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Updated to remove my old 5-star rating, because I don't think any of us should give JK Rowling and her opinions any attention. Original review below:
This was my fourth time reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but I'd forgotten enough of it in the ten years since my last read that it still felt like a punch in the gut. This is the longest of the Harry Potter books by more than 100 pages, and it's nearly all action. It's dark and loses almost all of the silliness that peppered the e ...more
This was my fourth time reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but I'd forgotten enough of it in the ten years since my last read that it still felt like a punch in the gut. This is the longest of the Harry Potter books by more than 100 pages, and it's nearly all action. It's dark and loses almost all of the silliness that peppered the e ...more
From the art work on the cover to the last page inside this is a dark and scary novel. The longest of the HP books, it is an exhausting read but well worth the time. If Book 4 introduces Harry to the costs of his destiny, then Book 5 teaches Harry the truth behind it. Watching Harry struggle with the loss of what little innocence he had left takes this book to "literature."
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Harry Potter comes of age in his fifth year at Hogwarts School. Lord Voldemort is back but no one will officially acknowledge it. Harry has to deal with final exams, changes in the Quidditch team lineup, vivid dreams and increasing pain in his scar. Harry's a whiner and full-fledged pubert in this one!
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Good. A little drawn out in the middle but much easier to read than the first two or the fourth as the kids are growing up and actually experiencing some real danger.
This is one of my favorites in the series.
