Author- JK Rowling
Series- Harry Potter
Published- 2003
Page Count- 766 (Original UK Hardcover)
Publishing House- Bloomsbury
Rating- 5/5 stars
About the Author
There is a lot of information about JK Rowling on her website, so I've picked the key bits for this section.
Jo conceived the idea of Harry Potter in 1990 while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross. Over the next five years, she began to map out all seven books of the series. She wrote mostly in longhand and gradually built up a mass of notes, many of which were scribbled on odd scraps of paper.
To read more, here is a link to JK Rowling's website.
Plot
Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. His best friends Ron and Hermione have been very secretive all summer and he is desperate to get back to school and find out what has been going on. However, what Harry discovers is far more devastating than he could ever have expected...
Suspense, secrets and thrilling action from the pen of J.K. Rowling ensure an electrifying adventure that is impossible to put down.
Suspense, secrets and thrilling action from the pen of J.K. Rowling ensure an electrifying adventure that is impossible to put down.
Taken from Goodreads.
Opinions
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is my favourite Harry Potter book. We see a lot of Sirius and we also say goodbye to him. Hermione is the queen of badasses in this book. Minerva McGonagall is amazing and so is Hagrid. Umbridge is an evil hag. Harry gets his first girlfriend and we meet Luna Lovegood, the girl who taught me it was okay to be me.
The scene with the dementor's in Private Drive was so ominous and really set the tone for the rest of the novel. Mrs Figg is a great character and I wish they'd had her hitting Mundungus in the movie. The letter that Dumbledore sends Petunia is quite scary, but it does make Petunia stand up for Harry against Vernon.
Meeting Tonks makes me so happy because she's such a great character and I wish we could learn more about her. She and the rest of the Order of the Phoenix rescuing Harry makes me happy because Harry now has a group of people that are there for him.
I'm going to be honest and say Harry is a little shit in this book and is downright rude to Hermione and Ron in this book. They are trying to be there for him and he's just horrid to them. I understand that Harry is probably suffering from a condition similar to PTSD or Survivors Guilt, but they are just trying to be nice to him and show him that he isn't alone.
Dolores Umbridge might be the evilest character in the entire series. I even consider her to be worse than Voldemort because she has direct access to the students of Hogwarts and tortures them with her magic quills. She uses her power as a ministry official and abuses it. She nearly used the cruciatus curse on Harry and used Veratisurm on Cho. I'm glad she gets chased out at the end and that Peeves made her time as headmistress hell. I hope that she didn't have a nice life after the end of the Harry Potter series as she doesn't deserve anything nice to happen to her. She also, very briefly, made me hate cats. That's how much I hate her.
Fred and George and the invention of Weasley Wizard Wheezes are another one of my favourite parts of this book. The fact that they make Umbridge's life a living hell and get Peeves to follow their orders shows how amazing they are as characters.
As much as I love Hagrid, his decision to bring Grawp to Hogwarts is questionable. He knows what giants are like and he knows that students do sneak into the forest, so what would have happened if a student came across Grawp? I do feel sorry for Hagrid, but it was an irresponsible decision to bring Grawp back.
The D.A is an amazing idea of Hermione's and shows how she can be a total badass and still care about her education. I aspire to have Hermione's work ethic. However, surely it would have been better to keep the number smaller so that fewer people could snitch on them. Mariette seemed like a dodgy choice from the beginning and so did Zacarias Smith.
Dumbledore escaping from the ministry is one of my favourite scenes. Despite ignoring Harry for most of the book, he takes the fall for Harry so Harry can be there at Hogwarts to take his exams. I do love the line "Dumbledore's got style" and I think Kingsley's delivery of it in the movie is amazing.
Harry and Cho's relationship was always doomed to end as they weren't that compatible and they were in an awkward situation following Cedric's death. I also feel that Cho was very emotional anyway and Harry wasn't the most supportive boyfriend to her.
Sirius's chat in the fireplace following Harry's occlumency lesson is a really bittersweet moment as it's the last time they talk face to face. He offers Harry some solid advice and is the godfather Harry needs him to be. It just makes his death even sadder.
Speaking of Sirius, his death makes me weep. Harry loses the only father figure he has known and Lupin has to watch another one of his best friends die. Lupin then has to watch his other best friends son grieving over a different best friend dying. Just imagine the pain Lupin felt when Sirius died.
As with all my reviews, it's impossible for me to include every single detail in these reviews so here is a list of honourable mentions:
Carenza x
As with all my reviews, it's impossible for me to include every single detail in these reviews so here is a list of honourable mentions:
- Harry, Fred and George punching Malfoy.
- Ron joining the Quidditch team.
- Hagrid returning from his mission with the giants.
- The D.A meetings.
- Cleaning Grimmauld Place.
- Kreacher being Kreacher.
- Harry's Occlumency lessons with Snape.
- Umbridge's inspections.
- Trelawney being sacked.
- Anything I've missed off this list because this is my favourite book and let's be real I love everything in this book.
Carenza x
