maybe not the best book in the series? but still awesome (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling)

Member Name: jo_platt

Product:	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
Date:	25/10/09 (3 review reads)
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Advantages: ge grows up. and we can see his flaws.

Disadvantages: harry gets a bit angsty

SPOILER ALERT!!

Order of the Pheonix is perhaps my least favourite book of the series, because Harry seems to get very angsty and angry at everything. He doesn't listen to his teachers, who are older and wiser than him and falls out with his friends. But these are the same reasons I love this book, because he is so unbelievably wrong at points. It's natural and understandable that after the death of his school chum Cedric that he should be feeling a bit angry about it, seeing as he blames himself for it. it's natural amd understandable that Harry doesn't listen to his elders. We've all done it at some point. And we have all argued with friends and said things we didn't mean.

The book is full of emotion, a theme which Rowling has explored before but not in as much detail is this. After reading this book I felt I knew Harry a lot better as a person, not just some words on a page. And at the big climatic scene, Harry is with his friends. Showing us that friends can become family too.

You can learn a lot about real life in fantasy books.

Summary: apart from harry getting a bit annoying at times, it's all good