Undisciplined, Unedited, Frustrating, and Still Fun

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	• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré Scholastic Paperbacks, 2004 - 870 pages average customer review:based on 5871 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Awesome book!

This book is awesome! Read it! I recommend it for teenagers. You really should read the first 4 Harry Potter books before picking this one up.

Excellent!

Harry Potter really comes alive with Dale's reading of the story. My wife and I enjoyed casually listening to the story while spending time on other activities. It is a great way to recapture the story!

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Undisciplined, Unedited, Frustrating, and Still Fun

This woolly mammoth of a "children's book" is the least of a great series.

Please, please--don't kill me for being right. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has a terrific story to tell, as all of the books in this series do, but this one is simply snowed under by wandering subplots and the author's seeming insistence on revisiting every character and setting she has embedded in the Hogwarts universe over the course of her four previous books. It felt like a survival exercise making it through the first hundred pages. I nearly put the book down. In the end, I'm very glad I didn't.

The plot, when you finally arrive there, concerns the refusal of the wizarding world at large to acknowledge that Voldemort has returned. The consequence of this is that it will be up to Harry and his friends, as always, to thwart the evil one's newest plot: the aquisition of a new "weapon" that will enable his ultimate rise to power. Interesting side bits include Neville Longbottom's backstory, the introduction of two new, wonderful characters, and the uneasy truth about Snape's enmity with Harry's deceased parents. Those aren't the ONLY side bits--no, no, far from it--but those of you who want the rest will have to forgo the expertly trimmed movie script and actually read all 870 pages of this book.

In defense of Order of the Phoenix, two of the best scenes Rowling has written appear in its latter half. I won't ruin them for those who haven't already read the book (all twenty-six of you worm-ridden, TV-addicted, uneducated purveyors of intellectual pus), but be on the lookout for Dumbledore "not coming quietly" and the Weasley Twins' alliance with Peeves the Poltergeist.

(This review was posted by Marcus Damanda, author of the vampire fantasy "Teeth.")

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Again Harry gave me a Very Entertaining Read

First, let me say that Harry Potter gave me a very entertaining read. For the author to be so consistent in her books is a credit to her high standards. I have read three of the Harry Potter books and I thought Goblet Of Fire was a bit better than Order of the Phoenix, but it's a toss up. In Phoenix the story moved along at brisk pace although I thought the beginning was long and drawn out. After mid way I was drawn into the story and found myself reading page and page. It's just a wonderful story for young adults and parents.

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