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Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: I picked up the book on Friday and blasted through it by Sunday. I read the Potter books after the 4th book was released and I was captivated by the story, the characters and the writing. Rowling's writing flows easily, and she deceptively hides complex ideas and themes under easily understood text. The book is clunky in a few places, and Harry's constant anxiety wore on me a bit because it felt real to me and I could identify with his frustration. I think the payoff at the end was worth the whole of it.As an adult I think Rowling's work is fantastic and would suggest this book to teens and tweens. My young cousins (9 yrs old) live in a different world than I did at that age and I think they would pick up on the more mature themes very easily. Thanks for another great book JK
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Summary: Killer On The Hands
Review: This book is the largest of Rowling's yet as any fan would know. It's hard to hold so be ready to read at a table or on your stomach. You need something to hold it! Harry's personality has changed dramatically in this book. He's no longer the innocent boy he was in books 1-4. Now he has a grown-up and somewhat haughty air around him. He's more impatient and less willing to sit and listen. Twists and turns rule this book. It's a must-have. Probably the best one yet. People disappear, fights everywhere, romance, torture, Quidditch matches, O.W.L's, bad teachers (new and old), and, of course, unbeatable friendship! This book has it all. I thought the fourth couldn't be beaten but I realized Rowling's outdone herself once again!
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Summary: 'The Order of the Phoenix', the Epitome of Great Literature
Review: In the 5th installment of the Harry Potter series, 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', author J. K. Rowling has done the impossible: she has surpassed her previous four Harry Potter books. From the moment the book starts, the world around Harry changes, yet stays the same. It has become much darker, especially after the end of the last book, 'The Goblet of Fire'. His world has become more sinister than we could have imagined, and now the reader, such as myself, is thrust with Harry into a new world: the real world. As Harry's perspective of the world and people around him changes, so does ours.
Rowling has written the epitome of great literature using the same essence of writing that made her previous books best-sellers. Everything is precisely connected by very subtle means. She is able to arouse and increase the feelings in the reader that first emerged in 'The Goblet of Fire'. We find a new loathing for the Ministry of Magic and I'm not sure who to hate more: Professor Severus Snape, Cornelius Fudge, or the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher/Senior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic/High Inquisitor of Hogwarts, Dolores Umbridge.
Rowling has used the same mixture of adventure, mystery and magic to make this book extraordinary, even adding in a lot of comedy to ease the mood. She also takes the book to a more mature level, a more adolescent level. Harry is coming-of-age in this book and his emotions are more serious than they have ever been as are the situations around him. Personally, I was able to connect with him even more than I had previously, and this was due to Rowling's gift of making her characters so real and so familiar.
I am in eager await for the next installment as I know Rowling will once again raise the bar of her brilliant novels. If you have not read any of the Harry Potter books, what are you waiting for? Millions of people around the world can't be wrong. If you have not yet read 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' I urge you to read it as soon as possible and become enraptured by, what I think, is the best Harry Potter book yet! P.S. I would have given this book a higher rating, but I'm only allowed 5 stars! This was an incredible read! I am 17 year old boy, but I felt like I was 15 again when I read the book. Go GRYFFINDOR!
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Summary: A MUST READ!!!
Review: It was one of the best books i have read!! The only problem with it was that it was way to short. at 800+ pages you get so much info but you want more. I hope we get to recieve the next book a.s.a.p. I was dissapointed when i found out who died. i wish this person could have stayed a little longer. O well. :( GO GET THIS BOOK AND READ IT TODAY!!!
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Summary: A magical continuation to Harry's Journey
Review: Though perhaps "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" doesn't pack the same action-packed punch as "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", it was a suspense-laden page-turning adventure nonetheless. Die-hard Harry Potter fans will be left craving volume six!
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Summary: Magical
Review: So, after three long years of waiting, Harry Potter comes back with "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix". Thankfully, an excellent book full of mysteries and surprises makes that wait forgivable, as J.K. Rowling returns to form after a somewhat muddled "Goblet of Fire". Make sure to reserve a weekend for this book -- once you start reading, you won't want to put it down until you've finished it.
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Summary: Spoilers involved so be warned!
Review: Wow! This was not what I expected after three years of waiting. It has been three toruous years, but it has been worth the wait. The begining is fast paced and exciting and the characters have changed a lot from the last time we met them. After being atacked by Dementors Harry is taken to Sirius' house, which is also the headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix (no more said here abou that). I'm afrad to say it but it goes into a slight lull until Harry gets to school then things begin to have a solid plot line. I don't want to ruin anything except that things are more intense and things are going on at the school that even the teachers can't control. Many things happen including the attemt to arrest Dumbledore and send him to Azkaban! Things are darker and more serious. I don't want to say who dies, but all I can say was that he was one of my ABSOLUTE favorite characters! I seriously cried at some parts! There was so much good in this book that it is simply astouding what J.K Rowling has done with this world! The only thing that I found upsetting (besides the death) was Harry's attitude. I never completely got why he was so angry and brooding, but I thought it was a bit overdone and it distracted me from the story. That and the slight lull in the begining were the only things I had to complain about. The rest was simply fantastic and I can't believe she has taken such an amazing world and brought it vividly to life once more!
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Summary: Asolutley Bad ...
Review: This book is top notch and well worth the long wait. It will not disappoint the avid Potter fan or a newcomer to the series. This is a must read!
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Summary: Worth the Wait
Review: Well I had been waiting for this book for awhile but I was not a dress-up and go to parties type fan. I have been looking forward to it and picked it up when i saw it at Wal-mart saturday. I just finished it an hour ago (Monday after it came out). I have to say that i was pleased. It was the most hard to put down book I have ever read in my entire life, even moreso than the other four books. It lived up to the hype and is worth every minute it takes to read it. I would suggest going to rumor sites after you read it to laugh at some of the stupid stuff that was supposed to be in this one. Although i will say they were serious when they mentioned a character dying, as well things like the ghost explanation and further insight into Harry's parents. So if at all humanly possible read this book, you wont regret it.
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Summary: Keeping the Magic Alive
Review: Sure, I'll tell you--I bought this copy at 12:01am for my KIDS(and the check's in the mail, etc.). An adult who was entranced by the Hobbit as a child, I have read and re-read each of the Harry Potter books, and enjoyed each one. This is no exception. As hinted in prior books, this is a much darker step along JK Rowling's still unfolding story. Harry (and his sainted parents) take a step down off their pedestals. Harry is becoming a moody, exciteable adolescent, questioning his once sacred trust in Hogwarts and Dumbledore, as well as mishandling his relationships with friends, and, yes, girls. He tends to be strident, flying off the handle at small things, and feeling he, more than anyone else, is being treated unfairly. (I have a 13 year old daughter, been there, done that). Further, other things taken for granted previously, are sorely tested. In flashbacks, his father, godfather Sirius, and even his sainted mother act far less nobly than he was led to believe. His failure to follow directions (for whatever reason), lead to him putting himself and his friends in mortal peril, with horrible consequences (but I'm not giving it away). I could not put it down. The author mixes interesting new features with the old. I regretted when it was over, but I'm anxiously looking forward to numbers 6 and 7. If you are a fan, you will enjoy it. However, if you have not read Harry Potter before, I would not start with the book--it very much hangs together with the previous books and you will get the most out of this book if you read them first.
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