A Review of the Book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

I read this book, "Harry potter and Order of Phoenix" during summer. I read this book, because this book was so long so I didn't have enough time to read this before summer. I didn't saw good reviews compared to last Harry Potter books. 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 with Cho Chang, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion against assaults.

It's been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero's non-muggle ("muggle" a human) 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.

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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 toad-like and cruel 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 is getting harder for Harry. He have to prepare for the Ordinary Wizarding Levels examinations (O.W.Ls), which is like SAT to that society. He faced 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.

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 unreliable, and matters that seemed black-and-white suddenly come out in shades of gray. He is now not like 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 selfquestioning. This book focuses Harry Potter as average Joe. He has special abilities for having his parents as wizard; however, in other part, he is just like other normal 15 year old kid.

At the end of the novel, he Confronted death of the people that he knew well again, as well as a startling prophecy, Harry ends his year at Hogwarts exhausted and pensive. Readers, on the other hand, will be energized as they enter yet again the long waiting period for the next title in the marvelous, magical series. I was surprised that Harry is being upset about society and showing his anger through protesting or sometimes cursing words. He is also bitter and depressing. He is not the loyal, honest guy he was in the previous four books. I was hard to accept his character as matured character. There are no childish elements that I saw in "Sourcer's Stone", "Chamber of Secrets", and "Prisoner of Azkaban ". Oh, I forgot to mention one thing. I was annoyed when Harry is portrayed as a character that only thinks about him most of the time. He also blamed other people for his faults. For example, one of the most important characters in the series unexpectedly dies because of Harry. I could not tell who died or how they died, because this is the most important element in this story. Also, Harry just blamed in on Dumbledore hiding everything from him. Harry also kept bragging at Ron and Hermione without any reasons throughout this story.

I was disturbed by Harry's punishment that Mrs. Umbridge, cruel new professor that loathes Harry, assigned him to write, "I must not tell lies," despite having told no falsehoods. The pen with which he writes the lines magically carves the words into the back of his hands as they put it on the paper. Though they immediately heal at first, they become longer lasting the more he writes. Pens wound sounds very bloody and gory, filled with disgusting feelings.

Now, story gets more complicated and slow compared to last books of Harry Potter chronicles. I got tired reading this book, because this book had 870 pages. Last book, "Goblet's of fire" had 752 pages. "Prisoner of Azkaban" had 435 pages. "Chamber's Secrets" have 341 pages, and "Sourcer's Stone" had 309 pages. This book is just far too long compared to other Potter books. Several hundred pages could have been eliminated without skipping a beat. There is just too much unnecessary repetition, and to many subplots that don't really go anywhere and easily could have been eliminated. I've got tired of reading this book when it came to 470 pages. There are almost 900 pages in this book! Holy, I'm feeling like reading dictionary!