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Summary: Finally.....
Review: I just finished Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last night and I have to say.... in my opinion it was as good as the fourth book... not as action-packed.... but it gives alot of information about Harry's life... plus, someone dies really close to Harry
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Summary: Is this Harry Potter?
Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, well what can I say after a three year wait. This the fifth installment in the Potter series is much darker and (after you have read the first two chapters) more predictable than the rest. Harry is no longer the innocent, brave, and heroic wizard we all met in the first novel and continued to love into the fourth. He has become an angry, often raving mad, rash, and for lack of a better description troublemaker.
His actions most of which are against the new DADA teacher end with the revalation (to the fictional wizarding world) of LV's return and the capture of several of his followers, during which all of his friends that follow him manage to get taken out of action with various injuries. The conflict at the end of the book has all the movie quality action (or for that matter Harry Potter quality) of a 'C' action flick. This all could have been accomplished in the first 10 pages of the book, and in my opinion should have been, off scene by the Ministry of Magic.
Once you realize where the book is going you can predict everything thats going to happen to Harry, in other words you know that he is going to have the most miserable year of his life, and if you know the character 'that is saying something'. Anyone who was unable to predict what "everything" was that Dumbledoor explained, or for that matter anyone who was shocked by it, does not understand the meaning of revelation. Harry's destiny to destroy LV was evident from the first novel.
The story leaves the reader wanting to know what comes next in the series, but with the sinking feeling that the author not only did have writer's block during the three year break, but that the bad things that seemed to happen to Harry all year was the author's way of striking back against the fans. Sort of a "see what I can do" stategy of writing rather than a continuation of the style we all love from the previous books.
The book does not even have the part most people wanted in a Potter novel, he does not do anything spectacularly magical and "great" that we can look at and say "wow he is an amazing person". Instead we are left with an extremly angry and depressed Harry that has a power that is eternally locked behind a door (which is suggested but not said is Love).
I will probably read the next book in the series, but if it is on the same scale as this one I won't be reading the seventh. This one novel has not lost me as a Potter fan, but it has come close. Potter fans deserve better and I for one was very dissapointed.
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Summary: Worth the wait!
Review: Unbelievable.. Rowling has done her best work yet. As Harry gets older, his troubles become deeper, darker, and more intertwined with who he is. Harry's battles are becoming much more complex. All of the elements we love about the series are there, with a new darker, richer element to the story that I found fascinating. I don't dare tell any more... Great job J.K.! Thanks Amazon... I preordered my book in Feb and got it right on the Solstice! Free upgrade to Overnight Priority.. now that's service.
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Summary: AWSOME!!
Review: THIS IS THE BEST HARRY POTTER BOOK YET. IT WAS SOOOOO GOOOD. IT WAS FILLED WITH MYSTERY, ACTION, AND A GOOD PLOT. THE CHARACTERS WERE JUST AS INTERESTING AS THE BOOK. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SIXTH ONE!
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Summary: Dragged on, gloomy in spots, overall...okay plot
Review: In my opinion, this book dragged on in several areas. Harry didn't even get to Hogwarts until the 200th page. This would have been okay if the pages leading up to this point set up the plot better, however I became confused and more questions popped into my head during this period. The communication between Dumbledore and Harry in this book was a key factor this book was missing due to the plot. This was very frustrating to me because I felt that if Harry were to confide in Dumbledore months earlier, a death wouldn't have occurred. I found myself annoyed with Harry most of the time because he just kept things bottled up inside of him mostly and frequently lashed out irrationally at his best friends, which accomplished nothing. Furthermore, the ending of the book left me feeling disheartened. It was sad and it felt as though there should have been a stronger "farewell" distributed between Harry, Ron, and Hermione. The ending just didn't seem to "tie the ends" properly. I felt hopeless and worn out as I finished the book.
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Summary: Rowling Does It Again!
Review: The fifth book in the Harry Potter series has proven to be just as facinating as the previous works. Rowlings characters are growing in experience, as well as complexity. The darker elements of Book 5 set a new tone for the series, and may prove to make the future books even more popular than ever. It is another wonderful addition to the Harry Potter collection, keeping kids and adults in this household up all night just to finish it!
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Summary: Darkest of the Lot
Review: Whew...finally finished this in a day. I found this much, much darker than the last four books. Harry is bitter, full of contempt. The first few chapters show him in a much different light that the other four. But in doing so, J.K Rowling could maybe capture readers who like such genres. The whole book was a rush, with a very satisfying conclusion. A must read.
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Summary: Speechless
Review: Absolutely brilliant. JK Rowling is one of the most brilliant, fantastic talented authors I have ever read, and (in my short span of 15 years) I have read many authors. (Few come on level with HER)
I would LOVE to just blab on and on about it, I'm still in a daze since I finished it last night (took me 'bout 10 hours to read--I only got it on Monday). But I won't blab, I will say this though:
3 years is not too long of a wait.
I devoured this book because it is fabulous. Harry enters his fifth year at Hogwarts, he makes new friends, and new enemies. The tension is palpable. Certain characters just make your blood boil and other ones you want to kiss.
Only one thing I have to complain about: Where's number 6? I need it (and I suppose about 5 million other people need it, too) right now!
It made me laugh and it made me smile ... and it made me--I'll say no more. No point in givin' away a great book, eh?
Anyway, it's worth it. I think this book might be my fave of the series, simply because it centers around a main theme that I love--love. Love for your friends and your teachers and your classmates and whatnot, exceeding all boundaries. Everyone worked together in a tightknit community, in a struggle of sorts, and this just makes the book, in my opinion, "fab". So come on, buy it. I'd pay $$$ for this book (if I had $$$).
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Summary: Is It Real?
Review: The long-awaited fifth novel in the Harry Potter series hit stores recently to much hype but what is the truth about this novel? My question is, did JK Rowling really write this novel and if so, did she simply forget the previous four? The basic grammer is, in places, atrocious and leaves one to question if the novel has been edited but the most annoyingly evident fact that leads one to believe the story was pushed through without thought is the change in characters. First, Harry Potter has become spoiled and can, in the beginning, be compared to what Draco Malfoy must have been like at an earlier age. Lord Voldemort who, in the first four novels was know as He Who Must Not Be Named has mysteriously become You Know Who with the supporting characters showing more fear at his name in this novel than all the previous ones combined. Personally, I feel as if I paid for a brand name and got generic. I can only hope her next book, if indeed there is one, after waiting three years for a book that was supposed to come out in one year, it is reasonable to wonder if I will see it in my lifetime, will be better than this one.
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Summary: *Harry*Potter*and*the*Order*of*the*Phoenix*ROX!*
Review: I read *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, and I LOVED it! It was the best book I've ever read! There were many sad parts, and unfortunately some mushy parts, but overall, it was a wonderful book. The saddest part was when someone (I'm not saying who!) dies. One of Harry's friends becomes keeper of the quiditch team, and a girl who was previously on the team is the captain. Harry learns a very important thing about Professor Trelawney, Lord Voldemort, Neville Longbottom, and himself. Neville plays a very important part in stopping Lord Voldemort, but Harry gets all the recognition.
Overall, *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* is a wonderful book full of adventure, bravery, death, fighting and peace, friends and enemies, joining and separation. It is DEFINETLY my favorite *Harry Potter* books.This is what I would rate this book if I could:
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