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  • 5 Stars
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  • 4 Stars
    		38
  • 3 Stars
    		5
  • 2 Stars
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  • 1 Star
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  • 102 of 102 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 dawnymarie

    Member since 01/12/2010

    Reviews written: 124

    5 Stars Order of the Phoenix Review with images 24/11/2012
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Dark plot and mind games

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Why read this one?... The fifth book in J K Rowling’s masterpiece, that is Harry Potter, is a must for fans that have already enjoyed the first four instalments. At over 700 pages this is an epic part of the tale but fear not as every page is worth your time. The image of the phoenix rising on the cover gained my interest further and the blurb on the back cover confirmed to me that Harry Potter’s fifth year at Hogwarts is not to be missed. Short synopsis…. Harry Potter has been aware of his background since the age of eleven. It was a shock to hear ... more
  • 37 of 38 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    e_coleuk

    4 Stars Book 5: Potter gets Political! 20/07/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Unmissable story, possibly the backbone of the upcoming war!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Resembles a large brick, not good when carrying around

    In our everyday lives the media is everywhere. The Wizard World is no exception. There's a war on, nobody knows it. Nobody wants to know because propaganda is strongest in times of war. It's far easier to believe that a few people are lying, than to believe that the darkest sorcerer the world has ever seen, is at large once more. This is how JK Rowling leaves the situation at the end of Book 4, with Harry Potter the soul witness to Lord Voldemort's return to strength. But the wizard newspaper 'The Daily Prophet' has made him out ot be an attention-seeking psycho. Nobody in their right mind is ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Hardyhardnut

    5 Stars Harry and the Teenage Angst. 29/01/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Brilliant continuation of an excellent series.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages As Stephen Fry puts it, "it is heavier than a small fridge."

    ***INTRODUCTION*** The Harry Potter series is by far my favourite literary work; I started reading HArry Potter from the release of the first book and have been an adoring fan of JK Rowling and her work ever since. Harry Potter is a wizard, and narrowly escaped being killed by his arch-nemesis, Lord Voldemort when he was a baby. This infamous dark wizard murdered his parents, which was essentially his downfall as the sacrifice of Harry's mother caused Voldemort's spell to rebound upon himself. Harry has adopted a vigilante type attitude ever since. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ... more
  • 88 of 88 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 Crazy-Christian

    Member since 02/08/2000

    Reviews written: 79

    4 Stars The Magic Continues...But Does it Match the Hype 25/06/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to read, engaging, great characters

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Not as good a story as some others in the series

    I don’t believe I can recall any product receiving quite the amount of hype as the release of the latest Harry Potter novel. Shops across the country were open at midnight on Saturday 21 June so that all the kiddies, and their parents, could get their grubby little hands on the fifth instalment in the reported seven-book series, as soon as it was released. A three-year delay since the publication of the last book in the series, The Goblet of Fire, has seen expectations built up uncontrollably, deliberately or not, I cannot tell. Rumours were rife that author J K Rowling (rhymes with ... more
  • 28 of 28 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Lightpants

    5 Stars Long Live Magic! 08/02/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Absorbing read

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Bit big and long for some kids / ages...

    ‘’Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is desperate to get back to school and find out why his friends Ron and Hermione have been so secretive all summer. However, what Harry is about to discover in his new year will turn his world upside down…” Not the best synopsis, but let’s face it – this book was a winner when it was only in it’s suggested phase. Wow, wow and thrice wow. The fifth instalment of the wonderfully successful series by J K Rowling about a young boy who finds out his true self when he’s 11, and is thrust into the parallel ... more
  • 54 of 54 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Cici_Ying

    4 Stars Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix 09/09/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Something to do

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Failed to keep me captivated

    Warning to all non-Harry Potter fans, you may get slightly baffled reading this op as I am not going to include much background information to Harry Potter as it will just sound like I’m droning on and on and repetitive for those that have read my previous op’s. Unsurprisingly, the book again opens up with Harry staying with his only living relatives, the Dursley’s during his Summer Holiday. Harry has never enjoyed coming back here because the Dursley’s never hid the fact that they thought looking after Harry was a burden and thought him weird because he was a wizard ... more
  • 22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    amytheduck

    5 Stars Harry Potter of the Finest Order 08/07/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Everything!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Nothing really, though in hardback this book is very heavy!

    The fifth book in the series brings with it more adventure, more magic and more drama than before, as well as what is known in the fandom as CAPSLOCK!HARRY. I can say that I didn't much like the fifth book the first time I read it, but on subsequent readings I've found that it ranks amongst my favourites of the series. **Blurb** (from the back of the book) 'Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses. "It is time," he said, "for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything." Harry Potter ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jammy_mint

    4 Stars Aw, Harry's all angry.... 05/08/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages compelling plot, imagination-overload!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    Harry Potter is, as surely everybody now knows, a young wizard who attends Hogwarts School for witches and Wizards. He is, however, not just any young wizard teen. He is the only person to have survived a direct attack from the most feared wizard of his age, Lord Voldemort; he is the boy who lived. First killing his parents, Voldemort turned his wand on Harry, only to feel his spell backfire and destroy his own body. Harry was left with a scar on his forehead, and grew up with his human (muggle) relatives, only to discover that he was a wizard at age eleven and that he has gained entry to ... more
  • 36 of 36 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Simmer

    5 Stars WORTH THE WAIT 07/07/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages funny, great plot

    Disadvantages Disadvantages first 200 pages a bit boring

    If you’re as obsessive about Harry Potter as I am, you’ll be well aware that the fans of J.K. Rowling’s hit series of novels had to wait three years for the fifth installment; “Harry Potter and the Order Of the Phoenix”. Book Four, entitled “Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire” was published in July 2000, and in the time that passed between then and June 21 2003 (the release date of Book 5), I heard all kinds of horrifying rumours – including stories of J.K. Rowling having writers’ block and being unable to finish the series, and also that ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    bigbtommy

    4 Stars Sparks of inspiration seep from it's tail 24/07/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages It isn't by Jilly Cooper

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It isn't by George Orwell

    I started reading the new Harry Potter book whilst on a number fifty-two bus, but I didn't unwrap it from it's crinkly little plastic bag and just throw myself in. I kept it in the bag, hidden from the world, for a few minutes, and then read a chapter. Then I put it back. And let the first chapter swill around, savouring the flavour that a fever of anticipation had caused. I'm not one to bath in fever pitch anticipation but even I had to admit: "the wait was sort of worth it". I'd like to warn all non-reviewers that the way I'm advocating is not the way to read this book. While I didn't go ... more
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