Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

library binding, 870 pages

English language

Published Sept. 12, 2004 by Scholastic Inc..

ISBN:
978-0-439-35807-1
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OCLC Number:
56098238

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4 stars (136 reviews)

There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it’s haunting Harry Pottter’s dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror?

Harry has a lot on his mind for this, his fifth year at Hogwarts: a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey; a big surprise on the Gryffindor Quidditch team; and the looming terror of the Ordinary Wizarding Level exams. But all these things pale next to the growing threat of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named---a threat that neither the magical government nor the authorities at Hogwarts can stop.

As the grasp of darkness tightens, Harry must discover the true depth and strength of his friends, the importance of boundless loyalty, and the shocking price of unbearable sacrifice.

His fate depends on them all. (back cover)

102 editions

Irresponsible adults annoy me.

1 star

This book includes one of the elements that I loathe the most: Adults who refuse to explain anything to children because they... have some desire to see them still as naive, innocent, or something. And it's even worse because you're reading a book from a child's perspective, and it's not even in critiqued or questioned in any way.

That's the major point of this book, which honestly could be retitled as "Harry Potter and the Adults Who Keep Infantilising the Only Person to Repeatedly Face Voldemort and Potentially Endanger Him Because They Refuse to See Reality," but that'd be much too long despite its accuracy. Everything Dumbledore does... messes everything up because he refuses to see the reality of people. He refuses to see that Harry could handle the situation, he refuses to see that Snape is really a big fucking asshole who refuses to continue his duty to …

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

3 stars

Again and again I have asked the question "Where the hell are OFSTED?" in the previous books the pupils are always getting injured, at one point a pupil actually dies. Does any authority get informed? No! Dumblydoors covers it up or just mumbles something about "He who cannot be named". In this book the Ministry of Magic have finally put their foot down and Send the mighty Umbridge to sort things out.


Straight away she stamps her authority, creepy teachers get the sack, she finally puts an end to Harry bullying poor little Malfoy. And whilst she is there no pupils get injured. Yes I know she turns Hogwarts into a kind of North Korea but that what the place needed.


This is also the book where Potter finally gets his period! He is grumpy, snaps at everybody, trashes Dumblydoors office and eats chocolate to calm down. He was incredibly …

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

3 stars

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).

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