Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)

After the first read, this book is the worst one in the Harry Potter series. Characters are not as likeable as they are in the other books. However, I recently reread it (after reading book 6), and found it to be a very good read.

4.5 stars

I have nothing bad to say about the Harry Potter series. I love every book and couldn't wait for the others. Too bad they must end

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Rowling really hits it out of the park with the characters and story in this volume. It is not bogged down by scenes involving Voldemort. No, the story's drama is driven by a human character (Professor Umbridge) who is easily recognized and hated as she continually ups the ante in a quiet battle of wills against Gryffindor and the good professors of Hogwarts. After the initial action and excitement, the story drags a bit with Sirius Black's family history, but after the students arrive in Hogwarts, the story never lets up its pace. First rate! Oh--and my boys loved it as well!

i hate this book cuz of professor umbridge and sirius dying :(!!!!!!

One of the worst thing I've ever read. Possibly the worst, excepting as always, Lauren Conrad.

This is my least favorite of the series. Harry is written like a typical 15 year old - angsty, whiny, and melodramatic! It makes it a hard story to get through because you just want Harry to suck it up and get over the little stuff so that he can deal with the bigger issues at hand!

series of my childhood!

First of all, Im in love with these books since I was 12 years old, and I got my first book for Christmas. I was hooked then, and I am still now, several years, books, movies and theme parks later. Once piece of me will always dream about this magical world, and Hogwarts will always be my home. Having said that, this is my favorite book of the saga. I just love how the plot gets darker and more serious, as Harry and his friends get older. He gets to know more about his parents and this army that fought and still fights against Voldemort, and now he is part of it. The only thing I didn't like is this whole dreams thing. This connection he shares with Voldemort is taken way too lightly, because even if he is learning to close his mind, Dumbledore should have realize it was going to be used against them, and do more about it. At least tell Harry that not everything he see was always going to be the true, and that Voldi could make use of it. So when the final fight starts I was kind of disappointed in Harry as well. And I cried and cursed Rowling. But again, who wouldn't?