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TechnoTV - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
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List Price: $14.95
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Manufacturer: Large Print Press
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781594131127
Format: Large Print
ISBN: 1594131120
Label: Large Print Press
Manufacturer: Large Print Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1232
Publication Date: 2005-08-10
Publisher: Large Print Press
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Large Print Press
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Summary: Excellent, Nearly Super
Comment: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" takes Harry back to school for his fifth year. This is the longest and most complicated book so far. I think that it is excellent and comes close to being a super book. However, J.K. Rowling did run into some problems. The major problem is how one fits a great deal into a smaller space. Yet, the author must be true to several ideas that permeate the entire series.
The result is a book that is somewhat darker than any previous book and a book that is somewhat more difficult to read.
I think that younger readers should read this book, one chapter at a time. This will be hard to do, because the earlier books could, almost, be swallowed whole. Here, one must chew on the story, one bite at a time.
Is it possible to improve on what J.K. Rowling wrote? Perhaps. However, I am glad that I do not have to try to do that.
Really, the introductory review supplied by the publisher (way up above) gives a good enough idea of what to expect in terms of specifics. Harry is older and is going through a tough phase of adolescence. The tension is growing between the forces of good and evil. And, Harry must grow up. In addition, all the major characters face some growing pains. Further, the author must point the tale in a particular direction to start lining up a clean direction towards the ending of the series. This requires that the plot must include the death of a semi-major character.
In short, the ending is not quite the heroic success of the previous endings. Nor is the ending as neatly tied together. Finally, the plot of the entire series turns in unexpected and complicated ways.
Yet, I rate this book highly. Have some patience reading this book. There is a lot of material to digest.
This is a very good book but requires some effort on the part of the reader.
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Summary: George Orwell Comes to Hogwarts
Comment: Ms. Rowling's fifth book involves oodles of political intrigue between the government in power and many of the major characters teaching or attending Hogwarts. The school slowly morphs into a brutal, totalitarian institution under the control of the government. The reasons for the repression of the students and teachers are more complicated than simply good vs evil. This story is a wonderful way of teaching readers about the loss of individual rights. It is clearly darker than the previous four, but still very entertaining. There is plenty of magic, humor and excitement to keep readers of all ages entertained. However, I don't believe it is possible to fully understand and enjoy Ms. Rowling's fifth installment without reading the prior books. Also, many things are left hanging at the end and requires you to continue into the sixth novel for answers. No problem there. Ms. Rowling's books are addictive.
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Summary: An amazing novel
Comment: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the great transitional novel in the series. The first books have action and interesting plot twists, but the tone changes in this book. In the previous books, when Harry Potter wins a battle (aka the conclusion of a book), the reader experiences a feeling that everything is all right and will be right. However, throughout this book and into the next ones, the confident feeling that Harry will survive and defeat Voldemort and restore the peaceful, jovial magical world we knew in the first books is challenged. The changes in Harry's character do not inspire confidence either. The character we embraced and grew with is becoming a snotty, arrogant idiot. I found myself questioning whether the world Harry lives in will ever be the same even if Voldemort is defeated.
This is a great book and the beginning of the action that makes this series one of the best I have ever read. I recommend it to all.
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Summary: excellent audio books!!!!!!!!!
Comment: I have at this point listened to all the books that have come out
in the theaters, i love them all, the narriator is excellent!!!!!
I am a Harry Potter fan, i can't get enough!!!!!!
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Summary: I reread all the books this summer
Comment: And this one was the best and most imaginative of them all. The Department of Mysteries was easily the greatest fight in all the books.
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Editorial Reviews:
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A New York Times Bestseller As Harry enters his fifth year at wizard school, Lord Voldemort's rise has opened a rift in the wizarding world between those who believe the truth about his return, and those who prefer to believe it's all madness and lies - just more trouble from Harry Potter. Add to this a host of other worries for Harry . . . and you'd know what Harry faces during the day. But at night it's even worse, because then he dreams of a single door in a silent corridor. And this door is somehow more terrifying than every other nightmare combined. In the richest installment yet of J. K. Rowling's seven-part story, Harry Potter confronts the unreliability of the very government of the magical world, and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. Despite this (or perhaps because of it) Harry finds depth and strength in his friends, beyond what even he knew; boundless loyalty and unbearable sacrifice. - J. K. Rowling currently resides in Scotland
- J. K. Rowling has won the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the Whitbread Award for Best Children's Book
- She has received special commendation for the Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize, and a special certificate for being a three-year winner of the Smarties Prize, as well as many other honors
- With over a quarter of a billion sold, the Harry Potter books have been translated into 61 languages and distributed in over 200 countries
- All five Harry Potter books have appeared on bestseller lists in the United States, Britain, and around the globe
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