Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It’s about 900 pages long (The one in America) but it is not as good as the other 4!
THE STORYLINE
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.
THEME
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.
ALL PROS AND CONS
Pros:
-More darker than ever (I really couldn’t find any more pros and I don’t think ’’darker’’ would be a pro for many)
Cons:
-Same old repeated storyline. Old wine in a new bottle.
-Plot is not interesting and gripping like prequels.
-Plot drags at most times
-No Drama/Twists/Turns/Actions/Speed Bumps
-Very Few Conflicts
-Harry is very very mean! He always screams at everyone
-Dumbledore is kept out of the book for most of the time.
-No Quidditch for Harry
-There is nothing ’’extra’’ or ’’important’’ for example the mirror in Book 1, the potion in Book 2, the Map in Book 3 etc.
-Basically, Harry does not go on an adventure like in the other 4 books.
-No Funny scenes.
-Depressing/Down Scenes. Nothing exciting! Boring Plot!
-All the readers are kept in the dark for the first 800+ pages. Nothing is found out. No twists.
-Climax Sucks. Rowling did a mistake by killing one of the important characters
-Many questions are answered in the climax but we already have those answers from the previous books. Those answers are ’’common sense’’
-There is no interesting subplots like in other Books. The plots aren’t gripping or suspenseful.
There are many more cons but it’s kind of hard to express my feelings. I don’t know but it, you know, lacks the magic. Every book has gripping plots and subplots but this one lacks them all. It drags on and on forever.
MY VIEWS!
I don’t think it was worth the wait. I read the 4th book in 4 days. This book took me a week+ to read. I mean it wasn’t gripping enough for some reason. Rowling does not have interesting/exciting/gripping subplots. All the new ones fail to attract. They’re boring and used! I’m sure Rowling lost many of her Harry Potter Series fans.