concepts introduced in this book that as a reader I struggled to find the significance of many of the different sub-plots. This book is worth reading. It just lacks the same gripping story that the previous 4 books had.
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Summary: No fun any more.
Review: Sorry folks: it's too long, the characters are wooden, and worst of all, the plot doesn't make any sense. The only fun left are the Weasley twins. 1. I don't mind the length of the book, but I mind the fact that during the first 400 pages or so, nothing slightly exciting happens.
2. Some figures, like Umbridge and Fudge, are behaving like caricatures without credibility. Why should they call the wizard High Court just to expel a student from a school? On the other hand, the opportunity to make Snape's character appear a little more complex was hardly used. Even the attempt to endow Harry with teenager emotions is hardly convincing.
3. Not much of what happens in the book really makes sense. More than 50% is dedicated to the Umbridge story which turns out to be only a byplay unrelated to the main plot. And the "main plot" consists of preventing Voldemort from obtaining an information that - here comes the surprise - is neither new nor dangerous at all. It's just not conceivable what's all the fuss about, and especially, why Dumbledore didn't simply tell Harry at the beginning (had he told him, nobody would have died). What I really liked about the first four books was the suspense. There was a mystery that was solved in the end in a really surprising way. It couldn't have been guessed yet was credible and satisfying (thanks to the fact, of course, that in the magical world everything is possible). This time, the only surprise is that the story is uninteresting, and the mystery is why so many people still like, or pretend to like, the book.
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Summary: reminds me of Gulliver's Travels
Review: The Harry Potter series is becoming a good case for a liberal education - you will get so many more of the jokes!! JK Rowling has stood on the shoulders of giants in the writing of this series. She has borrowed from CS Lewis, George MacDonald, Tolkien, and now Jonathan Swift. Cornelius Fudge and Professor Umbridge, who could be characters right out of Gulliver's Travels (centaurs = houyhnhm?), are blistering satirical statements on politics and education. I fell over laughing at the chapter title in Umbridge's chosen textbook "Chapter 34 - Negotiation and Non-Retaliation." Oh yes, that will work so well against, say, Bellatrix Lestrange.... This book does not stand alone as well as the first four. There are no plot threads resolved or answers given, but there are several new strands introduced and many new questions asked. While Order is considerably darker than the first 4 books, there is enough humor to keep it from being too grave. I particularly liked the flying memos, the ride off into a beautiful sunset, and Professor Flitwick and McGonagall's interactions with Professor Umbridge.
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Summary: I LOVED IT!!
Review: I am a huge Harry Potter fanatic and this book is the best of the series so far. It pulls you from the very beginning, and then you're hooked. If you thought books 1-4 were good, you have to get this one. Everything changes in the 5th book from the 4th, including Harry's patience with his friends (f.y.i. he gets in quite a few "temper tantrums"), and his love life (hint hint: his crush Cho Chang), and his startling discovery of his dad. Not including his tragic loss in the end, which throws him way off the hook. You have to get this book!!
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Summary: A complete change from JK Rowling's former writing style
Review: I was introduced to Harry Potter by a good friend about the time that the 'Goblet of Fire' book was coming out. She gave me the first book to read and I fell in love with the characters and storyline. Her writing style was amazing. Then Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix came out. Of course, I wasn't smart enough to go and reserve a copy so I ended up waiting in line for it from ten PM to one AM the next morning. I read the book in three days, and one thing I have to say is that it was a big change from how she usually wrote. It was more of a darker aspect, which I really liked, but the new professor was aggravating to the point where sometimes I had to put the book down and walk away for an hour or so. There wasn't as much Hogwarts as there was in the previous books- something that disappointed me greatly. Out of 800 pages, it felt like they were only there for 300. I can't say I hated it- because I absolutely loved the plot and the entire Harry Potter book series, but her style has completely changed. One nice thing though, was that Harry and Snape have to work together. I'm not going to tell you what- but you find out a lot more about who he is as well. Oh well... hopefully the next will be better...
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Summary: Not her best
Review: J.K. Rowling's 5, and probably most anticipated Installment features some great undertones, but the magic is gone. While the novel is good, it just boasts rage and fury, with unruliness and unfairness falling in between. It does not really pull in the magic that Harry Potter had, but again, perhaps it's better that it lost the warm magic, because the seventh book could go either way, according to the prophecy.
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