Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

English language

Published May 27, 2004

ISBN:: 978-0-7475-6107-1

(442 reviews)

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the fifth novel in the Harry Potter series. It follows Harry Potter's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist Lord Voldemort, O.W.L. exams, and an obstructive Ministry of Magic. The novel was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada. It sold five million copies in the first 24 hours of publication. It is the longest book of the series. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix won several awards, including the American Library Association Best Book Award for Young Adults in 2003. The book was also made into a 2007 film, and a video game by Electronic Arts.

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LemmiSchmoeker reviewed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling

The least successful Harry Potter book

4 stars

This is, to my taste, the least successful Harry Potter book. It just meanders from scene to scene, dwelling on characters' backgrounds, and not achieving very much all the while. Of course, it's still entertaining to a large extent and manages very well to build upon a sense of urgency that will carry through the remaining two books.

I think Rowling went a little over the top with the Umbridge character, though: she is just so hateable that one is constantly grinding one's teeth while reading about her rise to power, and her fate (in this book) is so far from satisfying that a lot of bad feelings towards her remain well after the end.

Jack 💜 reviewed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #5)

Review of 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Hey, stuff happens in this book!!! Incredible!

Check my bio. I hate the author. Reading for cultural understanding, blah blah blah. I did not go into this in good faith so whatever I say is from a place of immeasurable negative bias. HOWEVER, there's stuff I liked here. I would give this more of an objective rating of 3, but because it's Rowling, I don't wanna give her that.

Umbridge is very fun to hate, which is something I always like to see in any villain, but especially a YA one. I also like how the meddling Ministry plotline for this book is Radicalization 101 for the youth. Lovely. Very nice.

If there's one thing I can say as a positive for the evil woman who wrote this book, it's that she does a damn good job writing about grief. If only she could extend the same amount of empathy …

kaislea reviewed Harry Potter ja Feeniksin kilta by J. K. Rowling

Review of 'Harry Potter ja Feeniksin kilta' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

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Sean Gursky reviewed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #5)

Review of 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I should do a proper review of the books but it never felt justified because the series is so well known. What I have enjoyed on this re-read is what I thought were slow or tedious parts (eg: Grawp) are now quick and over within a chapter. Order of the Phoenix is a great trip, packed with all the best parts of Harry Potter (dislikable characters, lighthearted moments and magic). This was the first book I read before watching the movie and I enjoy that view I have of St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries or the battle in the depths of the Ministry of Magic.

One item that has stood out on this re-read is my opinion of some characters. Going in to this further would derail this short review but I was a few years removed from the loss of someone close to me when I first read this book. I grieved with Harry during the Through the Veil moment and I understood that frustration and guilt that followed.

A character I idolized originally now seems reckless and disobedient. Yet, I expect we would all feel the way Snuffles did if we were told to stay home and feel like we were not helping the cause. Perhaps my opinion on Sirius didn't sour but I am able to look at his actions with a different perspective I did originally. That raw emotion has been washed away and now see who he was, what he did, and how he behaved in a more mature light. Perhaps that idolization is replaced with frustration because I'm not sure I would have acted differently in such a position.

And maybe after this brief internal analysis Sirius is still my favorite but I can understand his faults and see the justifications for his actions.

Well! Enough of that, on to Half Blood Prince...

PS: Bumped the rating from 4 to 5 because it really is an amazing story.

𝖂𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖍 reviewed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #5)

Review of 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

everyone is too angry and conveniently dumb in this one

govmarley reviewed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #5)