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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

(Harry Potter, Book 5)

By J. K. Rowling

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| Paperback | 9780747561071

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Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. His best friends Ron and Hermione have been very secretive all summer and he is desperate to get back to school and find out what has been going on. However, what Harry discovers is far more devastating than hContinue

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Three years. Three years is a long time to wait for a book, yet that's what it was for the latest installment of Harry Potter. When the embargo was lifted at our recent breakfast launch party, the children rushed to get their hands on the book to sta ... (read full critics)

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will have a first printing of 6.8 million copies in the US, the largest ever for a general interest hardcover: To meet demand from fans who have waited for three years for the latest book, Scholastic said in ... (read full critics)

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I've just realized I haven't written a single word about my favourite book in the series!
This can't be!
Well, I LOVED this 5th novel. Much more than the third, every one's favourite.
Why? Because never before in the previous books the difference between good and evil was so crystal ... (continue)

I've just realized I haven't written a single word about my favourite book in the series!
This can't be!
Well, I LOVED this 5th novel. Much more than the third, every one's favourite.
Why? Because never before in the previous books the difference between good and evil was so crystal clear. People are now forced to decide whether they want to step into action and fight for the right cause or just wait to see what happens.
The war begins and everyone is called to fight: whole families (like the Weasleys) know that each and one of them is in danger for fighting for what they believe in, but nonetheless they accept what must be done. I felt the pain and the tears of Mrs Weasley as if they were my own, she's just a mother whose children are growing up too early because of this war. Just like other mothers did during other wars.
This is a dark and sad book, where the characters are constantly proven and challenged, and not always they do what's best (Percy for instance, or Sirius who pays for his attitude toward Kreacher)
And I did love Neville.
He's the most outstanding character in both the fifth and seventh novel. He reveals - to himself and to all the others - to be a real Gryffindor; he's just a boy who still needs the love of his parents, but at the same time he's got the courage to be a right man, to face reality and decide which side is his.
The whole St Mungo's part touched me incredibly, and I have to admit I found myself crying without even realizing it.
The whole book was such an intense experience for me, something I hadn't expect to feel reading a Harry Potter's book.
I have been wanting to re-read this book for years, I will probably do it now that the series is complete. I know it will not disappointed me.

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Miss Piggott said on Aug 11, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | 1 feedback

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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 s ... (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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Moirne Stark said on May 31, 2008 | Add your feedback

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When I grow up, I wanna be just like McGonagall!

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The Grand Sophy said on Jul 24, 2007 | Add your feedback

Not the best of the bunch...

Okay well this book is definitely my least favourite of the seven books. It unfortunately drags a lot and hasn't got as strong a plot as previous books. It seems to plod along aimlessly and ends in a kind of unrelated finale that comes out of nowhere really.
Umbridge was a brilliant character to in ... (continue)

Okay well this book is definitely my least favourite of the seven books. It unfortunately drags a lot and hasn't got as strong a plot as previous books. It seems to plod along aimlessly and ends in a kind of unrelated finale that comes out of nowhere really.
Umbridge was a brilliant character to introduce however and I really enjoyed hating her!! The film version of this book was also the least enjoyable of the lot but the recent trailers for the Half Blood Prince looks really good and just have to refresh my memory reading the book before it comes out!!

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Lauraolsthoorn said on Feb 25, 2012 about the Audio Cassette edition | Add your feedback

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Sanjay Ostech said on Dec 2, 2011 | Add your feedback

Please Harry, don't be so stupid!!

Oh my gosh. Please, Harry: you know Voldemort is the most powerful mind reader in all wizard history and you trust the dreams when you think you act like Voldemort? Maybe a bit stupid? Apart from this point of view, quite interesting story, maybe a bit long ... but after the first movie and its succ ... (continue)

Oh my gosh. Please, Harry: you know Voldemort is the most powerful mind reader in all wizard history and you trust the dreams when you think you act like Voldemort? Maybe a bit stupid? Apart from this point of view, quite interesting story, maybe a bit long ... but after the first movie and its success it was predictable

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Ologib said on Oct 22, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback