Member Reviews

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  2 of 2 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 3 stars

  “Having read the first four and enjoyed them all to varying degrees, I found this last one to be the biggest challenge to get through and my least favorite of the series. At a whopping 870 pages, it's simply just too long, too unwieldly and terribly overwritten. Rowling has adopted a new habit since the fourth book (and perfected?! it here) of taking four or five pages to illustrate her point in a scene when all she really needs is one page. At this point in the "Potter" phenom, Rowling apparently has carte blanche with her publisher, and it's obvious she hasn't had to deal with any editors with this one.
  
  When the story does finally start to pick up some steam (say, page 450 or so), it moves along a bit more nicely, but still drags in many spots. I bought the book in hardcover when it first came out and slogged through the first 300-or-so pages before abandoning it out of sheer boredom and frustration. I finally picked it up again about a week ago, hell-bent on finishing the bugger, now that the paperback had already been released.
  
  Am I looking forward to Year Six? Not really. Will I read it because I'm a freakish completist? Absolutely. (Read 8/04)”

  Justin M wrote this review Friday, January 4 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
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  2 of 2 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “Lovely politics in this book.”

  Srividya A wrote this review Wednesday, December 5 2007. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
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  2 of 2 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 3 stars

  “its gr8”

  ~~~akhila rockx~~~ wrote this review Friday, October 26 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  2 of 2 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “Much more about Voldemort's past, the motives for his murder of Harry's parents, and his attack on Harry himself, is revealed in "Phoenix." But what more is there to say about it in the two books to follow? The last chapters bombard the reader with information, which could only be elucidated in the remaining novels (at the end of "Phoenix," Harry is just as confused as we are). However, I trust Rowling with Harry's future. He is, after all, her creation. "Phoenix" may certainly discourage some readers from picking up "The Half-Blood Prince," but thus far the adventure has been rewarding for both Harry and the reader. Harry cements old friendships and builds new friendships, his skills as a wizard continue to be enhanced, and he becomes increasingly aware of his magical potential. Through all of this, Rowling's faithful readers have cheered their hero on. I was somewhat unsettled by the darker quality of "Phoenix," but as in all of her books, Rowling leaves a trace of optimism--albeit slighter than those in previous books--in the ending, which, also as in all of her books, is also the beginning.”

  stargazer6 wrote this review Thursday, September 27 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 0 stars

  “One of my favorite books out of all of them. Oh wait, there all my favorite.”

  Rebecca E wrote this review Wednesday, February 27 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “What can I say its a Harry Potter Book, of course its great!!!”

  Bonnie N wrote this review Friday, January 18 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 3 stars

  “this book is great! its for a person who has a lot of time to sit down and enjoy a book.”

  Taylor B wrote this review Tuesday, December 25 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 0 stars

  “A good book for big childern about 25 years old.[br/]read this book, if you need going to your 5 years old time.[br/]wisardy and magical think on child think.”

  mrizvandi wrote this review Tuesday, November 6 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “This was great!!!!”

  Kayla V wrote this review Wednesday, October 24 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “I love this book (All-caps Harry and all). It's my most favorite of all the HP books except for Deathly Hallows. This is where Harry really starts to become a leader and we see more of Neville, Ginny, Luna and the Twins.”

  geekyspaz wrote this review Thursday, October 4 2007. ( reply | permalink )