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Summary: Harry Potter 5
Review: The fith Harry Potter is a very good book that kids and adults will enjoy very much. The readers and Harry himself learn much about Harry and his links to Voldemort. The new Defense against the dark arts teacher turns out to be a serious sourpuss who stays that way. Harry also gets a lot more romantic.Be warned: the beginning starts out really badly for Harry but things lighten up after a short while.
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Summary: the best one yet.
Review: I didn't think that anything could top book 3 (book 4 was a little disappointing) but this one does it. Rowling's plot development is scary good - the action flows without getting boring or repetitive. My only problem with the book was Harry himself - he seems to be the least animated of all the characters, with typical reactions to situations and weak development. Other than that, a wonderful book. Can't wait for 6 and 7!
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Summary: The Best One Yet!
Review: In reading Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix I constantly had to remind myself to slow down. I felt as if I was in a cafeteria line, always looking further along for something I realized I wanted more than what was already on my tray. Overall, the book is as good as its nearest competetor in quality, Prisoner of Azkaban, once again Rowling neatly enfolds the reader in Harry's world. In previous books Rowling has been at her best in describing the classes and relationships of Hogwart's, but seemed to bog down when it came to action. Not so in her latest offering; Rowling's consistency in that regard has improved markedly. We get to see Harry slowly come to the realization that he is noteworthy. Although he remains modest it begins to dawn on him that his magical abilites are significant and he begins to trust them. More than just reacting to danger when it's thrown at him he becomes a leader (somewhat reluctantly) seeking out his enemies. Still modest, but no longer a babe in the woods. It is difficult to imagine that we would detest any teacher more than Snape. The frank injustice he uses in dealing with Harry has been a mainstay of the series. Then along comes Umbridge and we find ourselves thinking cold-blooded murder isn't all bad and that Snape is a capital fellow. Revelations about his past add to this sense and make Umbridge even more detestable. By keeping the terrific Dumbledore out of most of the book in an active sense we as readers feel Harry's alienation. Alluded to in earlier books we never quite get the "alone among friends" sense that Rowling has tried to convey in the past. Again, in this book she seems to have found a very effective way to accomplish what up until now she has not quite pulled off in earlier books. I was delighted by the light hand Rowling uses to deal with first romances. Harry's confusion and preoccupation with Cho Chang makes many of us remember the fun and sheer terror of our first crushes and I was glad to experience it again with Harry. Eventually gaining the ability to form complete sentences around a crush is one of the great victories of youth and we share that small triumph with Harry. Okay, gushing complete, criticism to follow. The end of the book feels a little abrubt. Harry misses obvious things (such as Sirius' gift to him) that make you want to set the book aside and pull on your hair for a while. Dumbledore's admission of his mistakes highlights one of the profound truths for children: adults screw up. However, at the end of the book it makes us feel cheated along with Harry, but that's probably what Rowling was after and this book accomplishes everything she was after.
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Summary: I think that this is the best one so far.
Review: I have finnished the "Order of the Phoenix" and I really
enjoyed this one the most of the 5 books in the series.
Harry is less likeable and more dynamic than it the first three
stories. The tension and joy I felt during the last 200 pages were as intense as the feelings I had when finnishing "We were the Mulvanneys" by Joyce Carol Oates. I don't want to reveal anything
before everyone else finishes, but the motivation of Dumbledore and the manipulation by V-Voldemort are well depicted and vivid.
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Summary: Our Little Wizard is Growing Up!
Review: It's Harry Potter's fifth year at Hogwarts, and life is becoming more complex for him. There are serious administrative problems at Hogwarts, and Harry is developing odd channeling abilities and an anger management problem. This must have been a difficult book for Ms. Rowling to write. Her audience is vast, and covers ages 8 to 110. As an adult reader, I was looking for more concrete evidence of emotional development in Harry and his friends. I would like to see Ms. Rowling take the step of moving the series to a young adult level, with the same kind of character development she used for the Hogwarts students when they were children. Instead, in The Order of the Phoenix, we get a lot of "Harry Potter was very angry" statements, without a satisfying explanation of the development and resolution of adolescent rage. Yes, he has his reasons, and they are stated well enough, but the anger fizzles rather than burns. I enjoyed the expanded character development of some of the familiar characters. There are very well-written insights into the characters of Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape. I was left with great sympathy for Professor Snape and am hopeful that a relationship of alliance can be forged with him in the future. I would have liked to have seen that in this book. Hagrid's character is becoming a bit too cartoonish. This is a bridge between the child Harry Potter and the adult Harry Potter. A lot of effort is made to develop the emerging adult characters, with hints at romantic relationships, a renegade social/learning club being formed, and career choices being discussed. In my opinion, the effort falls short. Harry Potter needs to learn to trust others besides Hermione and Ron, and I am hoping that he can make that leap in Book 6.
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Summary: More Magic from Rowling
Review: The fifth book in the Harry Potter series has definitely kept up to expectations. I have been counting down for seventy-two days and comments along the lines of "What if it isn't good?" have jarred my brain.
In this installment of the seven book series, Harry is becoming an adult and is much angrier at the world. He doesn't know what is happening in the wizarding world as he is stuck with the Dursleys. In chapter one, the adventure begins. Harry and Dudley are attacked by dementors and Harry has to go to a hearing in front of the Ministry of Magic because he used the Patronus Charm. He is accompanied by the Order of the Phoenix, a group that has reformed to fight You-Know-Who again. Harry has the burden of rumors about how he is crazy (spread by the Daily Prophet), OWLs, and, of course, Cho Chang. Throughout the course of the book, you find out about Harry's parents, why Voldemort wanted to kill him in the first place, and more about Snape...
This book is incredibly interesting and will...hem, hem...keep you from your duties as you will be hooked! I read it in 21 hours, I bet you can beat that.
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Summary: What can possibly be said?
Review: Beautiful. With an empty feeling in my stomach I have, with Harry, completed five years at Hogwarts. With him I have seen two people die and mysteries have been revealed. Even though this was only a book, I feel that I have grown simply by reading it.
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Summary: Fanastic, again
Review: Like the first four Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was wonderful and held my interest from start to finish. Because it's written on the third or fourth grade level, its a very easy read and goes quickly even though it's so long. It was interesting to see Harry being an angsty adolescent. Sometimes his I'm-so-misunderstood attidtude seemed sort of cheesy and predictable but I think in the end it sort of made his character seem more real. How could a kid that's gone through what Harry's gone through in his life (especially the past 4 years) not come close to breaking down every now and then? His consternation regarding girls, school, the way society looks at him, and his feelings in general really shows you that Harry is a more developed character than he has been in his never-ending battles against evil in past years at Hogwarts. This book illuminates some things about Harry and his future. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, in my opinion, goes deeper into Harry as a person and his relationships than the other books. I think most everyone who reads this book will love it. To everyone who thinks Harry Potter is just a stupid kids book with too much hype...It is a kids book, but the hype is well deserved. The books are wonderful to read in a day and they're very entertaining. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was a good read, and I hope Rowling writes the final two Harry Potter books just as well.
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Summary: Order of the Phoenix ruled
Review: Although this book was 870 pages long, I blasted through this masterpiece in about a day and a half. The story just kept unraveling itself so well that I couldn't stop reading. This is one of my favorite books of the Harry Potter series (probably only beaten by Prisoner of Azkaban). I highly suggest this book to anyone who has read the last four books...or to anyone who hasn't (but please read the last four books first ;) )
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Summary: Some mysteries revealed, lots of teen angst
Review: This fifth installment of the Harry Potter series finds Harry an often angry, sullen teen facing his most excrutiatingly difficult year yet as his integrity and sanity are questioned and many close to him, discredited. His friends remain steadfast and strength is found in unexpected places while some of Harry's views of his family are seen in a different light. Many questions submitted in the previous books are answered but more remain for the future books. This book did not tie up the main storyline in as nice and tidy a package as did the previous four editions and Harry did not emerge as victorious from his trials, but the book was a very enjoyable and satisfying read I could hardly stand to put down - well worth the wait and the investment of time to read it. I only hope the sixth book is already in the works as I can hardly wait!
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