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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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Reviewer Miss Puar wrote:
This book reminds me of The Empire Strikes Back. Both ESB and OOTP were the darkest in their series, and were full of cliff-hangers, but in the end are essential to the plot. The biggest complaint is that after like 800 pages, the whole "Percy" is unexplained. Is his angry at his family because he thinks they didn't trust him and/or undermined his skills, is he a Death-Eater wannabe, is he a Double Agent being trained by Snape, did he mess up and is he now ready to go back home with his tail between his legs (or is he too proud to admit that he made a mistake), or what? Personally I'm hoping that he's a spy, he visited his dad in the hospital (in secret, of course) and he plans on marrying Penny once the war is over. After all, now that Sirius is dead, I have to pray for an idyllic ending for my next-favorite character, right?

Reviewer Patrick Phelan wrote:
Let me start my comments about Book 5 by stating that I am 78 years of age. I have read the first 4 books at least 50 times each, and I have read Book 5 four times. Additionally, I have read the last 150 pages of Book 5 about 7 times. Maybe I should explain why I have read these books so many times. I live in Paradise, Pago Pago, American Samoa. I feel that I am far too young to retire, so I involve myself in a great many projects, which I feel are critical in today's every day living. I work on these projects about 12 to 16 hours seven days a week. At bed time, I am usually so tense that sleep is virually impossible, so I read Harry Potter for an hour or two, until the warmth and splendor of the universe that JKR has described so thrillingly just washes over me, and totally relaxes me. I then fall asleep like a baby until the new day. Now for my actual comments on Book 5. I found the first 400 pages or so to be very slow - even to the point of dragging. After waiting for 3 years, I wanted action. JKR said that Book 5 would contain more of the boy/girl thing. I hoped upon hope that Harry and Hermione would finally recognize that theirs is a match made in heaven. This did not materialize. However, I am glad that the Cho/Harry thing fizzled out. Those people who hope for a Ron/Hermione relationship are not very realistic, as Ron is not really a very strong character. Whereas Hermione has the unique ability to lead Harry into projects, and make him think that they were his own idea. Dumbledore's Army is a good example of the absolute brilliance of Hermione. Lest we forget, most of the spells, charms, jinxes that Harry taught at the DADA classes are the same ones that Hermione taught Harry. However, I was, and still am concerned about the possibility of a Krum/Granger romance. However, I am certain that Book 7 will end up with Harry and Hermione getting married, just as James and Lily Potter did when they graduated. JKR has said that Book 7 will be used to say her goodbyes to all of her characters, so I can anticipate Harry killing the Dark Lord prior to his wedding to Hermione. I would be thoroughly delighted if the Durselys could attend the graduation proceedings at Hogwarts. Let them see what a wonderful environment that Harry has lived in for seven years. Other than those few comments, I am totally satisfied with the ride into a wonderful beautiful world that JKR has been taking me for so many pleasant years. I truly believe that JKR is the finest writer of English literature since Bill Shakespear. Patrick Phelan

Reviewer Emily McFadden wrote:
It took me about 2 weeks to read, so the quotation is, was it worth it? It is very obvious that Harry Potter is no longer the wide-eyed child of the "sorcerers stone" he is now going through the stages of adulthood. I at thought he was a real jerk, but got over ti after awhile.IO unlike some of you, did enjoy the order, and the DA I was not shocked when Percy broke ties with his family, however was very shocked when he sent that letter to Ron, telling him to "Stay away from Harry Potter, or lose your badge" (witch Ron didn't give a dam about). The prophesy was an interesting idea, however it just seemed to come out of no where, with no clues what so ever. I did enjoy seeing new characters, and meeting up with Lupin and Moody once more. I do agree that Sirius's death was not the biggest shocker, but Harry's reaction made it sad. J.K.R does have a knack for human emotions, her chilling words, and comic relief (like the Uranus joke) carried the book from the first page to the last. However, not as tense or exciting as "The goblet of fire" it was indeed worth it, and I am at least, far from calling it "crap"

Reviewer Lourdes Rivera wrote:
When I finally got my hands in this book, I wasn't that eager to read it. I waited until I got home, sat nicely in my bed and started at the cover. I usually give people an idea of what they are reading. It was ok. I like GoF better. The thing with this book is that is far too long. I'm thankful that it is because I like long books but the problem with this one is that Rowling stretched the story far too long. The DA was cool and all, but it served no purpouse. If she wanted dumbledore to leve the School she could have done it another way. This book was really funny. And I don't mean the 'funny' where you think. 'Oh, how nice' but the funny that actually make you laugh. Sirius's death was meaningless, it was sadder to see Harry’s reaction to it. I'm not saying his death was too sudden, because I agreed with some people, death is supposed to be like that, hello? If Rowling really was going to try and kill a character for no real reason, she should have killed Cho. Everybody would have been delighted. We all saw what kind of self-centered bitch she really is. Neville being a bigger character was great. I also think Grawl will play a big part in future books. OotP is definitely not my favorite. Why does the fight only happens in the end? Over the middle nothing important really happens. This book leaves us standing almost in the exact same place where where at GoF... By the way, the prophecy was kindof lame. Harry became the really anger repressed teenager, always yelling at everybody, and a lot of blank sports where left behind... I hope all of this only lead to one thing...the next book is going to be THE GREATESt THING. In this one. there wasn't really much of a plot, just an idea over the end.

Unknown reviewer wrote:
I loved it!!! Whoever says this book is bad is totaly wrong. It had a great plot and loved it more than ever. I felt soooo down when Sirius died. I read this one coment where the person was saying they didnt even tell you how he died.Well,just for the record,HE WAS STUNNED YOU IDIOT!!!!!!!then he fell through that stupid curtain, if you even payed remote atention to the book you would know that.and dont yousay the book was a total let down,cause it was totaly great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Reviewer Brittany Chester wrote:
I had waited 3 long years for ootp to come and i must admit at first i was a little disapointed.But now after reading the whole book i must say that this one of the most amazing books that has ever been written and that J K Rowling should be congratulated on her writing . this book made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me bored, it made me frustrated, it made my heart beat fast and it mad me fall in love with all the characters all over again and start to like some that before i had loathed. At the beginning i was rather confused seeing that everything seemed to be happening so fast and i think that she should have somehow made the beginning longer. Yet i positivly beamed when Remus Lupin came back in to the book. It annoyed me that Harry kept yelling at his friends and what was the go with them all saying "mate" all the time. I think the book then went through a bit of a boring stage and that umbridge chick totally got on my nerves. I thought it was extremely frustating when the Ministry of magic was trying to take over the school. But then as the book went on i found myself fasinated with Sirus Blacks past and felt extemely sorry for him as he had such a horrible life. I have also always wondered about Lily and James and this book seemed to answer all my questions yet i was disapointed that James was like that yet found there story very romantic. i have always hated Cho Chang and was devastated when she went out with harry. thank god thats over. the book seemed to be going along nicely and with fred and george leaving which was hilarious (there some of my fave characters ) and the owls when all of a sudden harry was off to the ministry of magic to save sirius. i was utterly devastated when he died and cryed for so long. then i read the part about harry in dumbledores office and cried some more which have never done because of a book in my life. i couldnt believe it. my favourite character dead after his life was so horrible. and for no reason. i got so round up in it i wonderd if i d ever get over it and then i remembered it was a book and felt extremely stupid. i cried again when harry went to nearly headless nick and when he opened the mirror. why hadnt he opened the stupid present before. he would had been able to talk to sirius all the time then the question remains who killed him. was it harry for going there or dumbedore for not telling harry orthat bellatrix chic or himself or voldemort. man it was confusing. so this is why j k rowling is a genious because with one book she can make you feel so many emotions. some people have said thebooks are getting to old for kids but i dont think that this is true. my sister is 12 and she still read it and thought it was amazing. if parents think that this book is to old for there children then dont buy it for them but if they ever read it when there older than they might just see the brillantsy of it. i recommend this book for everyone and even though its a bit long i cant see how you could cut it down

Reviewer Anthony wrote:
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHICH DEATH EATERS WERE CAUGHT BY DUMBLEDORE. I know Malfoy was, but how many others were caught? Dumbledore is the best ever. The 4th book will make the best movie of the 5. What happened to Umbridge? Who will be the Defense against the Dark Arts teacher? Who will be the Divination teacher? Who will fill the spots of: Fred and George Weasley, Alicia Spinnett, Angelina Johnson, and Katie Bell on the Gryffindor House Quidditch team? I know Ginny will probably fill one of those chaser positions, but what about the leftover 4 positions on the team? My guess is that Hermione will join the team (in her 6th year) as chaser. Probably 2 other 6 year boys will become the replacement beaters. My guess: Seamus and Neville. It only makes sense for these main characters to join the team with Harry to show that togetherness.

Reviewer Sky Brooks wrote:
I would love to give this book a wonderful review, but I can't. Sirius Black's death ruined everything. There were certainly good parts of OotP, like when Fred and George leave and the character Umbridge made it rather interesting. The entire book was great except the death. I thought it would be Hagrid, in which case I would have been a little sad, but Sirius was my favorite character and now I'm depressed. What was the point in even writng book 3? It was all about how Sirius escaped Azkaban and then how he was really innocent. Why bother writing an entire book about someone who just dies anyway? The character Grawp was kind of dull, hopefully JK will do SOMETHING to make him the least bit interesting. I love most of the book, but the death got me so upset that I can't even look at it without getting angry and snapping at someone (sad, no?). Now I'm reduced to reading fanfiction where he's alive and pretending it's the real book. I also didn't think Hagrid's character in book 5 was even remotely interesting. On the whole, the book was good, but it could have been MUCH better.

Reviewer Rachel wrote:
All you people who say it was bad don't know what you were talking about! It was great! The only really bad part, of course, was Sirius' death. I mean come on! How could J.K do that??? Sirius was the last parent figure Harry had! Harry didn't deserve to have him die!! But there is hope that he can come back in some form!!! Think about it. Avada Kedavra is green light, yeah? And what Bellatrix hit Sirius with was red light, suggesting that she only stunned him. I think falling through the veil was what killed him (remember Dumbledore told Fudge that the death eaters were bound in the DEATH CHAMBER? The veil was in that room....) so that maybe if Harry goes back and looks beyond the veil, he'll find Sirius' soul trapped in there, but Sirius might not truly be dead, he might be how Voldemort was before he got his body back, not dead or alive but trapped in between. And remember how the death chamber looked like an ampitheater? I think that some people were executed that way, by being forced through the veil, and that the stone benches could be for spectators. And they're not alive, but they can't die either, unless a living person lifts back the veil and lets them out. So Hary might look beyond the veil and he could bring Sirius back to life with the same ritual Voldemort used. And don't tell me that doesn't make sense. That makes perfect sense.

Reviewer Anand Poduval wrote:
I finished reading “ Harry Potter And the Order Of the Phoenix” just under three days and it was EXCELLENT! This book is electrifying, suspense-filled, action - packed and even more darker than the previous four books put together. But even then, at the end of the 766 page read, we find ourselves pretty much at the same spot where we were left at the end of GOF. Most of the questions that arise at the end of GOF (Snape’s past, Dumbledore’s trust in him and what job was he assigned to do, among many) remain unanswered. Information wise, Book 5 leaves us thirsty and thereby ensuring that the books to come will be EXPLOSIVE! The humor, the gripping plot and the magic is prevalent better than ever. The most welcoming thing in Book 5 is the emergence of Neville Longbottom as a major character. He now shows the characteristics of a true Gryffindor. It is good to see that he is finally getting the importance that has been long overdue. The book’s new villainess, Prof. Umbridge, redefines being evil. Her show of power and evil (with that irritating smile!) throughout the book is horrible and makes one think she is psychotic. One of the highlights of the book is the “breakout” of the Weasley twins. All of us were expecting something BIG from them as this was their final year at Hogwarts. Author, J.K.Rowling, has given them a finale befitting the “Kings of mischief” of Hogwarts. Their parting instructions to Peeves (“Give her hell for us, Peeves!”) and ex headmaster Phineas Nigellus’s statement to the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, about Dumbledore’s daring escape (“He’s got style!”), remain my personal favorite one-liners in Book 5. The death of Sirius Black was a tad bit emotional but one can see this happening long before it happens. The subdued bits of conversation with Harry, the uncomfortable pauses, Harry’s longing to meet Sirius during their separation, all tend to point to something bad happening to Sirius. The sudden appearance of Lord Voldemort at the MOM and the final confrontation between him and Dumbledore is breathtaking. The way Dumbledore fights him (blocking the spells cast by Voldemort with ease and disapparating to prevent being hit by the spells) is supremely COOL. I could say a million more things about the book but think it’s wise to stop here. All said and done, I feel this book is Harry’s best adventure till date and is bound to be surpassed only by the rest of the series. I just can’t wait for the next ones to come.

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