Book details of 'Harry Potter (Book 5): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'

Title	Harry Potter (Book 5): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Author(s)	J K Rowling
ISBN	0747551006
Language	English

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There are in total 206 reviews for 'Harry Potter (Book 5): Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', viewing numbers 1801 through 206.

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Reviewer Limey wrote:
Okay, I'm going to end the stupid rumors and fake books that have been reviewed here. I got the official book last night and stayed up reading it, and all I will say is: 1) There is NO overt sexuality in any of it, 2) There is a great deal of sadness in this book, especially headed towards the end, and 3) There are no pairings (a.k.a. Ron and Hermione, Harry and Cho, etc.) left especially defined at the end of the book. If you are especially attached to the characters you will have a hard time finishing the book due to its sad content...Rowling does a terrific job of delivering the emotions of Harry with great gusto. I often wondered myself why he was not more angry at the world because of his situation (since I would be...I mean, take a refresher look at his life over the past four books)--he definitely is a lot more volatile, and a great deal more bitter. Harry's portrayal in this book is so dead-on in regards to a teenager's view on the world, I'm thoroughly impressed. She manages to make every character, not just Harry, shine with strength you didn't know they had. The only complaint that I would have is that a lot of the book focused on the injustices that occured throughout the Hogwarts school year, and left you in the dark about the true plot for at least 500 pages at least (out of the 870), and there was no 180 degree plot twist like there usually is. (Well, there are a few small ones, but inconsequencial compared to the amazing twists in the past four books.) The true shocker is Dumbledore's explanation to Harry about everything he knows, which was revealed as a teaser prior to the book's release. I can't say that I was surprised beyond belief, but it certainly adds gravity to Harry's life--his existence. I keep babbling, but when it comes to truly reviewing this book, I'm a little speechless. By far the best, most riveting book in the series, and more than worthy of anybody's praise. One thing nags me however, not about the book but the audience--this book is almost surprisingly dark, and the thought of being introduced to such a dark theme at a younger age is a little disconcerting. But I'd hate to not give children the credit they deserve, and so I'd leave the content revealed to the parents' discretion. All in all, a terrific book, one of the best I've read in a very long time. I can't wait for the sixth one.

Reviewer Albert wrote:
I got book 5 today(6/21) and its the best one ever (so far). Im on page 104 right now and it rocks!!!! In the Goblet of Fire i wasn't into i right away but in Order of the Phoenix I'm into the book and i just started it. I found this review that said that kids wont like it because its too dark. If you ask me the book cant stay where Harry's biggest fear is getting nailed by a Bludger. It has to get darker because Lord Voldemort isn't going to turn people into a little fuzzy bunny. He's going to kill them. So the only way to write a story with a person like Lord Voldemort is it has to get dark. J.K Rowling did a really really great job on book 5. I would give the book 100 stars but i could only give the book 5 stars. (Way To Go J.K.Rowling !!!!!!)

Reviewer Anne wrote:
OK, firstly, fanfic is almost always junk in my opinion. I have never and will never read it; it is an infringement of the author's copyright and should not be published. If you want to write something, write something that comes from your own thoughts, not someone else's. That said, the REAL book is brilliant. Yes, Harry is doing the same thing as always, facing the same enemies with the same allies, but some important things do happen in this book - it is clearly setting the reader up for the finale. Both this and book 6 will be doing this, in my opinion, with a spectacular climax in book 7. From now onwards, we won't be experiencing a sub-story in each book, but a continuation of the wider plot. I found it a little hard to follow, and I'm 20, so I can see how it'll be tough for children to understand but I think that J.K is doing a wonderful job in getting children to be interested in reading again, and that this is a wonderful book.

Reviewer Kacie wrote:
I've read the *real* OotP, which I bought at the bookstore last night. I'm only giving three books for now, mainly because the book, standing by itself, really isn't very good. I missed the plot twists and magical tone the first four books had. I do, however, think that they new, dark tone and the many long pages of narration are actually a set-up for the end of the series. Book Five, for all its length, feels like it's simply a transition from the light-hearted early books to the final confrontation between Voldemort and Harry in Book Seven. So I'm reserving judgment on Book Five and Book Six until I finish Seven -- then I will be able to accurately judge if the former two just aren't good books, or if they should be judged as preludes to the penultimate battle. So, three books for now, and maybe improvement in five years or so.

Reviewer amazon.com wrote:
As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero's non-Muggle friends from school. Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike. Returning to Hogwarts will be a relief... or will it? The fifth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for our young wizard, who finds himself knocked down a peg or three after the events of last year. Somehow, over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world's newspaper, the Daily Prophet) has turned Harry's tragic and heroic encounter with Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament into an excuse to ridicule and discount the teen. Even Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of the school, has come under scrutiny by the Ministry of Magic, which refuses to officially acknowledge the terrifying truth that Voldemort is back. Enter a particularly loathsome new character: the toadlike and simpering ("hem, hem") Dolores Umbridge, senior undersecretary to the Minister of Magic, who takes over the vacant position of Defense Against Dark Arts teacher--and in no time manages to become the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts, as well. Life isn't getting any easier for Harry Potter. With an overwhelming course load as the fifth years prepare for their Ordinary Wizarding Levels examinations (O.W.Ls), devastating changes in the Gryffindor Quidditch team lineup, vivid dreams about long hallways and closed doors, and increasing pain in his lightning-shaped scar, Harry's resilience is sorely tested. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a coming-of-age story. Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed black-and-white suddenly come out in shades of gray. Gone is the wide-eyed innocent, the whiz kid of Sorcerer's Stone. Here we have an adolescent who's sometimes sullen, often confused (especially about girls), and always self-questioning. Confronting death again, as well as a startling prophecy, Harry ends his year at Hogwarts exhausted and pensive. Readers, on the other hand, will be energized as they enter yet again the long waiting period for the next title in the marvelous, magical series.

Reviewer simeon wrote:
hi i read one of the fake story's but it ended halfway thru does anyone have the rest of the Psychic Serpent? could you mail it to me simeondav@oceanfree.net or send any other fake harry potter books there under subject fake hp book. thanks. and the psychic serpent really rocks. simeon

Reviewer Ed wrote:
I have read a "version" of the latest book, whether or not written by JK Rowling herself, I do not know. However, I have to say, it was very convincing. First of all, it is nearly four hundred pages in MS Word, and it is very loyal to the author's writing style. It also features the developing hormones of the three primary characters at about the same degree of the previous books. This book ended with Ron and Hermione pretty much with a red carpet rolled out for their relationship they both know they're going to have, and Harry and Cho have been on several dates (and kissed). There was no sex, or rape -- as I have seen people mention. Now I'm open to waking up Saturday morning and learning that I read a fake. However, it was still such an intriguing story, that I wonder why its author doesn't start writing books for a living rather than wasting his time laboring away trying to make a phony and not take any credit for it. I understand, also, about the many discrepancies brought up; the first line of the book, for instance, does not match the "fake" version I have read. Is it possible that the first line was changed by JK Rowling very recently, and then released in order to cast doubt over the legitimacy of the version available on the Internet? I wonder if anyone here who discounts the particular version I've read has considered this possibility. What I can probably say with some authority is those versions that feature sex and rape are most definitely fake versions (again, perhaps to cloud the version that DID leak out, or dilute its legitimacy).

Unknown reviewer wrote:
I have read a "version" of the latest book, whether or not written by JK Rowling herself, I do not know. However, I have to say, it was very convincing. First of all, it is nearly four hundred pages in MS Word, and it is very loyal to the author's writing style. It also features the developing hormones of the three primary characters at about the same degree of the previous books. This book ended with Ron and Hermione pretty much with a red carpet rolled out for their relationship they both know they're going to have, and Harry and Cho have been on several dates (and kissed). There was no sex, or rape -- as I have seen people mention. Now I'm open to waking up Saturday morning and learning that I read a fake. However, it was still such an intriguing story, that I wonder why its author doesn't start writing books for a living rather than wasting his time laboring away trying to make a phony and not take any credit for it. I understand, also, about the many discrepancies brought up; the first line of the book, for instance, does not match the "fake" version I have read. Is it possible that the first line was changed by JK Rowling very recently, and then released in order to cast doubt over the legitimacy of the version available on the Internet? I wonder if anyone here who discounts the particular version I've read has considered this possibility. What I can probably say with some authority is those versions that feature sex and rape are most definitely fake versions (again, perhaps to cloud the version that DID leak out, or dilute its legitimacy).

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Reviewer HPMCommander wrote:
The one about reviving harry's mom (written by 'Harry Writer' with chapter 1 being 'The Trip') is most definitely not the real one. The real one is supposed to have circa. 255,000 pages, and the fan-made only has roughly 126,000 words, definitely not real... and plus, it's supposed to start like this: "The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive.... The only person left outside was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flowerbed outside number four." also, i could not find this in the book anywhere: "Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. 'It is time,' he said 'for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything.' Just wanted to shed the light on some copies that have been floating around the internet.

Reviewer Lynda Wilson wrote:
I just finished reading the fake. Even though this book is still an interesting book it is obviously not real. There would never be that much sex and there wasn't a true plot to this story. Usually Harry Potter books have an order of the way the story turns out. Harry goes to school in some new way, is confronted with a mystery and is close to the people involved, is again faced with Voldemort and saves the day. This book was messy and badly put together. Oh and Malfoy and Ginny a couple, WHATEVER!? Oh there was only one reference to THE ORDER OF THE PHEONIX. There had to be more and it had to accually involve a pheonix. But I still wouldn't mind reading the fake again, it isn't half bad.

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