Rating:  Summary: I need Book 6 NOW!!!!!!! Review: I cannot say that this is the best one by far because they are all so good. I don't know where J.K. Rowling comes up with this stuff. Order of the Phoenix was spectacular. We learn a lot more about why Voldemort tried to kill Harry in the first place (I thought he just didn't like the parents an anyone not wanting to be a Death Eater). I couldn't put it down. It took me 5 days instead of 1 or 2 because I have 2 kiddies to tend to. I just hope that she doesn't make us wait 3 years for the next one. I'm thinking of re-reading all the previous books to satisfy my hunger (ha-ha)!!
Rating:  Summary: BEST EVER Review: This book captures you unlike any of the others. I got it at midnight, opening day, and since then every spare moment i have been reading! It is much darker, a character dies, though not a main character, he is mentoned much more in this book. Harry is going through adolescence, and his temper gets away with him, even with Cho. I finished this book in 5 days, because the end of every chapter pulls you to the next one. best book EVER! p.s- lots of people have heard the books are VERY dark, but it isnt. its dark, but lots of people dont want to like it, but they would love it if they read it. by will
Rating:  Summary: great book the best one yet Review: this harry potter book is the longest one yet. it actually took me a week and a half to finish it! anyway the book keeps you reading you just can't put it down. my little brother thought one of the main characters were going to die. i told him none of the main characters will die, but if one dose die that i hoped it would be at least snape, malfoy, or dudley. when i finished the book though all the main characters were still intact. this book is histariclly funny and also very sad and scary till the end. you'll love the new characters potrayed in this book. if you are a big harry potter fan than i really recomend this book!
Rating:  Summary: Good, but not as good as previous books in the series Review: Perhaps I got my hopes up too much while waiting three years for this book to come out, but it doesn't seem quite as well written as the previous books. It seemed to drag along at times, while other parts could have used more fleshing out. Overall I got the feeling that the work had been rushed a bit, in spite of it taking so long.J.K. has done an excellent job of portraying Harry's teen angst. I hope he gets over it quickly, because it reminds me unpleasantly of my past! We didn't see much of Dumbledore (for reasons explained in the book), but hopefully books 6 & 7 will show more of the headmaster now that the matter is cleared up. (Don't want to spoil it for anybody. Think of that last bit as a "teaser".)
Rating:  Summary: AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL Review: I bought the book on the 25th of june and i plunged right into it.After all the hype surrounding the release of harry potter and the order of the phoenix its worth the wait.I started reading at 3'o clock in the evening and after some breaks in between i finished the book at 2'o clock NEXT MORNING(i.e on 26th june) .I actually did not read the first book but instaed i saw the first harry Potter movie,after that i was hooked onto harry potter.The 5th book is the best in the series of 7 books.The book starts with Harry living with the dursleys like always,after sometime the dementors attack harry and dudley in the park,Harry saves himself and dudley .,After that the story is quite intriguing.It also shed some light on professor snapes childhood.And one more thing harry is maturing and as he is maturing he also loses his temper sometimes in the book.We see what happens to the relationship between harry and cho chang,new characters are introduced.Ron gets into the quidditch team and the introduction of a new defense against the dark arts teacher professor umbridge who is always coughing up trouble for hogwarts.If you want to know more buy this book from AMAZON.com or from your local bookstores.
Rating:  Summary: Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix Review: Overall a very good book, but I really thought it was not as good as book 3. It was not hard to figure out who was going to die and you kept asking yourself why the charactors were doing the things they were doing when there were alternatives for them to do. Also,it seems that Harry was angry all the time or feeling sorry for himself which does not play well. Also, she builds up the charactor of Neville and then he acts like a bumbling idiot again, why build him up in the first place? She leaves clues in her book that lead to nowhere. Just not as well thought out as I had hoped after all this wait.
Rating:  Summary: Different, but not any less brilliant... Review: In the fifth installment of Rowling's tale at Hogwarts, Harry Potter grows both mentally and intellectually. He faces what's been hiding at the back of his mind for four years - his anger. Harry really begins to mature, and for the first time the reader gets an idea of who the Boy Who Lived really is. In book five, Rowling steers clear of the 'I'm Harry so I'm perfect' streak that's been threading along books 1-4. Harry suffers from jealousy, rage, impatience, isolation...and of course, loss. There IS a death in book five. Of this topic I will say no more except that Harry is really given the oppurtunity to grow and expand from the death. The ratings for book five have decreased, but I firmly believe that Rowling hasn't yet lost her touch. People need to get used to the idea that she's doing something different. True, the ending is unsettling and there are moments of confusion, but you could say book five is a precedent for the following two. The book is leading up for the final 'war', and if the reader really combs the book over, you'd find many forshadowing bits that JK likes to tease us with. No, the book's not a disappointment at all. It's rich and haunting, and it's about time Harry develops some character of his own, instead of being guided by everybody else. We meet new characters and see our old favorites. You won't be displeased, if you open your mind and expose it to some new possibilities.
Rating:  Summary: Wonderfully dark and entertaining Review: I had this book delivered to me at 4pm on Saturday the 21st. By 7:45pm the following evening, I had finished it. I read it so fast that I really wasn't sure how I felt about it right away. But now, days later, I still find myself thinking about chapters and passages in the book and find myself picking it up and re-reading those chapters, just to scratch the itch. Here is a short list of the Pros and Cons of The Order of the Phoenix. Pros 1. Dumbledore in action 2. The Weasley twins and Hogwarts Teachers rebelling against Professor Umbridge 3. Dumbledore in action 4. TWO new locations we have read about in the past but never visited 5. Dumbledore in action 6. Neville grows a backbone 7. Dumbledore in action 8. Tonks and Shacklebolt (hope we see more of both of them) 9. Dumbledore in action 10. Moody and Lupin are back 11. Dumbledore in action 12. Goodbye Trelawny 13 Dumbledore in action Cons 1. The "hard to write death" was rather a letdown. The person that died was not one of my favorite characters (definately not who I was thinking was going to bite the bullet), so while I did not want this person to go, it wasn't that big a deal. The way they "died" is also questionable and leaves room for them to return. 2. In the book description we read about the terrifying dreams Harry is having concerning the hall and the door. But these dreams don't scare Harry as much as tantalize him. Overall, I enjoyed this book immensly and now that I have picked up the audio cd's also, I am re-listening to the story (the audio cd's are outstanding for all the books and I highly recommend them as well).
Rating:  Summary: It was awesome! Review: I loved the Harry potter books and this one is the best of all 5! I read all of thim in 14 days! They were the best books ever! I loved Harry Potters 5th book! So read it!
Rating:  Summary: Where is my 767 -870 page go? Review: I've been waiting for 3 year to read what hapen to harry when he is 15 th. and i've been waiting for month who will die in this book :( but i can't find the last +/- 100 page!! i ask the store where i bought the book (TIMES to be exact) and they say that all the book in theire store have 760 page. I'm fourious and they say I'm the one who mis read... BTW, the rest of the book was great!! I love the stories :) and if anyone kind enough to tell me the ending. please send me an e-mail...
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