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Summary: A bit rushed
Review: It seems this book is a bit rushed and all over the place. I was disappointed with the character development. Ron and Hermione constantly bickers, we all know that, but 38 chapters can be a bit too much. Hermione's character seem not to have grown very much at all. Sirus 's character seem not to be consistant with the Prison of Azkaban (my favorite book of the series.) The best character in this book is perhaps Luna. Neville will certainly play more importance in her later books.
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Summary: harry potter regresses to a five year old
Review: i can't believe rowling kept the world waiting for 3 years only to give us a book where harry potter regresses into a 5 year old and whines for 3/4 of the book. ron's stage fright was also over-the-top. the only reason i can recommend for getting this book is that you have to read it in order to know what happened for the next one. that is, if you're not totally turned off the series by the poor writing in this one.
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Summary: the best book of the series
Review: Well I got the book on monday and as soon as i started i couldn't stop reading. It was so interesting and had so many twists and turns that i was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Rowling sure does know how to make a character that everybody will hate if you were really into the book you should absolutley despise Professor Umbridge. You think that she has gone too far and then she gets even worse. The characters have grown up harry finds a little romance but does not know anything about girls. Harry and Dumbledore don't have such a good relation ship through out the book (at the end you will find out why that is). This book is defantly her best. I hope that people who are thinking of reading do because you will not regret it. Hopefully Rowling will not wait so long to have the 6th book published.
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Summary: Wizards going through it all...
Review: The fifth book you've all been waiting for. 830+ pages of reading up on the wizarding world and our favorite magical celebrity Mr. Potter. In this book we see truly how fas the Ministry will go to seal up everything about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and his return. There are many turns in this book and parts that I gurantee will arouse much anger. The inclusion of Proffersor Unbridge doesn't help either. I'd have to say she's less of a witch and more of the other. Also, the death of one of the important characters comes as a shock and doesn't make Potter's life any easier. Potter deals of course with Ms. Chang. Her part comes in more in the book and Ms. Rowling shines more on the Potter-Chang relationship. On my behlaf I'd punch Potter and tell him to be more open. I mean...jeez...what he does...the girl he likes and he's acting all messed and closed off and confused when they come close to each other. Well that's sort of how us boys react in a way. Just don't know how girls think and feel. Anyways back to the book. It's a great read full of surprises and arguements and that sort. The 4th is better than the 5th. Quite a good read. Only took me 3 days at intervals of 4 hours each day to complete it. It's much best if you read it at night or bright afternoon around noon. You'll get the point if you do.
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Summary: As good as ever! By Ashley V
Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a wonderful read. Although my favorite book is still the Goblet of fire, this book comes close. Rowling's writing style and plots tend to mature through her books, and this one is no exception. This a very hard book to put down! I'm not going to ruin some of the surprises, and there are many of them. But number 12 Grimmauld Place (Where Harry stays after leaving the Dursleys), is a very interesting place. And best of all is Petunia and Vernon Dursley asking Harry about the Wizarding World! You'll just have to read it to find out more about that. And don't forget Professor Umbridge, who is without a doubt the worst Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Hogwarts has ever seen. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will have you reading non stop until the end. p.s I'm actually 14, but had some issues with the other posting.
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Summary: Harry Potter grows up
Review: J.K.Rowling lives up to her new book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix with 870 pages of action, adventures, and mysteries. Harry is a 15-year-old wizard who has most of the wizard community against him in his quest to stop You-Know-Who. Harry will find the true meaning of friendship and love. Harry may be inexperienced in love, but he lives of adventures. The unnecessary length in this book and little detail with new characters gives this book 4 stars. The detail for old characters and a surprising ending also gives this book 4 stars!
If you're a Harry Potter fan or want to be a Harry Potter fan I suggest you read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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Summary: The fifth year itch
Review: As pointed out in other reviews, this fifth installment suffers from many flaws that lessens its interest to a certain degree, but only to a certain degree. HP and the Order of the Phoenix forms part of the bigger picture that the seven books will constitute, and as such it brings an important contribution to the development of the story we are being told. It continues to be a must for anybody interested in the HP "saga". And it is highly enjoyable. The flaws:
- the storytelling is cumbersome and rambling, dwells meaninglessly in trifles that do not advance the plot and defuse the tension accumulated throughout the previous pages. The Goblet of Fire was also 700ish pages long, still every single one of them was needed: the story in the Order of the Phoenix could be told (more effectively, I think) in 300-400 pages. As an example, and I do not think I will spoil anything, near the end HP and friends need to go quickly from Hogwarts to London; they use some magical creatures that had been introduced previously. The trip itself takes 4 to 5 pages, adds nothing to the plot, and completely destroys the tension that had been created. This trip could have been described in one paragraph.
Now, I do understand and respect that this is probably a deliberate option on the part of the author. I just simply point out that it did not work for me, and I cannot stop thinking that should the Sorcerer's Stone been written in this fashion, it would not have been the success it was.
- the plot suffers from some major flaws, the Sirius' mirror plot-hole, HP absurd incapacity to understand what Voldemort is up to, and above all a so-called "revelation" that Dumbledore has been hiding since day one, an which any self-respecting HP fan guessed from the very first book. More than a "revelation", it is a "confirmation", and I fail to see how it changes HP life. I also fail to see what was Voldemort's interest in it. There are other elements that bothered me (HP's irrational anger throughout the book, that makes him an unpleasant character; the evil characters, extremely one-sided and utterly flat), but I do agree that it's the author's conscious decision on what the story and characters have to be. It did not work for me, I am not interested in teens angst when I read a HP book, specially because I do not think it adds anything, but it is the author's privilege. Having said that, I enjoyed reading the book, getting again in contact with the characters and the plot, and reading a new installment of the "saga". And the final battle is one of the most thrilling readings I have had in the last few years. In conclusion, if you like HP, buy this book, read it, and re-read the previous while you wait for book six. You will enjoy it.
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Summary: dark but not dreary
Review: There are so many hyperventilating reviews here already, I'm going to point out what, for me, were OOP's main flaws. Harry's angst. Snape was the only one who gave it right back to him consistently. And although his teachers - and sheesh Hogwarts had more than its fair share of horrible ones - were far from likeable either, I found myself occasionally siding with them (though not Professor Umbridge). But while he was over the top, it seemed like Hermione has managed to morph into a serene, wise-beyond-her-years teenager - which is just plain unrealistic. Hermione and Ginny are young teens, regardless if girls are more mature than boys, they just seemed a bit too able to rise to every challenge with aplomb to be believed. Adverbs. OK, this didn't prevent me from enjoying the book. But there must be five on each page. That adds up. Nobody just speaks, they have to speak calmly, brutally, sadly, shortly, etc. This occurred so regularly, that it was easy not to be distracted by them. It also seemed like Rowling was determined that every character from a previous volume make a cameo appearance - from Dobby to Lockhart. While I appreciated this, at times I wished I could just learn more about the main characters like Neville. He'd disappear for pages and then Bam! there he was doing great at his defense lessons or visiting his parents at St. Mungo. Given that he's suffered similarly to Harry, it would be nice to see them contrasted more. (While Harry explodes, Neville implodes.) But OOPS is still a remarkable book. It has the endlessly zany parade of characters - like Oz, the symbols that resonate with universal meeting - like Narnia, and the sly snide humor of Roald Dahl's books. And qualities that are uniquely its own. In short, it works.
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Summary: Angry
Review: Don't get me wrong, I loved this book, and all the other ones. It's just that everything seems to go wrong for Harry and that left me very angry while reading this book. I also became very ancious for something suppensful to happen, and was happy when it did. Then became very angry again after it did. It was very interesting to finally hear what Dumbledore had to say. Also, the whole plot line between Cho and Harry interested me very much. Those of you who would like to read it, even though my review may give you second thoughts, do read it, it's a wonderful book. I hope you found this useful!
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Summary: Not as good as the others...but still good!!
Review: I love Harry Potter, don't get me wrong, but his book was not as great and spellbinding as the other four. I still reccomend it, though!
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