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Summary: great book, not too many horrible things happen.
Review: Well, i agree w/ jonathan perez from WA. This was a great book, with harry as a more rebellious kid. he seems more realistic, not so happy-go -lucky. besides his new attitude, this book is not like the others in a good way. the second and fourth book had too many bad things happening in them, like the flying car and the triwizard tournament. but this one wasnt like the 1st or 3rd book either, when things are pretty much great all year. (not that i mind that, either)on this one, its pretty much just small things, like his rebellious attitude and horrible Umbridge. i loved it when the twins do their sign-off, but hate Umbridge for kicking harry off the team for life. (i hope he can overcome that in the next book) His friends were really supportive of him in this book, which is better than before, when Ron was really jealous. However, Harry wasnt really open w/ them, and readers can tell that he still has some problems. Percy, a past friend, was the opposite. before supportive and kind to Harry, he reminds me of Fudge w/ his pompous ways and unending feeling that the Ministry is always right. i hope he apologizes in the next book and surrenders his pride.
The occlumency lessons are also a mix of bad/ good. i do feel bad for proffessor snape, no matter what others think. it seems like he had a horrible childhood, and harry's father didnt make things any better for him. Harry also didnt learn too much from snape anyway, since his hate for snape sidetracked him. Dumbledore was right when he decided in the end that the lessons w/ snape were a bad idea. i feel that Sirius should've learned not to hate snape either, but he always had a quick temper. Luckily, the end was okay, although the death of ______ was heartrendering, and harry has to return to his aunts' every year. the prophecy was a nice touch. confusing at first, but then engaging. i knew Neville had something to do w/everything! (whoops, dont want to give too much away!) I also love Dumbledore's parts in this book. I understand his mistake, but i feel that his magic and power are exceedingly impressive, and that Harry never knew what Dumbledore was capable of. no wonder Voldemort's scared of him!
I feel sorry for Dumbledore. He tries his hardest, but harry remained cold towards him, and i know he's getting rather old. i only hope he doesnt die in either of the next books, and that harry will finally get a girlfriend!!!
I say good job, Rowling. Keep up the good work! and as for the whole "its too long" thing, i disagree. the length contributed to its greatness and i wouldnt change a thing, not a word or a page of it! (besides, i read it in 12hrs.)hehehe
(and i agree that harry should forget cho chang, however, i feel that ron and hermione should get together, seeing as he obviously likes her) (hehehe)
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Summary: Teenager, gotta love 'em.
Review: I would recommendeed it to all Harry Potter and book lovers alike.It was the best out of the four. And it reflects a teenager's personality, and who would have thought *harry and cho,...*
Two of the best - When Ron freaks out both times, that Ginny has a boyfriend.
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Summary: VERY GOOD
Review: Well...I could go on and on, but I won't. I liked it. It DIFINITELY had a few surprises. The fourth had more chills that went up MY back; but don't get me wrong for it WAS still scary. I thought that the new Dark Arts teacher was a little too...nutty. JKR didn't put a lot of details with the second quidditch game (which i didn't like). (I was satisfied with the new player though.) I was disapointed with the death. It still had the good humor though, like with the other books. It had the same mystery and questions. Yeah, I think 4 stars would do.
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Summary: Not the best in series but still good, length not bad
Review: The book starts out, indeed goes through most of the book, with Harry Potter in a bad mood over his life and how he feels he's being treated. I thought that was laid on a little too thick but with a life like Harry's a person would tend to get heated up. I did notice that friends seemed to be 'mates' now, a change from previous books, and that there is a little stronger language present in the text that some parents may not want younger children to read ( a few damns and hells uttered by some characters).
Overall the story is very well developed, if you like the other books this one will be very similar in tone despite it's greater length. I personally would have taken out the wizard hospital scenes because they seemed to be mostly filler (especially the Gilderoy Lockhart bit), with over 800 pages who needs that? Harry's disastrous date with Cho Chang was also not very satisfactorily handled. I didn't otherwise mind that Phoenix was 870 pages in length, any competent reader can handle it. Who would have ever dreamed of a kids book being so long, some people whine about a Tom Clancy novel just being much more than half the size.
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Summary: Korny
Review: Most of the book was pretty good, i guess. But at the climax of the book where the reason for harrys scar was explain i thought the answer was a bit korny. She should have spent some more time thinking of a better explaintion. other than that the Book was alright. I though the climaz wasnt has good has it would have seemed to be.
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Summary: ............
Review: This book was so/so. It was Very confusing, and i would get lost all the time. Umbridge.....she was dumb, i hated her. Harry was always so crabby too, he was never nice to Ron and Hermione. And fimally the mysterious death everyone was talking about.....so sad, why did that person have to die, why couldnt it be malfoy or something. The good part was it kept me doing something all summer, it was so long.Another good part wa sI found out a lot of things about Harry's Past and his Parents. All in all, it was ok, not the best, just ok Hope this review was helpful
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Summary: An Almost There Novel
Review: When Harry Potter first came out, I wasn't at all interested, unitl I picked up the book out of boredom and curiosity. After I read the 1st installment, I fell in love with the books, and couldn't wait for the 5th one to come out. Finally, it did. I finished reading the 870 page book and came out thinking it was just 'ok'. First of all, the book is 870 pages long! And to think the 4th was going overboard. I found it hard to concentrate on it. Second, part of the problem is that Rowling is covering the same ground over and over. She continues to go on about stuff that happened in the previous books, that she had already made crystal clear several times. I think Rowling wants to out-do herself with each sequel. As impressive as the book appears, it's not everything I had hoped for. And now, after all the bad, the good...Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is definately something you should read if you liked the previous Potter books and you want to keep up with the sequels and/or if you like a book with great action scenes. Although Rowling rambles on a bit more than needed, the fighting scenes are really great. The 5th book is darker than the others. It deals with growing up, death, and in it's own special way, making political stands. Rowling also touches the sensitive topic of Harry becoming a teenager. This book covers a lot of ground. If only it weren't so monotonous it would get the 5 stars I hoped to give it.
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Summary: she got bored, perhaps?
Review: weeell...i think she got bored. there was no passion in the writing, so we didn't feel what was happening. we weren't there. however...i loved how snape turned into a person rather than a villain. he treats harry a bit better, more like an equal. "So...have you been practicing?" conversational and so on. i loved the chapter "Occlumency" because it had my two favorite characters at odds with each other...yet again. snape is at his sarcastic best. "Are you calling me a coward?" "Why, yes, i suppose i am." but it was weak. the plot was awful. it was more aptly named "Potter's Pity Party."
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Summary: Disappointing!
Review: Disappointing! Disappointing! Disappointing! It seemed JK Rowling ran out of her imagination on Harry Potter series. Nothing exciting so that she had to create unecessary death to cover it up. The excuses for protecting Harry Potter were really ridiculous. I hope JK Rowling will do much better on book six. Otherwise I am afraid nobody will remember Harry Potter at all in 5 years.
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Summary: Our friend Mr. Potter
Review: How Mr. Potter has changed over the past 5 years. This book is darking than the previous four but for good reason. Harry is growing up and is going through a lot of changes. J.K. Rowling is a master at story telling. I enjoyed this book. A bit to long but a wonderful story.
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