Rating:  Summary: Harry Potter 5: An adventure of emotions and reality Review: This book is quite different from the previous lot. It mostly revolves around Harry's emotion, his entry into an adult world, his encounter with the worst ... Harry learns about life's truth in a hard way. He is an angry young man throughout the book. And above all he faces the agony to be separated from the one whom he loved. Although I wouldn't spoil by saying who is the one to die, but its impact certainly left Harry with an empty feeling, a feeling he hadn't felt before. On another note his new relationship with Cho Chang is described, but a cruel one for Harry to face. This would be completely realised by the readers at the end of the book.The plot in this book for once is not much to speak of compared to last four. It is not really as stunning but certainly a foundation for the books to come. Most of the part is anticipated except for a few surprises here and there. But the weirdness of the events and their explanations are certainly spellbinding. A good read overall. As a true Harry Potter fan I would however say this that although the book is excellent, it did not somehow live up to my expectations. Perhaps I was just hoping too much.
Rating:  Summary: I was disappointed after such a long wait. Review: I am twelve and have read all the books cover to cover. It took me until today to finish this very long and somewhat boring book. Harry has become nasty and the other characters are not much better. I have seen a lot of the sentences in other books, and the magic has left both the plot and the writing. I think Mrs Rowling should make the next book shorter and better.
Rating:  Summary: Harry Potter and the order of the phoniex Review: This Harry potter series is one of the best series of books that I have read I started reading them in the 5th grade and know I am on my way to the ninth. I am so obsessed with theese books ... Theese are the kind of books that catch your attention, once you read the first page you are trapped in a world of fantasy and magic I have all 5 books and am going to save this collection of wonderful books so that my kids and grandchildrenan may read it someday. I have waited forever for the fith book and I can't wait untill the 6th and 7th come out.
Rating:  Summary: Didn't like the ending. Review: Still a good book, but in my opinion, the ending sucked.
Rating:  Summary: This book is so action packed Review: J.K. Rowling never fails to suprise me. From the first page to to the last, this book is so jammed packed with action! I really think that she did a great job on this book and am already waiting for the next book. I think that this may be her best book yet!
Rating:  Summary: Best book of the series Review: This book was great. Only reason i gave it 4 stars instead of five was because i didn't like the way harry is always angry. It is so completely surpriseing that you don't know what is going to happen next. There have been some rumors going around stating that harry dies in this book. Let's just put that one to rest. Harry is not the one to die. I just could not put this book down. I finished it the day after i got it. If you only have 20$ get this book.
Rating:  Summary: Biggest, not the best. Review: This is a book full of entertaining moments, but in the end it left me a bit disappointed. After five installments, I fear that the books are getting a bit stale. The pattern is now too familiar, and the newness and 'magic' have started to wear off. The first book excelled because it brilliantly executed the classic-not-cliched device of a poor, put-upon wretch of a boy who manages to triumph over unbeatable odds by the final chapter. Unfortunately, Rowling has stuck with that script too religiously. It's becoming increasingly difficult, with each new book, to accept that Harry is a poor, put-upon wretch at the beginning. Sending Harry back to the Dursleys for more abuse (and seriously, wouldn't they be terrified of him by now), is no longer as entertaining as it was. Also, I'm starting to find that the ordeals Harry endures are becoming a bit TOO oppressive. I find myself thinking of Hogwarts as equally horrible as number 4 Privet Drive. A return to Hogwarts virtually guarantees that Harry will be treated horribly by teachers and (some of) his classmates. What's more, Harry seems to wait an interminably long time before he does anything about it. For example, in this installment, despiteprolonged and horrifying sadistic physical punishment by a teacher, Harry never complains to anyone who might have done anything. Instead, the Boy Who Survived merely suffers in near silence, enduring his punishment as if he were unchanged from the defenseless victim we met at the beginning of Book 1. It's immensely frustrating. One other thing that may have affected my enjoyment of the book was the pre-release hype. I had read several articles about the book in the mainstream press, including interviews with the author on CNN.com and elsewhere. In those articles, Rowling gave hits about huge plot events and secrets to be revealed. After finishing the book, I have to wonder what great secret she thinks her audience didn't already know. As for the huge plot event she alluded to, it was much less significant than the hype would have indicated. This book isn't horrible. I still devoured the thing in less than 24 hours. Nevertheless, I found myself ultimately unsatisfied with it at the end.
Rating:  Summary: *U mUsT ReAd tHiS~~~ Review: well i thought this book was greeat.. kinda long tho.. but in the end it makes up for it and like all hpotter boooks u jsut cant stop reading it.. but yah it was really suspenseful and kept u guessing the whole time well i did.. although harry gets a little too angry and this book is more darker serious and more emotional yet also a bit more real than the others.. but just a really good book where a lot of things are cleared up and introduced to new characters and one that i greatly dislike like umbridge.. ahaha getting carried away but it it a must read..!!! :) ;)
Rating:  Summary: Good, but with some Exceptions Review: The fifth of 7 installments in the Harry Potter series is like my title states. It was fun to read and a great plot, but I disliked Harry having a big attitude about everything later in the book. Other then that, there was a lot of surprises. I, for one, was surprised Ron became a prefect. For me, I think it gets a well deserved 4-star rating.
Rating:  Summary: Very dark Review: This is a wonderful, wonderful book, but it is very dark. The lightheartedness of the books 1-4 is gone. I enjoyed reading about the corruption of the wizarding government, proving that just because people have magic they aren't infallible. The reaction of the teachers is great to; they are not just stern authority figures as much anymore: they side with Dumbledore. The death is shocking, because I didn't expect that character to die. Overall, I think that this book is geared towards an older crowd. I don't know if I would have gotten it if I wasn't at least 12. (I'm 18). Towards the end I had to remind myself that it was just words on a page in order not to slam the book shut from apprehension!
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