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| Categories | Growing Up & Facts of Life |
| Author | J.K. Rowling |
| Publisher | Arthur A. Levine Books; Reissue edition (June 26, 2018) |
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 912 pages |
| Item Weight | 1.62 pounds |
| Dimensions |
5.25 x 1.75 x 8 inches |
I. Book introduction
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by the British author J. K. Rowling. It is the fifth novel in the Harry Potter series. It follows Harry Potter’s struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist Lord Voldemort, O.W.L. exams, and an obstructive Ministry of Magic. The novel was published on 21 June 2003 by Bloomsbury in the United Kingdom, Scholastic in the United States, and Raincoast in Canada. It sold five million copies in the first 24 hours of publication.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix won several awards, including the American Library Association Best Book Award for Young Adults in 2003. The book was also made into a 2007 film, and a video game by Electronic Arts.
Plot
During the summer, Harry is frustrated by the lack of communication from his friends and by Dumbledore’s refusal to let him help in the struggle against Lord Voldemort. One evening, Dementors attack him and his cousin Dudley, but Harry fends them off using the Patronus Charm. Later, members of the Order of the Phoenix arrive at the Dursley residence and take Harry to Number 12, Grimmauld Place. Number 12 is Sirius Black’s family home and the headquarters of the Order, which is a secret organisation founded by Dumbledore to fight Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Harry wants to join the Order, but is too young.
Under the leadership of Cornelius Fudge, the Ministry of Magic is waging a smear campaign against Harry and Dumbledore, claiming they are lying about the return of Voldemort. Harry faces legal charges for the Patronus Charm he performed, but is exonerated and returns to Hogwarts. Dolores Umbridge, a senior Ministry employee, is the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. She implements a textbook-only curriculum and forbids the students from practicing defensive spells. Harry, Ron, and Hermione form a secret student group called Dumbledore’s Army, which meets in the Room of Requirement to practice defensive magic under Harry’s instruction.
One night, Harry dreams that Arthur Weasley is attacked by Voldemort’s snake, Nagini. The attack actually occurred, and Dumbledore realises that Harry’s mind is connected to Voldemort. He orders Professor Snape to teach Harry Occlumency to keep Voldemort out of his mind. When Umbridge discovers Dumbledore’s Army, Dumbledore saves Harry from expulsion by claiming he formed the group. To avoid arrest, he goes into hiding. Umbridge is appointed headmistress and begins enacting strict rules and regulations.
During exams, Harry has a vision of Voldemort torturing Sirius at the Department of Mysteries. He attempts to contact Sirius at Grimmauld Place, but Umbridge catches and interrogates him. Hermione intervenes and convinces Umbridge to go with her and Harry into the Forbidden Forest. When Umbridge provokes the centaurs who live there, they take her captive. Harry and his friends fly to the Ministry to rescue Sirius, but he is not there. Instead, they find shelves containing glass spheres, one of which bears Harry’s name. Harry picks it up and is immediately surrounded by Death Eaters. Lucius Malfoy reveals that Harry was lured to the Ministry by a false vision from Voldemort, who wishes to hear the prophecy contained in the sphere. He asks Harry for the sphere, but Harry refuses to give it to him.
The students fight the Death Eaters with help from several Order of the Phoenix members. Neville accidentally knocks the sphere down some steps, destroying it. Bellatrix Lestrange kills Sirius by knocking him through a mysterious stone archway. Voldemort appears and tries to kill Harry, but Dumbledore arrives and thwarts him. Fudge and other Ministry of Magic employees arrive on the scene and witness Voldemort just before he flees. Back at Hogwarts, Dumbledore tells Harry the prophecy was made by Professor Trelawney, who predicted the birth of a child with the power to vanquish Voldemort. This prophecy caused Voldemort to murder Harry’s parents, and it is why he wishes to kill Harry as well. Harry feels overwhelmed by the prophecy and the loss of Sirius, but the wizarding community now believes him and respects him.
About the Author (J.K. Rowling)
Joanne Rowling (born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name J.K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She is the author of Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy novel series published from 1997 to 2007. The series has sold over 600 million copies, been translated into 84 languages, and spawned a global media franchise including films and video games. The Casual Vacancy (2012) was her first novel for adults. She writes Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, under the alias Robert Galbraith.
Born in Yate, Gloucestershire, Rowling was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International in 1990 when she conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series. The seven-year period that followed saw the death of her mother, the birth of her first child, divorce from her first husband, and relative poverty until the first novel in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, was published in 1997. Six sequels followed, concluding with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007). By 2008, Forbes had named her the world’s highest-paid author.
The novels follow a boy called Harry Potter as he attends Hogwarts (a school for wizards), and battles Lord Voldemort. Death and the divide between good and evil are the central themes of the series. Its influences include Bildungsroman (the coming-of-age genre), school stories, fairy tales, and Christian allegory. The series revived fantasy as a genre in the children’s market, spawned a host of imitators, and inspired an active fandom. Critical reception has been more mixed. Many reviewers see Rowling’s writing as conventional; some regard her portrayal of gender and social division as regressive. There were also religious debates over the Harry Potter series.
J.K. Rowling has won many accolades for her work. She has received an OBE and made a Companion of Honour for services to literature and philanthropy. Harry Potter brought her wealth and recognition, which she has used to advance philanthropic endeavours and political causes. She established the Volant Charitable Trust in 2000, and co-founded the charity Lumos in 2005. Rowling’s philanthropy centres on medical causes and supporting at-risk women and children. In 2012, Forbes estimated that Rowling’s charitable giving totaled US$160 million. She has also donated to Britain’s Labour Party, and opposed Scottish independence and Brexit. Since 2017, Rowling has been vocal about her opinions on transgender people and related civil rights. Her comments, described as transphobic by critics and LGBT rights organisations, have divided feminists, fuelled debates on freedom of speech and cancel culture, and prompted declarations of support for transgender people from the culture sector.
II. Reviewer: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
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1. THARINDU DISSANAYAKE reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“Galloping gargoyles!”
“Hang on. This Lord Voldything’s back, you say.”
When a book gets too long, there’s always the risk of giving up halfway, or start skimming through parts. I think, The Order of Phoenix qualifies as long (the version I read had around a 1000 pages), but I wish it to be even longer. Only Rowling can do that. I didn’t find one boring bit, or anything out of place. We are reaching a near-perfect level of writing here at the fifth of the series, which, in my opinion, is an excellent concoction of suspense, hope, triumph, disappointment, humor, anger, happiness, sadness and so many others.
“I’ve always wanted to try firewhisky -“
Right from the beginning, you’ll find everything to be intriguing as always, with an excellent set of new characters being introduced. The main characters around Harry are of course the main focus, and the narration inherits a lot from how the teenage Harry views the world. Average emotional rollercoaster of a teenager blends in nicely with the main plot, and makes things more interesting.
“Ask us no questions and we’ll tell you no lies,”
We’ve finally moved in to the core of the story, and an-action-packed story is being unfolded – full of dark times – with no more holding back. If it wasn’t for Rowling’s writing, this might’ve felt like one complex story, not to mention how unbearable it would’ve been with Umbrige, and also with Lestrange and Fudge closely behind. But everything’s put in place perfectly, and even the annoying characters do their part really well. And the ending chapters – though disappointing – are the best and most dramatic in the series so far. This has been one amazing ride, while proving the ‘Last-is-Best’ still to be true.
“Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young…”
2. SEAN BARRS reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Despite this being the longest book in the series, I read it quicker than all the others.
Here’s three things I really loved about it:
- Harry and Sirius– they never had much time together but the time they did have really influenced Harry’s development, a few wise words from a sincere friend (or godfather) can go a real long way. And this scene was perhaps the most powerfully written in the series for me, we all know what happens next:
- Dumbledore’s Army– Harry, Ron and Hermione have always taken matters into their own hands; they’ve never waited for someone to come along and save them. And here they have got so many great characters involved in their heroics, which leads me onto my next point.
- Luna Lovegood– because the weird people are always the best people. Luna’s by far my favourite character because she is so completely herself in all her colourfulness; she’s often ignored, avoided and even ridiculed as a result but secretly she is brilliant. The world needs more Luna Lovegoods. I always thought she had far more chemistry with Harry than Ginny ever did.
3. LINDSEY DAHLING reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I am always ready to pop off on anyone who says they don’t like this book because “Harry is so angsty and annoying in it.” Well, why don’t you watch a peer die right next to you, witness Adolf Hitler’s resurrection, have a trusted adult admit they’ve been lying and manipulating you, and then get sent home for three months to live with people who loathe you, all while being ghosted by the people you actually like for weeks AND SEE HOW WELL YOU DEAL WITH IT.
On top of all of that, you’ve got a government publishing daily articles detailing why you’re a crazy person with an overactive imagination and to pay no attention to that 100% alive noseless man behind the curtains.
DON’T EVEN WITH ME ON THIS.
Also, I still remember reading this book on my bunk bed in 8th grade the day it came out. Never in my life had I experienced so much fiery rage toward a fictional character. Fifteen years later and Delores Umbridge still wins the award for character whOSE LAUGH COULD ACTUALLY PROVOKE ME, A PACIFIST WHO LOVES CAPS LOCK, TO RAGE PUNCH AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER.
Hem hem.
4. NILUFER OZMEKIK reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
This is my new routine to reread HP books to take
a trip down my memory lane because reading these remarkable books make me remember the times I was so excited to get my hands on them: the younger, crazier, stupider, less experienced, naiver but always happy version of myself. These books always bring out the noisy, mischievous, fiery, cheery child we hid inside the walls as we grow up.
But right now, I totally agree that we need revisions and new perspectives as the world changes: we definitely need spinoffs! We need to read stories with more cultural, racial and LGBTQ community representation. Creativity of intelligent mind shouldn’t be blocked by bleakness.
Let’s wish we may get those spinoffs we dreamed of in near future!
5. SPEEDREADER reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
An even darker chapter of the story, but a great escalation of the storyline
This is the fifth book in the original series of seven novels in the Harry Potter world. Of course, more have been added over the years and the universe of Harry Potter has expanded beyond the original set of books. It is set in the fifth year of Ron, Harry, and Hermoine at Hogwarts. Harry and Dumbledore are being discredited by the Ministry Of Magic for saying the Voldemort has returned, and as a result, the Ministry tries to take over Hogwarts by installing one of the worst characters (meaning one of the best “bad guy” characters) from the series, Deloris Umbridge, at Hogwarts. She is first installed as the new defense against the dark arts teacher, then accumulates more power.
This is again another very long book (840 pages) and because it was not (unlike Deathly Hallows) split into two movies, there is a lot in the book that the movie cut out or changed heavily to fit the time constraints. There is a lot more at the beginning of the book than there was in the movie, there was a lot more to the Order and what they were up to, and there was a lot more of the Harry-Voldemort mind connection. And, of course, there was a whole storyline with Hermoine and SPEW that had been removed from The Goblet of Fire movie adaptation, so the continuation in this novel was totally left out of the movie. The book is also darker (yet again) than the prior book and since the idea is that kids would be reading it when they were around 14-15 years old, they would be able to handle more violence and death than when they were 9 or 10 (about the ages that first novel was appropriate for).
The style of the book is much like the others. It takes longer to read than the first three novels only because it is over twice as long as those books were. But in terms of readability and how easy it is to follow, it is on par with the shorter novels. And, as I have said about the other novels, even though they are technically kids’ books, adults can easily enjoy them as well. That is true whether you read them as a kid and are now an adult, or read them for the first time as an adult. The stories hold up very well over time and are definitely worth coming back to.
6. ALEXIS LACKEY reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
put me through the ringer
I was 68% through this book and was thinking to myself “what in the world is going to happen in the last bit of this book”. Lo and behold a series of twist and turns was about to come. This is definitely one of my favorites of the series and honestly the most heartbreaking. We’ve watched the character development of a character I’ve grown to love and then… he….. guess you’ll have to read the book to find out! This book has me further excited to pick up the next one and dive right in!
7. TINA M. WILKINS reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Reading with 8 yr old – hardback version
Introduction: I am reading this book with my 8 yr old daughter. She is an avid reader and could probably read it on her own, but I like the time spent with her and wanted to monitor the content as we go. That being said, there hasn’t been anything I have omitted. Also, I do explain some things as we go that she might not understand. We had the illustrated versions for books 1-4. From what I’ve read, the illustrated version of book 5 is due out October 11, 2022. We couldn’t wait that long to start reading Book 5 after finishing Book 4, so we purchase this hardback copy and will probably also get the illustrated version when it comes out. This version was super affordable when we ordered it (~$15) and arrived very quick.
Durability: The pages are nice and thick. The dust cover is also nice and thick and stays in place well. The hard back is a must in my opinion. The book is long with over 900 pages and a bit heavy. If you have a paperback, it will get dropped and bend pages, etc. The hardback version just lasts longer without bending pages or getting damaged.
Story: Harry Potter speaks for itself and is awesome. Enough said.
Overall: For the price, I would definitely recommend if you are ready to start Book 5. If you like the illustrated versions of Book 1-4 and have time to wait for Illustrated Book 5 release on October 11, 2022, you might skip this and pre-order that.
8. R. RECCHIA reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Well worth the wait!
I got into the Harry Potter books about two years ago. I read them because I work at a library and wanted to see what the big deal was…and to give me something else to talk to my patrons about! I was surprised how much I loved the first four books….it took me about 10 to 11 days to read them all! What J.K. Rowling does, she does extremely well…all of the Harry Potter books combine fantasy and wizardry with suspense, action and mystery. She creates fascinating and likable..and very evil…characters…her books are very fast paced and tough to put down…and she makes it all look so easy!
I had the priviledge to read aloud the first chapter of “The Order of the Phoenix” in front of a group of kids and their parents on the day that the book came out and I had an absolute blast doing it!
The book gets off to a very fast and exciting start, like J.K. Rowling is saying, “I’M BAACK!” The book starts out in Privot Drive, where Harry is staying with his Uncle Vernon and his Aunt Petunia and mean, fat Dudley. Harry and Dudley are attacked by a pair of Dementors, which Harry wards off. His Uncle and Aunt think Harry attacked Dudley..of course….until Harry tells them about the Dementors…which leads to Aunt Petunia dropping a little bombshell of her own( which I won’t tell you the specifics of; it’s one of the books most pleasant surprises!). Harry gets into trouble for using magic, which leads to a hearing…then he’s off to Hogwarts again, for maybe his toughest year yet.
It was nice to be reintroduced to all of the characters again, like Hermione, Ron Weasley and his brothers, Hagrid, Dumbledore, Snape, Malfoy, etc… Harry has to deal with more frustration than ever before…and he blows up and gets angry more in this book than ever before…and it’s easy to see why! Dumbledore, for some unknown reason, won’t look at him, he has a new teacher, Ms. Umbridge, whose sole purpose seems to be to make life a living heck for Harry. He gets a crush on a girl and nobody seems to believe him about Lord Voldemort coming back. He also keeps having nightmares about walking down a long, dark corridor.
The book is 870 pages long and some people have complained that it is too long. I’m absolutely fine with it’s length, because the book is about as fascinating as the others and Rowling packs alot of story in it and takes the time to develop her characters even more. It is rather dark in tone and maybe not as pleasant as some of the others, for this is partly about Potter growing up and experiencing the joys and pains of being a teenager. It’s also about friendship and loyalty. It’s about alot of things and it’s about all of them very well!
I eagerly await the next book!
9. WARDA reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“I’ve had enough, I’ve seen enough, I want out, I want it to end, I don’t care any more—”
The ending this book was too emotional. Heartbreaking in every way what Harry has gone through and had to endure.
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100th reread.
I’m exaggerating. I don’t know what number I’m on.
Rowling is such a gifted storyteller and incredible at creating characters with distinct voices. I’m appreciating the world-building a lot more now as well. She crafted it beautifully throughout the series.
– Harry’s grief was palpable and it hurt. A lot.
– Harry and Cho’s relationship was boring as hell.
– Dumbledore is my favourite character ever. He’s open with his mistakes and the way he came to care and protect Harry warmed my soul right up.
– Umbridge is worse than Voldemort. Son of a witch.
– Fudge should’ve died.
– As well as Percy.
10. CHELSEA HUMPHREY reviews Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Guys, this was so much better than the movie. I know it’s not fair to compare, but because the film version of Order of the Phoenix isn’t one of my favorites, coupled with the fact that this is the longest novel in the series, I was really nervous to get to this one. Obviously I was a muggle fool who deserves to be chased around by Peeves for a full 24 hours, because this was such a vital installment that really breathed a mature life into the series. The ending of Goblet of Fire is quite dark, but I felt book #5 is where the series really gets down to business and loses the childlike innocence that it clasped tightly for some long. What a brilliant, hauntingly beautiful way to write a series that grows as the reader does. Only two more to go, which makes me quite sad, but also excited to find out how they compare to the rest!
III. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Quotes by J.K. Rowling
The best book quotes from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
“Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have.”
“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”
“The headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix may be found at number twelve, Grimmauld Place, London.”
“He pointed to another small round burn mark between two names, Bellatrix and Narcissa.”
“Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure.”
“Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?”
“Yes.”
“You called her a liar?”
“Yes.”
“You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?”
“Yes.”
“Have a biscuit, Potter.”“I DON’T CARE!” Harry yelled at them, snatching up a lunascope and throwing it into the fireplace. “I’VE HAD ENOUGH, I’VE SEEN ENOUGH, I WANT OUT, I WANT IT TO END, I DON’T CARE ANYMORE!”
“You do care,” said Dumbledore. He had not flinched or made a single move to stop Harry demolishing his office. His expression was calm, almost detached. “You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”“You’re a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That’s everyone in the family!”
“What are Fred and I? Next door neighbors?”“You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts…but you cannot deny he’s got style…”
“Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.”
“Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!”
“Youth can not know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.”
“You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”
“But Dumbledore says he doesn’t care what they do as long as they don’t take him off the Chocolate Frog cards.”
“Hello, Harry” said George, beaming at him. “We thought we heard your dulcet tones.”
“You don’t want to bottle up your anger like that, Harry, let it all out,” said Fred, also beaming. “There might be a couple of people fifty miles away who didn’t hear you.”“From now on, I don’t care if my tea leaves spell ‘Die, Ron, Die,’ I’m chucking them in the bin where they belong.”
“Don’t put your wand there, boy!” roared Moody. “What if it ignited? Better wizards than you have lost buttocks, you know!” “Who d’you know who’s lost a buttock?” the violet-haired woman asked Mad-Eye interestedly. “Never you mind, you just keep your wand out of your back pocket!” growled Mad-Eye. “Elementary wand safety, nobody bothers about it anymore . . .” He stumped off toward the kitchen. “And I saw that,” he added irritably, as the woman rolled her eyes at the ceiling.”
“According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else.”
“You should write a book,” Ron told Hermione as he cut up his potatoes, “translating mad things girls do so boys can understand them.”
“The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters.”
“Don’t worry. You’re just as sane as I am.”
“Harry, don’t go picking a row with Malfoy, don’t forget, he’s a prefect now, he could make life difficult for you…”
“Wow, I wonder what it’d be like to have a difficult life?” said Harry sarcastically.”“The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing, Potter… or at least, most minds are…”
“Mistletoe,” said Luna dreamily, pointing at a large clump of white berries placed almost over Harry’s head. He jumped out from under it.
“Good thinking,” said Luna seriously. “It’s often infested with nargles.”“This is night, Diddykins. That’s what we call it when it goes all dark like this. ”
“By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many.”
“Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.”
“Has Ron saved a goal yet?” asked Hermione, peering over the top of Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms.
“Well, he can do it if he doesn’t think anyone’s watching him,” said Fred, rolling his eyes. “So all we have to do is ask the crowd to turn their backs and talk among themselves every time the Quaffle goes up his end on Saturday.”“Ron,” said Hermione in a dignified voice, “you are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet.”
“Well, usually when a person shakes their head,” said McGonagall coldly, “they mean ‘no.’ So unless Miss Edgecombe is using a form of sign language as yet unknown to humans…”
“Harry witnessed Professor McGonagall walking right past Peeves who was determinedly loosening a crystal chandelier and could have sworn he heard her tell the poltergeist out of the corner of her mouth, ‘It unscrews the other way.”
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