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

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vpardew's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

probably the best out of all of them so far. umbridge is so much crueler here than in the movies. wizard racism. fred and george slay. love more neville. mcgonagall continues to serve cunt. rip sirius u would have loved the bachelor.

bookwanderer_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

i_love_reading_13_'s review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

jess_mango's review against another edition

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4.0

Order of the Phoenix was not my favorite of the HP books that I've read so far (that honor still goes to book 3), but it was still an entertaining read. The book definitely has a darker tone than the previous 4 books in the series. I haven't yet seen the movie and am curious to see if the darkness carries over to the film.

ak47x2's review against another edition

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5.0

Exceptionally well written. It's the biggest Harry Potter book and is , despite all the sadness, one of the best books in the series. It gave me goosebumps at more than one point. It's the book that first has Harry showing teenager problems of anger, desperation, depression and enthusiasm. I loved Harry the most in Order of the Phoenix. 5/5 10/10 100%.

kurei8441's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The reason I like this instalment quite a lot is most definitely because we get to see more than just Harry's school life like most of the other books show.
The main thing that brings it down is probably how certain problems just get sweeped under a rug instead of dealt with completely.
I like how this one is quite different that the other books layout. Normally we see a beginning where Harry goes to hogwarts, new characters and normal school life(for Harry and his group at least) and later a problem that leads to this books villain being revealed to work for Voldemort or something.