Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (JK Rowling) - ★★★★

[Flo]

This book is my least favorite book in the whole series, mostly because no one actually seems to be doing anything logically except for Hermione. Everyone else is just running around letting their emotions get the best of them (read: Harry and Sirius) and yelling at people when it would be better to take a more sneaky and calm approach and I just spent the whole book being furious and exasperated at Harry for most of it.

Then again, I suppose that is a sign of good writing that gets me so worked up about the characters!

Also it dragged a little bit in the beginning - I think everything that happened before going back to Hogwarts took almost 200 pages. Things started moving along a little better once they were back at Hogwarts, but that was when I started really being irritated at Harry all the time. He just was so moody and was a jerk to his friends and tbh if I were his friend, I wouldn't be by the time the book was over. And he just acts in an emotional, illogical manner and he can't just take his anger and put it away when it was necessary and tbh I don't like Snape as a person, but I couldn't help but agree with him when he said that Harry's tendency to just act on his emotions and anger made him weak and easily manipulated.

So overall the book/writing was good, but emotionally, I still can't stand most everyone in this one.

[Joi]

Ahh, the HP book that everyone talks in CAPS.

[Jenni Elyse]

This is actually one of my favorites because I think JK Rowling does such a good job at catching a 15 year old's emotions, especially having gone through the ordeal he did with seeing Voldemort come back, Cedric die, no contact with anyone he loved for 1.5 months, and then being completely ignored by his mentor. I would've reacted the exact same way as he did.

But, I understand why it's most people's least favorite. Harry is frustrating to read (though I didn't mind). I actually was more frustrated with Umbridge than Harry. I. HATE. UMBRIDGE. (There are your caps, Joi, lol.) I think she's an awesome villain, but I wanted to see her die more than I wanted to see Voldemort die, lol.