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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

(Book 5)

By J. K. Rowling

(223)

| Hardcover | 9780747551003

Book Description

As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 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 rebelliContinue

As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 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?

Book five in JK 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. 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 teenager. Even Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of the school, has come under scrutiny from the Ministry of Magic, which refuses to officially acknowledge the terrifying truth: that Voldemort is back. Enter a particularly loathsome new character: the toad-like and simpering ("hem, hem") Dolores Umbridge, senior undersecretary to the minister of Magic, who takes over the vacant position of defence against dark arts teacher--and in no time manages to become the high inquisitor of Hogwarts. Life isn't getting any easier for Harry Potter. With an overwhelming course load as the fifth years prepare for their examinations, devastating changes in the Gryffindor Quidditch team line-up, 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 Harry Potter and the Philosopher'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 energised as they enter yet again the long waiting period for the next title in the marvellous magical series. --Emilie Coulter

10 Reviews

  • 2 people find this helpful

    Life at Hogwarts

    This is my favorite book of the series :) Some people complain that not much action happens in OOTP, but I like it for that reason. We get a complete look at student life at Hogwarts. We're taken on a journey with Harry, rather than having the "quest" introduced early on. It's the first time that we ... (continue)

    This is my favorite book of the series :) Some people complain that not much action happens in OOTP, but I like it for that reason. We get a complete look at student life at Hogwarts. We're taken on a journey with Harry, rather than having the "quest" introduced early on. It's the first time that we see the utter incompetence of authority figures, and there's nothing I love more than people trying to expose and bring down corruption!

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    ― MoirneStark said on May 31, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • 2 people find this helpful

    This was where my interest in Harry Potter waned almost completely. It felt as though there was the opportunity for it to be so much better than it was. And I also hated that I could tell what was going to happen nearly 100 pages in advance.

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    ― Miri said on Dec 21, 2006 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • 1 person find this helpful

    Harry was a whiney bitch in this book. If Rowling would have kept out the emo bullshit then it would have been a lot better.

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    ― Moonbeach03 said on Jan 5, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Finally

    It is nice to finally read a book with so much content that was good from beginning to end. She is editing herself much better now, or, at least, or her editor is editing her much more carefully now.

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    ― lisainindie said on Oct 24, 2008 about the Audio Cassette edition | Add your feedback

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    My Thoughts

    I enjoyed this book as I would with any Harry Potter book, though I really didn't like to see Harry so depressed and angry.

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    ― `♠Alexvampira♠` said on Sep 27, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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