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Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (original 2003; edition 2004)

by J. K. Rowling, J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre (Illustrator)

Series: Harry Potter (5)

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When the government of the magic world and authorities at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry refuse to believe in the growing threat of a freshly revived Lord Voldemort, fifteen-year-old Harry Potter finds support from his loyal friends in facing the evil wizard and other new terrors.
Member:Maya15
Title:Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
Authors:J. K. Rowling
Other authors:J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPre (Illustrator)
Info:Scholastic Paperbacks (2004), Paperback, 896 pages
Collections:Your library, Favorites
Rating:*****
Tags:fantasy, adventure, magic

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (2003)

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one of the best books of the series, albeit the largest! ( )
  highlandcow | Mar 13, 2024 |
I believe that "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is the one of the best entries in the franchise. I love this book and the movie its based on. I believe that people don't give this installment nearly as much as credit as it deserves, and I'll try to explain why I believe so in this review.

The greatest aspect of this book is its mature tone and themes. Now, I know that people may laugh at what I just said, claiming that all Harry Potter books are for children. While I would agree with that opinion if they were talking about the first 2-3 books, I heavily disagree with it with regards to the remaining entries, especially this one. It is much more serious, dark, and depressing than any of the books in this franchise thus far. By the end of the book, Harry's depressed mood isn't completely gone. He's still miserable. He yells at Albus Dumbledore, he storms out of Hagrid's cabin without letting him complete his good-byes, and he wishes nothing for himself but death to end the insane amount of grief he has over Sirius Black's death. At the same time, not every good character is made out to be perfect. As I mentioned in my Prisoner of Azkaban review, I love that they made Black a morally grey character (pun not intended). It is more apparent than ever in this book, where his arrogant younger self (as well as that of James Potter) is revealed, and where his horrible treatment of his slave, Kreacher, is what inadvertently causes his own death. I love the fact that our exceedingly positive views of James and Sirius are put to question, as well as our exceedingly negative views of Severus Snape. The characters don't feel like cartoons anymore. They feel like real people, and I love that.

Yes, this book goes on for quite a long time, but I actually kind of like that. In the first 4 books of this series, practically every single paragraph is important and drags the plot forward. There is very little information contained in any paragraph that doesn't affect the overall story in one way or another. However, this book takes its time. It lets the world, the dialogue, the plot, and the characters soak in. It takes its sweet time describing scenery, and it lets us read these characters engaging in dialogue for quite some time before moving on to the next thing, and that's what makes the pay-offs immensely satisfying in the end. It's a slow-burner, for sure.

I will say, however, that the plot was not perfectly planned by Rowling here. Some things seemed very convenient. The whole section where Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville get cornered by Umbridge in her office and Hermione tricks her into coming to the Forbidden Forest so that she can get attacked by centaurs feels very convenient. A lot of unlikely things happen that help propel it forward. Also, the protagonists have quite a lot of plot armor when fighting the Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries. Lucius Malfoy orders them to kill everyone but Harry Potter, yet they resort to Stunning spells instead and never take this perfect opportunity to murder them.

With that being said, this is still a fantastic story in my opinion, and I wish more people would give it credit and analyze what it does right instead of simply dismissing it as "the long one." ( )
  Moderation3250 | Feb 24, 2024 |
Fantasy
  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
I liked this one a little more than the previous ones. I can start to see the characters developing, but it's insanely long for no reason. ( )
  mlstweet | Feb 5, 2024 |
tl;dr: Why is Dumbledore being so stupid?!

I have read this book, in its entirety, for something between the fifth and tenth time now. It is a brilliant book like all of the others, but it is definitely the most tedious and probably least enjoyable one. The obvious reason for that is the frustrating experience of reading through anything related to Umbridge. (Also, sometimes Snape). ( )
  adastra | Jan 15, 2024 |
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Der lang erwartete fünfte Harry-Potter-Band ist mit über einer Million vorbestellten Exemplaren der größte Bucherfolg aller Zeiten, schreibt Susanne Mayer. Dies sei vor allem den hochfliegenden Erwartungen an das Buch zu danken, die sich auch an die erstarkende Manneskraft des nunmehr 15-jährigen Helden richten. Denn Harry ist nun in der Pubertät, wie die Rezensentin ausführlich beschreibt. Die Autorin "hatte den Lesern versprochen, Harry werde mit ihnen erwachsen werden", was Mayer für ein "interessantes Erzählkonzept" hält. Jetzt ist er in der Pubertät und "reagiert hormongemäß", wodurch Gut und Böse "ins Rutschen" geraten, wie sie sagt. Die Idee, Harrys "dunkle Gefühle" mit der "drohenden Rückkehr" des grausamen Herrschers Voldemort zu verbinden, lobt die Rezensentin als "guten Trick". Allerdings schlingere Rowling "auf gefährlich verzweigtem Parcours" entlang, um das Kunststück zu vollbringen, Neues mit ausreichendem Wiedererkennungswert zu produzieren. Auch habe sie mittlerweile in Eoin Colfer, Philip Ardagh oder Cornelia Funke Konkurrenten bekommen, die "gut erzählte Geschichten" lieferten. Während bei diesen Autoren "alles sitzt", kann man das "von Rowling nicht immer sagen", meint Mayer. So misslängen ihr Landschaftsbeschreibungen zum Beispiel "kläglich". Für die Beschreibung von Harrys Stimmungen empfiehlt sie der Autorin sogar "Creative-Writing-Übungen". Auch die "Frage der Moral" wird nach Mayers Geschmack ziemlich überstrapaziert. Auf "Heldengedröhne" nach Art des "deutschen Sie-wissen-schon-wer" hätte Rowling ihrer Ansicht nach lieber verzichten sollen. Die Stärken der Autorin seien die "kleinen Episoden" und "ihre Karikaturen der täglichen Unterrichtsmühsal". Die jungen Leser indessen lassen sich von den Schwächen des Buches nicht irritieren: Jeder Versuch, sie ab Seite 340 zu unterbrechen, musste Frau Mayer erfahren, ist zum Scheitern verurteilt.
added by vibesandall | editDie Zeit (Jun 26, 2003)
 
Felicitas von Lovenberg stellt zufrieden fest, dass J.K. Rowling mit dem fünften Harry-Potter-Band wieder einmal alles richtig gemacht hat. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" ist so wild, abenteuerlich und spannend wie seine Vorgänger, jubelt die Rezensentin. Allerdings sei es auch das "bisher dunkelste Buch der Reihe, das psychologischste, gegen Ende auch das traurigste" - denn am Ende gebe es zwar den obligatorischen Showdown zwischen Harry und Voldemort, aber es sei klar, dass der "Kampf gegen das Böse" gerade erst richtig angefangen hat. Lovenberg ist begeistert von der Fülle an "liebevoll erdachten und geschickt platzierten Details" und dem "mutigen Vertrauen in die schützende, rettende Macht der Liebe". Besonders angetan ist Lovenberg von der Tatsache, dass Harrys Welt zum Greifen nah liegt: So betritt man das Ministerium für Zauberei etwa durch eine kaputte Telefonzelle. Rowling sei es wieder gelungen, Harry als zugleich bescheidenen und mutigen Helden zu zeichnen - denn "erst diese Brüche machen Harry glaubwürdig als Rebell für die gerechte Sache, als Vorbild, mit dem sich nicht nur Kinder identifizieren können", schwärmt unsere Rezensentin.
added by vibesandall | editFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Jun 24, 2003)
 
Der Band 5 der Serie ist nun endgültig ein Meisterwerk. So muss es zumindest dem faszinierten Leser der Kritik Steinfelds erscheinen, denn so differenziert, ausführlich, zum Teil auch raunend und Spannendes offen lassend ist seine Rezension dieses hysterisch erwarteten Buchs. Steinfeld nennt es den "fünften Band des erfolgreichsten Bildungsromans aller Zeiten" und schildert es als einen Bildungsroman nicht nur für Harry Potter, sondern auch für die Autorin selbst, die sich in den Romanen - so Steinfeld - zusehends an einem Dilemma abarbeitet, "das Harry Potter von Anfang an begleitet hatte". Es handelt sich um den Widerspruch zwischen der zeitlosen Kinderzeit und der historischen Zeit der Erwachsenen, der eskapistischen Zauberwelt und einem Gewirr von Widersprüchen aus Rasse und Klasse, Muggeln und Zauberern, das in den frühen Romanen schon zutage trat und mit jedem der Romane düsterere Seiten offenbart. Steinfeld liest die Harry-Potter-Bände auch als Parabel über die Totalitarismen des 20. Jahrhunderts - und zu Harrys Erwachsenwerden in diesem Band gehört unter anderem die Erkenntnis, dass die verehrten toten Eltern einst den finsteren Rassetheorien Voldemorts, des Muggelhassers, anhingen, bevor sie sich auf die Seite des Widerstands schlugen. Harry muss sich diesmal auch alleine durchschlagen, ohne die Hilfe seiner Gefährten, er muss den Tod eines Freundes verkraften und die Hormonschübe der beginnenden Pubertät. Steinfeld wagt am Ende seiner Rezension eine düster-großartige Prophezeiung: Die Zauberwelt wird untergehen."Harry Potter wird leben, aber die Welt der Zauberer kann es nicht mehr geben."
added by vibesandall | editSüddeutsche Zeitung (Jun 23, 2003)
 
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When the government of the magic world and authorities at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry refuse to believe in the growing threat of a freshly revived Lord Voldemort, fifteen-year-old Harry Potter finds support from his loyal friends in facing the evil wizard and other new terrors.

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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. 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?

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