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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. 5th year at Hogwarts. Since witnessing Cedric Diggory's death at the hands of Lord Voldemort, Harry has been having nightmares and feeling as though he is walking on pins and needles. Neither the Muggle newspapers nor the Daily Prophet has anything profitable to say, so it seems as though the Ministry of Magic is effectively squashing Harry and Dumbledore's proclamation that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is back. Harry feels isolated and angry. Things are growing progessively darker. Harry and his cousin Dudley are attacked by dementors, and Harry's use of the patronus charm earns him a hearing at the Ministry of Magic. Most of the wizarding community thinks Harry and Dumbledore are nuts and no one seems to believe that Voldemort is back. The adults have reformed the Order of the Phoenix, but they aren't telling Harry and his friends anything. Harry's scar hurts worse than ever, and he seems to have a mysterious and terrifying connection to Voldemort, earning him private Occlumency lessons with Snape. Mr. Weasley is attacked. The new Defense Against the Dark Arts profession, Dolores Umbridge, is slowly but surely taking over the school - and not allowing anyone to use magic. And Voldemort and his followers are searching for a secret weapon, a weapon that the Order is desperate to keep out of his hands. There are some bright spots, though. Cho Chang, Harry's crush, is interested in Harry. And Harry, Ron, and Hermione form a secret defense league - the DA - where Harry teaches them all how to use defensive spells in preparation for the war with Voldemort. (  )molliewatts | Jul 9, 2009 |  1   Well, I've finished my first book of the year, and very much enjoyed it. After the long struggle through La Communauté de L'Anneau before Christmas I was mildly surprised to get through this so quickly, despite the fact it's obviously in much simpler language. All the way through I was keen to know what happened next, and found it difficult to put down. It made me laugh in lots of places, it made me sad in one or two places too, though oddly enough not at the actual point where someone dies: too much else is going on at that moment really. It's interesting to see how much the characters have developped. And how they're not all just two-dimensional creatures, even the good guys have their bad sides, and Harry is beginning to be grown-up enough to recognise this. It was fascinating to read it having not read the original English version first. I'm glad I did, though I think I'd like to read it in English at some point too, since I'm sure there are subtleties that I have missed. My head is filled with French now though, in a singularly disturbing manner. I'll certainly be looking to read more books in French this year, though I shall begin to aim to read more that were originally written in it. I'm looking forward to the next volume, whenever it's written. As usual I want to know what happens next in the great struggle between Harry and Voldemort and all those backing each side, but equally there are little things I want to know - what of next year's Quidditch team?, how will they all have done in their GCSE equivalent exams?, what of Percy? ( )lnr_blair | Jul 7, 2009 | 1 First time through this in English, having finished it in French at the beginning of the year. Enjoyed it thoroughly, though I felt it was awfully short of actual *plot* for such a long book. Still, I shall be looking forward to the next one. (  )lnr_blair | Jul 7, 2009 | Harry Potter continues in its foray in the darker side of its world. Harry becomes an (annoying) angst filled teenager. ( )mohi | Jul 5, 2009 | Book five in the series and each volume is growing – 760 pages this time. Harry is growing up, and there are some lovely scenes of his ineptitude with girls. But the injustice/conspiracy part of the plot is disappointingly blunt and lacking in subtlety. But each volume becomes a better page-turner and I stayed up late to finish! Read December 2007. ( )mbmackay | Jul 5, 2009 | 1 0.359 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 043935806X, Hardcover)As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero's non-Muggle friends from school. Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike. Returning to Hogwarts will be a relief... or will it?The fifth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for our young wizard, who finds himself knocked down a peg or three after the events of last year. Somehow, over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world's newspaper, the Daily Prophet) has turned Harry's tragic and heroic encounter with Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament into an excuse to ridicule and discount the teen. Even Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of the school, has come under scrutiny by the Ministry of Magic, which refuses to officially acknowledge the terrifying truth that Voldemort is back. Enter a particularly loathsome new character: the toadlike and simpering ("hem, hem") Dolores Umbridge, senior undersecretary to the Minister of Magic, who takes over the vacant position of Defense Against Dark Arts teacher--and in no time manages to become the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts, as well. Life isn't getting any easier for Harry Potter. With an overwhelming course load as the fifth years prepare for their Ordinary Wizarding Levels examinations (O.W.Ls), devastating changes in the Gryffindor Quidditch team lineup, vivid dreams about long hallways and closed doors, and increasing pain in his lightning-shaped scar, Harry's resilience is sorely tested. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a coming-of-age story. Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed black-and-white suddenly come out in shades of gray. Gone is the wide-eyed innocent, the whiz kid of Sorcerer's Stone. Here we have an adolescent who's sometimes sullen, often confused (especially about girls), and always self-questioning. Confronting death again, as well as a startling prophecy, Harry ends his year at Hogwarts exhausted and pensive. Readers, on the other hand, will be energized as they enter yet again the long waiting period for the next title in the marvelous, magical series. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:22 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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