Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

112 reviews

mybookcase's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Death of parent

gillianengelbrecht's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Mental illness, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail

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

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“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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail

cadybooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Torture

maddiemmmmmm's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Classism

ben_readz_books's review against another edition

0.25

dark sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

emnime's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Sobbed at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting

abby_cads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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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This book is my third favorite. This is the year Harry has to fight the Dark Lord, as well as his Death Eaters, after Harry’s friend was killed the year before. We see Harry go into a sort of depression in the beginning, growing further away from his friends, and even Dumbledore. Through the power of friendship and love, we see Harry’s friends by his side, even though he thought it wasn’t their fight. I’d say the friendship and love shown in this book is the most powerful. It is the longest book and has the most information that really carries the story along.

 

The movie version of this book is pretty good. It leaves out a lot but the parts they chose to cut, didn’t leave you wondering like in the Goblet of Fire; instead, they kept most of the important bits that you need to know to have the plot make sense, and Daniel Radcliffe did a great job portraying Harry’s emotions. In the begining he’s very much alone as nobody believes Voldemort is back, and we see him getting happier, and more confident in his friends as the story continues, which to me, was the most important part of the book. 

Favorite Quotes:

“One person couldn’t feel all that” “just because you’ve got the emotional range of a teaspoon!” - Ron and Hermione (movie)

“Give her hell for us, Peeves!” - Fred Weasley (book) 

“We’ve all got both light and dark inside of us. What matters is the part you coose to act on.” - Sirius Black (movie) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Murder, War

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

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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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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Torture, Grief, Murder