By J.K. Rowling
“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.” Said Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It’s one of the many quotes that I like from this series. Even if he was framed for 14 years of a crime he did not commit, he still gives good advice.
In this book, Harry’s life starts going downhill. Between being framed for attacking a muggle when he was protecting him from getting his life sucked out of him, and having a new DADA teacher that everybody clearly hates, I’d say his life is the worst, especially when Dolores Umbridge starts treating him of a liar and makes him write with his own blood as punishment.
One thing all Harry Potter fans agree on is that Dolores Umbridge is even worse than Voldemort. Nobody likes her, not even her colleges.
I liked the bravery Neville showed in this book and how he was ready to help his friends when they went to the ministry. What I disliked was the bickering between Molly Weasley and Sirius at the start of the book when one treated Harry as an adult capable of handling the tasks given to him by the order and the other treating him like a child wanting to protect him from the brutal truth of the war, he’s been a part of even before he was born. I didn’t like how Umbridge took over the school and how Dumbledore was ignoring Harry all throughout the year
What a way was it to end this book, not only did it surprise me but it showed how much Harry’s life is going even more downhill with the return of he who must not be named and the losses he went through.
I would recommend this book if you have read the first four, not only for the continuity of the story, but because it’s a good book, sad but good.
- suitable for: kids aged 9 and up
- Book 5/7
- Rating: 3.5/5
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