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Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

95 reviews

nancymae_reads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

“You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts...but you cannot deny he's got style...”

This book I have been DREADING! The size of this book scared me completely! 807 pages! I felt like, at times, the book definitely didn’t need to be 807 pages, and could have portrayed the storyline in 600 pages.

The Order of the Phoenix, I feel, set up a lot of the plot for the final books. There was a lot of information given in this book that kept the storyline going throughout.

I have watched the films of all the Harry Potter franchise and loved them but reading the books and watching the films is always so different. At times I felt like I was slugging my way through this book but at times I couldn’t put it down. I loved them but divulge into Sirius and Harry’s relationship and hated the moment when he died! Although, I felt there wasn’t a lot of storyline given when he did die.

This book saw the introduction of one of my favourite characters in the films, Luna! Luna was even more whacky in the books and I honestly loved seeing her name come up in chapters.

I look forward to reading the rest of the series! 4⭐️

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lvr_17's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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aasiya_m's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Summary (spoiler-free):

Harry Potter is returning to Hogwarts for his fifth year, but things are darker and more complicated than ever. The wizard inch world is in denial about what really goin on, and Harry finds himself caught in the middle of a lot of tension, both inside and outside of the school. As tensions rise in the wizarding world, Harry must face new challenges at school, a lack of trust from the adults around him, and a growing sense that something big is coming.

My thoughts (spoiler-free):

I liked the book, but it wasn’t my favorite in the series. The story had some intense moments and a darker vibe, which was interesting, but I forgot a lot of details since the book was super long. Also, like all the other Harry Potter books the ending felt a bit rushed but I did enjoy when the entire premise of what’s been happening behind the scenes is told to Harry. I feel it’s the same storyline over and over again just written differently. I do appreciate the subtle hits Rowling gives that turn out to be big in the story later on.

Rating Breakdowns-

Plot - 8/10. The premise was good but slow and it kinda felt like it was repeating what happened in the previous books but in a new way

Characters - 8/10. I feel like Harry is very naive and his emotions keep getting to him. I feel that since the beginning of the series, yes he was grown tremendously, but still falls for the same thing. A

Writing Style - 7.5/10. Writing was pretty good, I’m not much of a third person reader but it was still good. The book didn’t need to be this long though.

Pacing - 7/10. Slow. It would very a lot through the book, one minute it the next day and the next two months later.

World-Building - 9/10. The entire primes of the story/series was really good. She brought the entire aspect of wizards, magic, ghosts etc, to life in a way that isn’t boring.

Spice Level - .5/10 🫑. Nothing at all, just a small kiss that was told about.

Tropes - The chosen one.

Spoiler Summary/My thoughts :

The book was was good but like stated above was very long and I often forgot important details. The characters especially I feel fall for the same things, especially Harry, Ron is the basic follower in a friends group and Hermione buds in too often, though her idea of what was happening in the end was good. I enjoy Rowling tying up loose ends in the book and tying everything together. One thing I want to add is that Sirius death didn’t faze me. I felt that Rowling kinda wrote him in this book in a way where I didn’t really have any feelings for him and made me not really care for his death, and the way she wrote Harry’s grief was not the best and felt very flat.

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laura6891's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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mariamen2a's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

As an adult, I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting Order of the Phoenix in audiobook format. I grew up with the series and now I see and feel so different about certain characters and developments. The book is definitely darker than I remember. Having experienced grief, this time this series held more weight and impact.

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alexlily's review against another edition

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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lineywriter17's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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jls6283's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wow! The book Order of the Phoenix is immensely better than the movie. I know there are time restraints on them, but the movies fail to capture so much of the character development - especially of the side characters. (And it’s weird that the longest book has the second shortest movie adaptation…)

Parts of this one are annoying to read as you are following a moody 15 year old boy who is dealing with a

mind connection with the dark lord

so his mood swings are A LOT. 😅 (Understandably so!)

I have unanswered questions about

what exactly happened with Sirius and “the veil” / curtain room in general.

It’s heartbreaking to know that if Harry had just used the mirror instead of floo powder to talk to Sirius, he may not have suffered the same fate. 🥺

And of course we’re reminded that the Department of Mysteries has the ability to meddle with time…. So many questions/plot holes there…. I know all the time turners are smashed so they can’t use them AFTER this, but no one could come up with a time-related plan to stop Voldemort before this? Dumbledore casually let 3rd-years use a time turner to save Sirius, yet he wouldn’t mess with time to stop the dark lord?? 🤔🤔🤔

I also start to disagree with Dumbledore in this book. In Goblet of Fire he says “It is my belief that the truth is generally preferable to lies.” (This is one of many great Dumbledore quotes!❤️) Yet in Order of the Phoenix he says

”I cared more for your happiness than your knowing the truth.”

Which is a sentiment I understand, but wholeheartedly disagree with.

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