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=Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix, by J.K. Rowling=



Reviewed by Derek Cheng
This time, I will review the fifth book in the Harry Potter series: //Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix//. This book is a little bit more boring than the others, and it seems that J.K. Rowling didn't plan much for this book at all. However, she did write her stuff in a way that still made me want to read it. In fact, this book was probably longer than all the previous books! I don't know how Rowling does it; her books are all so long!

Many things happen in this book. Harry found out about a secret society led by Albus Dumbledore, The Order of the Pheonix, and he starts to become interested in it. Then, a Ministry of Magic official, Dolores Umbridge, goes to Hogwarts to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts, leading to Harry correctly thinking that the Ministry is intefering at Hogwarts. Over the summer, The Daily Prophet wrote many fake stories about Harry (supporting the Ministry), and that gives Harry a bad reputation during the school year. During the middle of the year, Harry starts a committee (called Dumbledore's Army) teaching advanced DADA for those who want to learn more than Umbridge has taught them. Harry already knows that Umbridge is trying to stop them from learning defensive magic, because the Ministry fears that Dumbledore will recruit members for his own army, and go against the Ministry. Harry then starts to have dreams about a room in the Ministry of Magic that will erupt in a fierce battle at the end of the book. Read the book to find out more!

Even though it wasn't as interesting as the other books, I still enjoyed reading //Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix//. However, I think Rowling went too far with all the details. Like I said, there wasn't a lot of content in this book, but it was longer than all the other ones. Even J.K. Rowling herself said that she wanted to make //Order of the Pheonix// a bit shorter. It was bigger and bulkier than the other books, both in size and in words. Overall though, I still liked this book pretty much, because even though Rowling didn't put too many ideas into this book, those ideas were still really cool ideas! I expect that you will have fun with this book, just like I did.