Harry Potter is back on Privet Drive for another summer with the Dursleys. Harry is just as miserable as he expected, but then Dementors attack Harry and Dudley. Harry has to resort to magic to save them and risks being expelled from Hogwarts. What he discovers is that there is an entire organization created to help fight the Dark Lord. The Order of the Phoenix is there to help protect and prepare Harry for a future that includes He Who Shall Not Be Named. Harry is willing to do whatever it takes, even if it means taking lessons from his archnemesis, Snape. But there is new trouble lurking at Hogwarts, in the form of Dolores Umbridge. She threatens everything that Harry loves about Hogwarts. Will she finally be the one to break Harry?
I think that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is my favorite book so far. I loved everything about the Order of the Phoenix including this book's "bad guy" - Dolores Umbridge. As I listened to the audiobook I could often be heard muttering "I hate Umbridge." She was so much fun to hate. I also enjoyed the whole premise surrounding Grimmauld Place. The way they all gathered there for Harry, the way Creature hated them all being there. The history of Sirius Black and his family. Harry had a lot to overcome this year and with everything going on he still had to pass his O.W.L's. And of course, he did it all with his friends by his side. The end was tragic, but I was not surprised. In the end, things at Hogwarts corrected themselves and everything went back to normal.
Bottom Line - I know that I am so far behind the Harry Potter curve, but I finally find myself "getting" all of the references that I have heard so many times over the years. I feel like I am a member of an exclusive club that I have been denied entrance for years. Only two more left!
Details:
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
- On Facebook
- 27 Hours 2 Minutes
- Buy it Here!
Post a Comment