 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the richest (and thickest) book yet in the Harry Potter series. This book is spectacularly written. It's every bit as entertaining and hilarious as it is heartwarming, brilliant, magical, beautiful, and psycholocigally deep. The book begins with Harry laying outside his aunt and uncle's window, listening attentively to the news in hopes of hearing information about the newly risen Voldemort. Instantly, we are thrust into the powerful and gripping plot when Harry saves Dudley from Dementors and discovers that his neighbor, Mrs. Figg, is actually of magic birth and a member of a secretive organization called the Order of the Phoenix. After temporarily living with the Order, Harry is off to Hogwarts for yet another adventurous school year. When he arrives at school, Harry discovers through varied events and persons (including a vicious DADA teacher) that there are people in the wizard world trying to live an illusion and pretend that there is nothing wrong in the wizard world. Little do they admit, there are things that are very wrong. Harry's school year proves to ride like a roller coster and doesn't stop until the climactic and thrilling final chapters, involving a lost prophecy that answers every question we've ever had (irritatingly leaving the door WIDE open for more questions!), a veil that plays a mysterious part in the killing of a beloved character (which has left me totally confused), and the permanent removal of a toad-like headmistress. |
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