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Summary: Bitter sweet emotions, but brilliant writing style
Review: It takes a very skilled author to make her readers understand the characters in the story, let alone feel every deep emotion that they experience! When I put down the book after 24 hours of reading I was left with a jumble of emotions....sympathy, anger, love, hope, hatred and a torrent of strong feelings that I never knew I could have for a fictional character. The book was engrossing and kept me turning the pages asking for more - Dumbledore's secrecy, Harry's dreams and the door, Cho, Fudge's ignorance, the real Mad eye moody, the Order of the Phoenix, Voldemort's plans?, new Quidditch players and more dungbombs, O.W.L's, the defense against the dark arts teacher with an agenda of her own, new prefects? and lots more magic. The book delivers its action in bursts, leaving the reader with an immense frustration to reach the end. The death is heartbreaking but it also teaches that some things are inevitable and that it needs to be taken in stride. This book like the previous ones carries tales of loyalty, friendship, love, bravery and wisdom. One sees the characters mature as they experience each scene of the story and the book delivers its message loud and clear - HARRY POTTER RULES! AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX IS BY FAR THE BEST INSTALMENT YET IN THE SERIES...
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Summary: Will continue to amaze
Review: Harry Potter fans will not be disappointed in it's fifth installment, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This book contains more magic, darker secrets, and greater adventure (is this possible?). You cannot finish this book fast enough, but dread the ending, knowing you will have to wait another few years for the next one. Enjoy your first time reading this book, for you'll never get to read it the same way again.
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Summary: best yet
Review: I have to say that this is my personel favourite harry potter book yet.I really enjoyed how the book immediately went into action.
The thing that i noticed most sbout this book was the change in harry potter himself he is much more upfront about his opinions and can be very testy.
He no longer is the little boy we first met on privit drive he has turned into a very assertive young man and this damatic change is definately for the better because now he finds himself the target of not just voldemort but the majority of the wizarding worlds scrutiny.
Why this book is my favourite is because i found it to be dark, mysterious ,it showed more insight into the goverment of the magical world and mainly because i find it the funniest book yet.i mean some parts had me grinning and laughing.I loved the revenge that the sudents and even teachers were taking against a certain person.
So has the harry potter series changed? yes ,for the better? absolutely.
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Summary: The best of the best:)
Review: I have never read a book in one day unless ofcourse it was quite small, yet Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix had me up till 2 in the morning for I couldnt keep it down. It is beautifully written with surprises arising from each corner, it is not as funny and light hearted as the other harry potter books but dark and more thought provoking. Rowling has used a very different style of writing for the better i must say. This book opens the reader's eyes and answers many of the questions that had been left untouched before. The darkest book yet but also one of the best.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Harry Potter and The Order of The Pheonix was great! But why did did that have to happen with the veil!!! The book was amazing up until that part and it almost made me mad when that happened. At first i thought this was horrible and that i never wanted to read a harry potter book again but then i realized i wanted to know what happened next. I just thought that if that wouldn't have happened the book would have been over all perfect!!
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Summary: Three Cheers for Luna Lovegood
Review: This book is great. I read and read till my eyes were red. Herminone is better than ever. Clever, brilliant, and psychologically acute! Makes Dr. Phil look like the charlatan he is. As for Harry, what's to be said? He's still the star. But the new character, Luna Lovegood, appears to be ready to assume a key role in 6 & 7. She not only understands Harry better than anyone (save, perhaps, Herminone), she shares a common childhood loss. As for Cho Chang, well, looks aren't everything. In terms of quirky character and brilliance, she can't hold a candle to either Hermione or Luna. I like this book. I like the contrast between Harry's wizarding virtuosity and dating cluelessness.
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Summary: Please write fast JK!
Review: It took me about 16 hours to read start to finish (not bad for almost 900 pages). This book is a satisfactory followup to the previous set and as we would say in my doctoral program of child development--he(Harry) has reached formal logic. He can analyze situations with new logic and understanding but still has a childish egocentric view. Harry is painted as emotional and moody with a lot of anger (not surprising given his history) and angst. Harry's fifth year is very difficult, by homework, upcoming OWL's (special final exams-Ordinary Wizarding Levels), and by political type confilct occurring between Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic. If you are not a child reader (as I am not) this is beyond time to get into this series. Harry is portrayed as a typical 15-year-old boy and yet as the shining hope that he was born to be. As for other fans, I didn't "enjoy" this book as well as the others because it is dark, but it is a necessary component, I feel, of telling a coming of age tale in a boy's life who has had a dark past and is prophecized to have a difficult future as well.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: I stayed up all night and spent all day finishing the book. In less than 24hrs I read the entire thing. It was so COOL!!!! I already am impatient for the next one. It is exciting, full of changes, and it is NEVER predictable! I love it! Definately not for anybody under the age of 12 though.
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Summary: Order of the Best
Review: Well, where to begin? After three years in production, the newest and fifth Harry Potter, subtitled Order of the Phoenix, finally hit the shelves on 21st June 2003. But does it really live up to the hype? The answer is very simple: Absolutely. Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix, is an outstanding book which again demonstrates why J.K. Rowling is an excellent author. The story begins with Harry once again in 4, Privet Drive, but whereas many of the previous books are lighthearted and jovial, the Order of the Phoenix is very dark and at times sinister. Rowling has blended in the attributes which made her first four books hits with a more serious and at times intense nature that is adolescence. No longer is Harry Potter the innocent boy next door, but a teenager who is finding a hard balance between friendships, loyalty, expectations and love. Similar to the other 4 books, Harry is taken on a trip which twists, bends, turns around and sometimes upside down as he continues his struggle against Lord Voldemort. Many lovable characters from the previous books have departed, such as Oliver Wood, and many more will leave as the battle with the Dark Lord reaches a boiling point. This Harry Potter is perhaps the best one so far, because all the characters are now further developed and even more human than before. Whereas the previous four usually involved a mystery type storyline, Order of the Phoenix leans more towards keeping Harry in the dark so he won't be exposed to things he can't handle. The book also shows a coming of age in Harry through the story, as different experiences and new friends bring him to a realisation that everything will never be as it seems. This is an O (for Outstanding) grade book, I recommend it to people of all ages and particularly Harry Potter fans as it's simply 'unputdownable'. Cheers.
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Summary: Parsimonious
Review: Disappointing, long-winded plot barely inches the meta-story forward. A weird shift in a major character who is killed in offhand manner. Extremely forced dialog and emotional content. Cartoony bad guys, cartoony good guys and a mired-in-the-muck plotline. And hundreds of pages of much ado about nothing. At 200 pages into the book, I was getting worried. I had read reviewers that were unimpressed with the book and I began to fear they might be right. Mostly I was sad to see the complexity of the story not resolved or advanced and nothing new revealed that we did not know or could not have guessed. Harry in Book 5 seems less grown up than Harry in Books 1-4. Very sad. I hope JK Rowling can get her Groove Back.
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