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Summary: More adult this time
Review: The new Harry Potter has a much more adult - though not to say certificate 18 - feel. Whilst younger readers will still enjoy his escapades and scream along with him in righteous indignation at the treatment he receives from The Ministry of Magic, adults will appreciate the more adult perpective which JK Rowling manages to interweave in this, her fifth offering.
Harry is now 15 and anyone who has ever been in contact with a 15 year old boy will know that they are all angst and hormones!
That's why Harry Potter is such a believable character.
In the Order of the phoenix we find out more about his families past and stumble with him towards his very first kiss! Other characters introduced in the first four books are given more importance and we see Dumbledore in a different, less perfect, light. Harry of course, triumphs over adversity with his indominatable spirit but not without heartbreak and irreplacable loss.
Harry grows up in The Order of The Phoenix and we are left at the end of the book desperate for more tales of him in his sixth year at Hogwarts
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Summary: Best Book Yet
Review: The fifth book is the best and darkest of all. Harry finds out a lot about his past. He also learns stuff about the Dursley's. I was very mad when the important character died. The end was good but now everyone's gonna be left hanging until the sixth book comes out. To me the best chapter in the book was The Lost Prophecy. It has the most information about Harry in it.
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Summary: Mind-blowingly Awesome
Review: "Phoenix" is the most literary, and the darkest, book so far in the Harry Potter series. J.K. Rowling has expanded her use of device, but she does so effectively, for the most part. One of her most marvelous gifts is what has been called "straight forward" prose. Rowling knows exactly how far to go in description - and she realizes that no writing is a better substitute for a readers imagination. Just a few scant lines regarding a portrait (the occupants of paintings lead far more interesting and interactive lives in Harry's world)searching for his missing owner conjured up an fantastic scene of supernatural pathos in my mind that far exceeded the account given by the author. Rowling trusts her readers.Symbolism is often in play. It ranges from overt showings in nomenclature to far subtler and deeper uses. Such is the nature of the book that, as with many great works of fiction, matters read often resonate both privately with the reader, and also with broader perceptions regarding the world we live in. I for example, interpereted the heinous bureaucratic torure Harry, and Hogwarts as a whole, underwent as a swipe at New Classism that hinted towards an undesirable real-world future (EU perversion). But that's probably just me. As everyone no doubt has heard, Order of the Phoenix is darker than it's predecessors. Much darker. It's a good darkness though - spine-tingling, toe-curling stuff. I cannot say I was wholly satisfied with the ending, however. Ms. Rowling wrapped up a little too tidily for my taste. I want more shaggy beast in my novels than neat packaging, and I think she ternminated a source of massive conflict prematurely. But that's her decision. Many people underrate Rowling as an author, and lightly regard juvenile literature en masse as well. They shouldn't. First rate read.
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Summary: Harry Potter 5
Review: Although most would give it 5 stars, i'd have to stick with 4. As they Harry Potter Series continues, the books keep getting longer and more tedious, and the most recent addition has just been too much for me. Throughout the whole book, a definite plot was never established untill about halfway in. It basically kept going on and on about how Voldermort was alive again and that the Ministry of Magic was a bunch of liars. But i found a charming little "kick" to Harry's year, which was the new Defense aganist the dark arts teacher, Professor Umbridge. Her bitterness made her as hated as Snape, but it was amusing to see her reactions. Altogether though, this was a nice book, but my one big complaint was the length, it took me 2 1/2 days nonstop to complete it, and endless headaches
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Summary: Most important book of the series...
Review: although perhaps not the most entertaining. Devoted HP fans will be, and most likely already are, quite happy with the latest installment. It does get off to a slow beginning because the characters are tense, angry, and often bickering, which makes it hard on the reader at times. Harry is particularly angry, but the author is quite right in understanding that a 15-year old boy in Harry's situation would be, and she deserves credit for taking a risk and developing this aspect of his character. I don't recommend readers new to HP start with this book. There is much less explanation provided when references are made to past events or magic, and the dark events that happened at the end of book four are crucial to this plot. Harry is definitely growing up and his younger readers should be too--this book is by far the darkest--but there are still many moments of mystery, magic, fun and emotion (as well as plenty of plot lines left to explore) which will keep fans coming back for more.
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Summary: Order of the Phoenix - Meatiest Potter Book YET!
Review: I couldn't put the darn book down!
The development of characters in this latest edition makes "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" a virtual feast. We are introduced to new aspects of each character, and the developing story line certainly doesn't disappoint the imagination. J.K. Rowling should be named "Minister of Imagination"! Thanks for the treat...
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Summary: Order of the Phoenix
Review: This book is excellent. You really get to know Harry better as you see him struggle with being a 15 year old who thinks he is an adult, but other adults don't view him as one. This book grabbed me and wouldn't let go. I can't wait until book 6.
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Summary: The Best Book so far...
Review: The best book so far in the series, keeps you quite absorbed from the beginning to the ending. J.K. Rowling's magic within this book keeps you wishing for more when you finish it, and I'm quite sure that we will quite enoy the last ones, as the books keep getting better and better as Harry keeps getting older.
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Summary: More Than Satisfied
Review: By now we know what to expect: some funny bits mixed in with the adventures, set in a magical world of great imagination. It's also a world of numbing beauracracies and media fawning that will be very familiar to adult readers. There's a real art to the way that Rowling handles Harry's relationships with Cho and Snape that adds maturity to the book and offers a valuable perspective for our own lives. Of course there's also the strong emotional stuff centered around Harry and his parents that gives these books their powerful core and confirms their status as great literature. Truly the end is now in sight, and we'll hold our breath as Harry moves on toward his destiny.
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Summary: Exciting !
Review: I admit it, I'm a grown-up that loves Harry Potter. I thought this was one of the best adventures, loaded with more details on Harry and You-Know-Who. Ron and Hermione are still wonderful friends, all are 15 now and definitely teen-agers! And while it's true someone important dies, it's written very well. I'll probably read this book again in about 6 months, to catch whatever I may have missed the first time through!
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