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Summary: IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!
Review: Well, we've all been waiting a long time for this book, and I must say, it was well worth the wait!!! I was engulfed in this book~ if you can put it down, you're crazy!! It was also a bit different than the other Potter books in many ways, and it always keeps you guessing. It starts off in media res, so it's action packed from page 1 all the way through page 870! In Order of the Phoenix, Rowling does an amazing job pulling all the pieces together and answering questions about the past four books. This book will also make an amazing movie.
I had a few questions though, and I also found it difficult to put up with Harry's constant temper, especially when it was directed towards Dumbledore (He just needs to adopt Harry, I love him!). Well anywho, BUY THIS BOOK, MUGGLES! YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!
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Summary: Massive Sequel Sustains All of Rowling's Magic
Review: J.K. Rowling, in spite of all the doubts over the past few years, has created yet another captivating Harry Potter novel. This darker, more sinister, and also more exciting sequel to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is, in my opinion, tied for the best one yet (with, of course, number one). Harry's angry feelings and noticeable shift of outlook-from that of a child to that of an adult-is probably the reason why the book is so readable and enjoyable. Just like the whimsical quality to the first three or four made them so popular, Rowling's darker theme is sure to keep the world reading until the very final installment. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix explains quite a bit of the wizarding world. We find out why Lord Voldemort tried to kill Harry as an infant, and also we enter many new important areas, like the Ministry of Magic, the headquarters for Voldemort resistance, and even St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. The Order of the Phoenix, this organization, is a revival of the group of the same name which battled the Dark Lord fifteen years before. We also see the extraordinary corruptness of the wizarding world like we've never seen it before, which only makes Harry's quest for vengeance against his parents' murderer only harder. The addition of many new characters, like the evil (and positively infuriating to any reader) Dolores Jane Umbridge, to the REAL Alastor Moody make the fifth Harry Potter fresh and thrilling. Also, the elaboration and development of many old characters also improve the storyline. For example, the previously pretty-face-and-that's-about-it Cho Chang now is established as a thoroughly annoying girl (she truly is something that Amazon.com would get angry at me for saying). This 870-page edge-of-your-seat package of fury, magic, alliances is one that all ages will love. Readers will be literally putting their hands over the next page of text, so as not to spoil the suspense so abundant in this well-written book. Enjoy it, and try not to read it too quickly-at 870 pages, who knows how long it will be until book six hits stores!
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Summary: The best one so far!
Review: Harry and the others are growing up, and so is JK Rowling, I think. The writing is more complex, the storyline, more complicated and I couldn't put the book down! As a 26-year old "kid" reading the books, I love seeing Harry and the gang muddle through finals and studies and friendships and crushes, all the while fighting evil. Truly a great read for any age!
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Summary: this was GREAT
Review: this book was really good. i spent hours at a time reading it, getting sucked in. it was addicting and you could realliy just get involved in the book and be in harry's world. it was well-=written and also a great plot. it was scary, but not too scary, and i liked the romances. overall, i reccomend this book to EVERYBODY over 9
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Summary: Not the best yet... Still a great book worth reading.
Review: I have read each of the previous four novels in this series numerous times. Each book I enjoyed more the previous. I just did not enjoy this novel nearly as much as the other four. This book simply lacked the adventure and action that Rowling has brought us to expect. This book does a great deal of explaining about Harry himself and his family. It gives a great deal of detail about characters that makes you wait for a big ending that never comes. This book also makes sudden changes to key characters. These changes just occur at the beginning of the book with no explanation. I also, however, see the genious in this book. This novel sacrificed a little of itself to make the next two novels amazing. The sixth and seventh years that Harry spends at Hogwarts will require minimal explanations. The Prophesy foreshadows an ending in the final book that no Harry Potter fan will soon forget. Thank you J.K. Rowling.
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Summary: Gets Better and Better
Review: This is one of the few book series that I've read that actually gets better as it goes along. The latest edition took a lot of the traditional elements of the books (mostly authority) and shook them up. That the book is as good as it is just goes to show both the author's talent and the strength of the story. I could hardly put it down for most of the book, and once I got to about page 600 I don't think I did once.
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Review: This was a great book and I am glad that I bought it! Rowling did a wonderful job writing about painful things and not shying away from portraying Harry realistically. I was glad that she did not write him as a perfect little hero child who never gets angry about anything. He had quite a hard time in this book, so it was difficult to read because one does not want bad things to happen to such a great person, though she skillfully interwove exciting and happy things in with the bad so it would not become too depressing.
There were many new magical things in the book, just like there are in all of the other books which is good because it never got old. One of the best things is that it keeps you guessing the entire time, though it wasn't as twisted as the second, third, and fourth books. The only problem, was that it was a little bit slow for a couple chapters, but that could have just been incapacitating excitement disabling my ability to really concentrate on what was happening in the story.
One of Rowling's greatest abilities is how she is able to make the reader despise the evil characters and adore the good characters, but to also be realistic with them. Oh, and how she can make the reader keep coming back for more...
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Summary: The best yet!
Review: I am always surprised to see that these books are meant for 9-12 year olds. I'm 29 and I've loved them all! This one is definately the best and even though it's well over 800 pages I finised it in two days. J.K. Rowling's imagination is simply amazing and her talent unquestionable. No doubt you've heard that there's a death in this one and I was quite surprised to find out who it was. I wasn't expecting it to be that particular character. Harry's frustration with girls keeps things light though and I actually didn't find it to be as dark as what the reviews have been saying. Great book, I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Amazingly rich tale that can be appreciated by all ages
Review: J.K. Rowling has outdone herself with this one! I could not put it down for one minute. The journey that Harry Potter takes in this installment is surprising, fascinating and constantly exhilarating. Not only will the reader enjoy discovering a different side of our young hero (a typical hormonal teenager), but will also develop a deeper fondness for this fascinating Non-Muggle world. My only criticism is that there are truly fearful points in this book. I caution parents to review the book prior to allowing younger children to read it. Although the Harry Potter series is marketed for children it is truly a work of literature that children of all ages can and should enjoy.
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Summary: Dark, moody, and imaginative
Review: Once again, Ms. Rowling has created an amazing work. While far darker than any of the previous Potter books, it retains the imagination and charm of its predecessors. Bravo!
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