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 * __//Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix// Book Review__**

//[|Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix]// written by [|J.K. Rowling], is the fifth novel in the Harry Potter series. This book was published by [|Scholastic Publishing] in the United States, and was copyrighted in [|2003]. The suspense for the wait of this book was completely superfluous. Readers had to wait three years between the time of the fourth and fifth books, and it is the longest book in the series, but it was not worth all the hype. This book has many themes that are shown throughout the whole series. The main theme is death, but the theme of friendship is also present throughout the novel. At the beginning of the novel the group that fought Voldemort (The Order of the Pheonix) was re-enstated because in the fourth book Voldemort returned. Harry struggles with himself and the wizarding world because no one believes that Voldemort has actually returned and they all think that Harry is lying. So as Harry struggles with his O.W.L. exams (which are almost equivalent to S.A.T.s in our world), young love, and friendships, he also has to worry about the man who wants to kill him, Voldemort. The characters are definitely believable and well thought out. This book has such an abundance of detail which is what makes it so great. “Harry stopped in front of the desk and gazed down at his fifteen-year-old father. Excitement exploded in the pit of his stomach: it was as though he was looking at himself but with deliberate mistakes.” There is so much detail about the past, and Harry’s history, that the reader finds out in this novel. What amazes me is that Rowling has the ability to tie so many details from previous novels into this one also. At times though there is almost too much detail. Although this is the longest book in the series I thought that about the first 200 pages or so could have been done away with. I thought that it took a little too long for Rowling to get into the plot, and the action with this particular book. After a while it started to draw the reader in and makes he or she want to read more, but it takes too long. If a person had not read the series and picked up this book to start reading, they would not be satisfied and most likely put it down. Only because I had read the other books in the series, and I knew of Rowling’s writing capabilities is the reason that I kept reading. Some of the language also could be slightly difficult for young readers to comprehend "Oh, most think he's barking, the Potty wee lad, But some are more kindly and think he's just sad, But Peevsy knows better and says that he's mad --". J.K. Rowling is the pen-name that Joanne Murray, Rowling used to write her Harry Potter series with. She was always interested in books, and writing fictional stories, even when she was younger. Rowling thought of the idea of Harry Potter one day when she was delayed on a train for four hours. She says that her mother died while she was writing the first book, so that helped influence a lot of the pain that the main character Harry Potter goes through, she could feel his pain. This series was Rowling’s debut into the writing world. It is what has made her so famous. She has written a few books aimed towards children younger than her Harry Potter readers, but they have not nearly reached the success that the Harry Potter series has. All of her books have been directed towards children, fictional, and mostly about fantasy worlds. Overall I thought this book was decent. It was certainly not the best in the series, but I did like it more than I’ve liked other works of literature. I am one who enjoys a lot of detail in books, but this book crossed the line. A lot of the beginning was boring, and slow. But as the book carried on one started to see the true writing skills that we all knew J.K. Rowling possesed.

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