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

26 reviews

vaporvox's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The fifth book in the Harry Potter series, The Order of the Phoenix is an interesting turn in the series' pace and atmosphere. While the novel is super-intricate in terms of plot and detail, and while it calls back to a lot of the events in previous novels, it is also the darkest and most depressing in the series so far. The dark and stormy aesthetic, the presence of Umbridge and her control over the school and its flow of information, and the constant fight for truth and justice is a heavy, difficult read for anyone going through a dark time. Harry's character traits in this novel don't help that flow much either. He is the most insufferable and obstinate that he's ever been, and while I can understand why he is that way with everything he had experienced up to this point, it still doesn't make it any easier of a read. I found myself metaphorically yelling at the pages too often. I also don't like how they tried to introduce a sort of "redemption arc" to save Snape's character; it just doesn't land. Overall, it's definitely a book for the truest of fans as it's hard to slog through fairly often - especially near the beginning. The amount of detail, the hard-hitting plot twists, and the general character-building are fairly solid and still make the novel a worthy read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder

Emotional abuse: One of the teachers consistently abuses Harry emotionally by putting him down, discrediting his word, etc. Gaslighting: The entire novel revolves around the main leaders of the wizarding world disbelieving and gaslighting Harry about the events he witnessed in the previous novel. Blood: One character receives a bloody nose in a battle. One character is consistently bleeding from the hand due to a punishment. One character experiences visuals of her loved ones dead in a bloody mess. Bullying: Malfoy and his cronies amp up their bullying to an extreme, abusing their power as prefects to consistently pick on, restrain, and overtake Harry and his friends. Death/Grief/Murder: One important character is killed off near the end of the book, and Harry experiences many stages of grief after. Grief is also experienced by another character mourning one of the death's from the previous novel. Torture: The torture curse is used frequently in this novel by the bad guys. The punishment Harry experiences from Umbridge could absolutely be seen as torture.

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

alexlily's review against another edition

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Abandonment, War

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Slavery, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Classism

anamustacho's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Complicated

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My blood was bowling. So many frustrations. I actually felt like a teenager again. What they went through is relatable, not the killing ofcs. Love, rebellion, fear, stress, grief, etc

I cried when our good dog was killed. 

I was frustrated. I felt it all.

I was glad finally at the end of the book we received some form of closure. We needed it so badly.

Another happy part is how the twins stayed true to themselves. I finally understood and saw how important they are and how much I love them.

I don't believe I will ever hate a character as much as I did that pink evil twat. 

The adults frustrated me yet I could understand them and agreed they were mostly right. 

So many things could be avoided with better communication.

Also...that prophecy...how horrible..
It could have been Marcel Lubbermans. Marcel is such a wonderul and growing character in the books.

Lastly I love how the order of the phoenix stood up for Harry against the Duffelingen. Finally someone speaks up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death

blonde_b3ar's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Harry in this book has a lot of angst and lots of anger outbursts which make this book annoying

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

qqjj's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

rebeccals_3825's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Classism

linnylionheart's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Slavery, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

schoerti's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional 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: Death, Torture, Gaslighting

sparksofkell's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders