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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

(Harry Potter, Book 5)

By J. K. Rowling

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| Paperback | 9780747561071

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Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. His best friends Ron and Hermione have been very secretive all summer and he is desperate to get back to school and find out what has been going on. However, what Harry discovers is far more devastating than hContinue

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Three years. Three years is a long time to wait for a book, yet that's what it was for the latest installment of Harry Potter. When the embargo was lifted at our recent breakfast launch party, the children rushed to get their hands on the book to sta ... (read full critics)

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will have a first printing of 6.8 million copies in the US, the largest ever for a general interest hardcover: To meet demand from fans who have waited for three years for the latest book, Scholastic said in ... (read full critics)

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I've just realized I haven't written a single word about my favourite book in the series!
This can't be!
Well, I LOVED this 5th novel. Much more than the third, every one's favourite.
Why? Because never before in the previous books the difference between good and evil was so crystal ... (continue)

I've just realized I haven't written a single word about my favourite book in the series!
This can't be!
Well, I LOVED this 5th novel. Much more than the third, every one's favourite.
Why? Because never before in the previous books the difference between good and evil was so crystal clear. People are now forced to decide whether they want to step into action and fight for the right cause or just wait to see what happens.
The war begins and everyone is called to fight: whole families (like the Weasleys) know that each and one of them is in danger for fighting for what they believe in, but nonetheless they accept what must be done. I felt the pain and the tears of Mrs Weasley as if they were my own, she's just a mother whose children are growing up too early because of this war. Just like other mothers did during other wars.
This is a dark and sad book, where the characters are constantly proven and challenged, and not always they do what's best (Percy for instance, or Sirius who pays for his attitude toward Kreacher)
And I did love Neville.
He's the most outstanding character in both the fifth and seventh novel. He reveals - to himself and to all the others - to be a real Gryffindor; he's just a boy who still needs the love of his parents, but at the same time he's got the courage to be a right man, to face reality and decide which side is his.
The whole St Mungo's part touched me incredibly, and I have to admit I found myself crying without even realizing it.
The whole book was such an intense experience for me, something I hadn't expect to feel reading a Harry Potter's book.
I have been wanting to re-read this book for years, I will probably do it now that the series is complete. I know it will not disappointed me.

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Miss Piggott said on Aug 11, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | 1 feedback

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Life at Hogwarts

This is my favorite book of the series. Some people complain that not much action happens in OOTP, but I like it for that reason. We get a complete look at student life at Hogwarts. We're taken on a journey with Harry, rather than having the "quest" introduced early on. It's the first time that we s ... (continue)

This is my favorite book of the series. Some people complain that not much action happens in OOTP, but I like it for that reason. We get a complete look at student life at Hogwarts. We're taken on a journey with Harry, rather than having the "quest" introduced early on. It's the first time that we see the utter incompetence of authority figures, and there's nothing I love more than people trying to expose and bring down corruption!

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Moirne Stark said on May 31, 2008 | Add your feedback

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When I grow up, I wanna be just like McGonagall!

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The Grand Sophy said on Jul 24, 2007 | Add your feedback

harry potter mi ha accompagnato dai sette ai 19 anni con libri e film ... questo è un libro che o lo ami o lo detesti.... non mi ha mai delusa dal primo all'ultimo libro mi ha preso e non mi ha mai lasciata anche se ora è su uno scaffale oramai finito da tanto tempo è sempre nella mia mente perchè n ... (continue)

harry potter mi ha accompagnato dai sette ai 19 anni con libri e film ... questo è un libro che o lo ami o lo detesti.... non mi ha mai delusa dal primo all'ultimo libro mi ha preso e non mi ha mai lasciata anche se ora è su uno scaffale oramai finito da tanto tempo è sempre nella mia mente perchè non è una semplice storia di magia e di stregoneria .. ma è una storia che allaccia sia l'amore, l'amicizia, la lealtà, la giustizia, la mitologia e soprattutto la saggezza... lo consiglio a tutti coloro che amano il genere fantasy e i libri sull'amicizia ....

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Elyangy said on Feb 11, 2012 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

Si bien por momentos la obra se torna un poco tediosa (quiza debido a su extension) se destaca la exquisitez de la trama y la gran capacidad narrativa de JK Rowling.

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Marce Picon said on Jan 31, 2012 | Add your feedback

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Rilettura in inglese...libri sempre più grandi e piacere, come sempre, enorme! :-)

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Fragola said on Dec 12, 2011 | Add your feedback