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Summary: JK Rowling loosing her focus and her magic
Review: Three years of writing have led to a quite disappointing result:
too many pages, not enough plot.In Harry's fifth year, both Voldemort and Dumbledore have chosen to take a one year leave. Voldemort forgets that he wants to seize power. Dumbledore that he should take some action to stop Voldemort.
What did they do to reach these goals? If anything, it is not revealed in the fifth book. The book is not unpleasant to read, but it lacks the magic of "The prisoner of Azkaban" or "The goblet of fire", which combined a good plot with innovative spells and characters, both of which are surprisingly absent in "The order of the phoenix".
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Summary: i dont understand
Review: Harry potter series...stale?? getting old? the death of the character in this book wasnt major? never. get this book. read it. in fact, it deserves 10 stars and two thumbs up.
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Summary: The Very Best Yet
Review: The Very Best Yet. Though the first fifteen pages of this book are excrucitatingly boring, after tha, the book flows remarkably well. You re-enter the world of Witchcraft and Wizardry to find that the world does not believe that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has returned. They believe Harry and Dumbledore to be liars, with the intent of overthrowing The Ministry. This sets up a rough year for Harry and his friends, as the ministry places a new DADA teacher they have selected, one who has the power to bring down Hogwarts for good... Defenitely worth buying. Read Read Read!!! Though the book leaves a lot to be expected, leaving you wanting more...do they all not leave you this way?
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Summary: Well worth the wait!!!
Review: I thought this book was probably the best of all the Harry Potter books. The book starts out in Privet drive and Harry finds dementors there and he has to use magic on them (I should also note that Harry has turned angrier over the summer. Sure everyone loved the old, optomistic Harry in the other 4 books, but I think that it would be a bit boring to read after a while and its nice to know that Harry has faults. I mean, you don't want to read about some perfect boy who is the hero in every book because it will get tiring). Then Harry is expelled and he attends a hearing and he is unexpelled. He then goes to Hogwarts where there is some new teachers and he has many adventures there. At the end, Harry is explained many things by Dumbledore and is also explained why Voldemort wants to kill him. This is a very main idea as to what happens as it will take 890 pages to explain completely. This book is really funny and will keep you on the edge of your seat. Some of my favorite parts were Fred and George's escape, many funny lines in the book and basically the whole book. You learn more about characters and some characters, such as Ginny, you start to like better. You will also meet many new characters and my favorite new character is Tonks, because she is so much like me. The death is really sad and I was almost on the verge of tears. That new DADA teacher is a witch (no pun intended) and she is horrible. The only sad part is that I'm sure that some parents will find a way to sue J.K. Rowling just because she has changed Harry a little bit. All in all this book is great and I would recommend this book to anyone 10 and over. So if you are one of these people, buy your book today!!!!!
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Summary: Good, but not quite there...
Review: I personaly love the Harry Potter books, I've all of them at least 3 times each some as much as 10. This one was really good, don't get me wrong, but the writing didn't seem the same as in the previous books. I still recommend this to everyone! Great book, a bit long, but well worth it.
Remember while you read this, Harry is really angry in this book, lol, distractingly angry.
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Summary: In tune with the real world
Review: The genius of JK Rowling is that she has written another un-put-downable and exciting book about the highly likeable Harry, Hermione, Ron and their wizarding friends - but the feeling of vague angst, the sense of forboding, the loss of certainty, the uncheckable vandalism and the dawning scepticism in what used to be thought the benign authority of the Ministry and the government - all this mirrors the feelings of our own far from magical post September 11 reality. Harry is growing up fast - and, in spite of an underlying security in his friends and belief in himself, he is hard pressed at times to control his strong feelings of rejection and anger. In Harry's world we have a government that is so intent on knowing best that it both ignores self-evident truth and imposes desperate measures against such truth being acknowledged. The majority wish only for a quiet life and their reluctance to believe things that could force them take responsibility blinds them to the ever tightening central control being imposed. Even in the Daily Prophet we now see a press that is losing its way and its former reputation for independence ("The Prophet exists to sell itself, you silly girl," says the recognisably 2002 journalist Rita Skeeter to Hermione - and Hermione's sense of outrage at the unfairness and unkindness and sheer illogicality of the world is one of the most touching parts of the book.) Above all, perhaps, we have the creation of a truly horrible new female villain; the toad-like Delores Umbridge - the "High Inquisitor" placed in the centre of the school to squash any tendency on the part of the teachers to educate rather than merely impose factual and safe information. Her endless "Educational Decrees" will ring many bells in the minds of those who worry that centralisation is harming more than Hogwarts. But the reaction of the teachers - Professors Snape and Macgonagall in particular - provides some richly comical and reassuring moments. In fact, although this is certainly a rather bleaker book than its predecessors, the comedy in the story works as well as ever. Harry's infatuation for Cho and his difficulties on his first date will make most of us smile ruefully. This isn't a funny book - but the light touch makes the darkness both bearable and believable. Envy seems to have spilled over into some reviews in the press. This only reminds one of Rita Skeeter and her ilk. Let no one be under any illusions - this is a super book for children and for adults - J K Rowling is a truly magical storyteller and her handling of words is spellbinding.
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Summary: Great, could have cut out some stuff. But great
Review: I loved the book, loved how Harry has grown up and is acting like a regular teenager, in fact they all are. Ginny dating! I Ron being the mad big brother, took to long to get to the real action which is in the last 150 or so pages. But as reader I understand that "most of it" had a purpose. Harry has made some mistakes in this book, but so have others "Snape" for not getting over something that was almost 20 years ago. And the Headmaster for treating Harry like a child which he never got to be, and so he was not one. Interesting though, Luna was a nice new character and I like the way you involved the other houses in teh "DA" club, so that now is not just a "Harry" show in a way, that there are other people out there. It is growing with every book and Loved the way the twins did their teenage things, it is nice to be reminded that these for the most part are regular kids, with teenage feelings and moods. There was some random and truly uncalled scencs, the extra Giant could have been left out and a couple of other things could have been cut and still had the book and events happen. Loved seeing Harry mad even when sometimes he had no reason, but once again, that is how Teenagers act. I am hoping that Harry depressed and more indepth mind set will give him the strenght to be the last one standing come book 7.
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Summary: The best book yet
Review: I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and I LOVED it. This book was definitely worth the wait, and I encourage everyone to read it. The book pulls you in and you aren't able to put it down. There's suspense, comedy, action, and everything that you expect from the incredible J.K. Rowling and even more. There aren't even any words to describe how wonderful this book is. It's a lot darker than the other books, and some parts make you want to scream out of frustration. The end has many twists and turns with a very sad outcome. This is a book for people of all ages, as I am 17 and have talked to the kids I babysit and my teachers, all of whom love Harry Potter as much as I do. I know that I will be able to read this book a thousand more times, as I have with the others, and never get bored because of the wonderful way that J.K. Rowling writes. She has the most vivid imagination and she knows how to get your heart racing or your eyes watering. She is at her best with this book. All in all, this the fifth year at Hogwarts only makes me anticipate the next one even more, as they keep getting better and better. I only hope that J.K. Rowling keeps writing about Hogwarts forever because I can't imagine reading anything other than Harry Potter.
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Summary: Are you sure it's not J.K. Rowling that's magical?
Review: "The best things come in small packages," someone once said. In this case, they are wrong. The 5th installment of this 7 part story, which is also the longest of them all, is what I would say is the best. I didn't want the book to end-but at the same time, I was rushing through it, to see what happened at the end. Every morning I would wake up, run downstairs, pick up the book, take a break for eating, and didn't stop until it was time to go to bed again. That went on for 3 days, until I finished it. I told my mom, "tell them I'm busy," when my friends called. I've always been a fan of Harry Potter, since I was little...just like all the kids in America and England, I suppose. I was eagerly awaiting this one. I wasn't let down in the slightest. I knew that it had to be pretty good if we had to wait 3 years for it...and it was. It was better than "pretty good." Sometimes I had to scold myself for rushing through the sentances, since I kept wanting to see what happened next, and I actually made myself go back and really read them, and I thought, I'm glad I did that...Rowling has a way of making a simple sentance really magical. She's the best author that I've seen yet. How she comes up with all these ideas, how the ends of the books always make you go "OH MY GOSH", "NO SIR", etc, and leave you wondering, she always explains everything (in this case, someone explaining it all to Harry) and leaves you satisfied at the end. But wanting more. Yes, she's good at teasing us...leaving us wanting more. I know I want more, and my next question is...when's the 6th book coming out? Harry was quite a smart-alleck this year, too. I loved that. He's got great one liners, and he's sorta got an attitude problem, doesn't he? I thought that was cute, though. How could he NOT be bitter, after his stay at the Dursley's, and also getting so frustrated with Ron, Hermione, and Sirius, just saying things like "hope you're well" in their letters. But he met with them soon enough, and that was a relief. He goes through many adventures in the end...and though he might not talk much, he really has feelings. A whole lot of them, as we realize at the end, with his vision in the Department of Mysteries. I actually become one with the charactors, I AM at Hogwarts, I do go to the classes. I get so wrapped up in the stories...I refuse to believe it's not at all real! Rowling really does charm us with her amazing work in this book. She's certainly woven her magic into the pages, and bewitched half of the nation with her books.
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Summary: harry potter and the order of the phoenix
Review: More adventure and a thicker plot,J. K. Rowlings "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoneix" makes you want to become a part of the Wizarding World. Nothing in the Order of The Phoenix is the way it seems. The suspensful plot of this book comes alive for every reader; from the first page to the final moments. Harry Potter has now becomem a full- blown teenager, which many can relate to. Harry's trials and tribulations with his Fifth year at Hogwarts is nothing like any year he has attended. Harry realizes that his friends are the most important thing he has in life, controling his thoughts and thinking before acting is incredibly crucial, and most importantly, Potter will have many hard times ahead of him but he must stay strong and faithful, and never give up. I highly recommend this book for anyone who needs an extra boost for the summer, this book really does take you to another world.
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