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“‘Give me Harry Potter,’ said Voldemort’s voice, ‘and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.'”
As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid’s motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now is broken, but he cannot keep hiding. The Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything Harry loves and to stop him Harry will have to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes. The final battle must begin – Harry must stand and face his enemy….
Unbelievably fantastic and completely absorbing Having just reread the entire Harry Potter series in preparation for Book Six, it seems like the time is now right for me to finally review Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. To call the book fantastic is a gross understatement. Without doubt, it is the most absorbing novel I’ve ever read – even on multiple readings. It may be well over 800 pages, but it’s still a quick read. I’m betting most fans read this book in two days or less – you just can’t put it down. There were times…
Realms beyond our own, the final visit to the world Rowling made. This is the last book in a seven book series that reads as one long fabulous story, a fantasy classic for all ages. It stands with JRR Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” in that it started out as a children’s book: “The Hobbit” in Tolkien’s case; “The Sorcerer’s Stone” in Rowling’s case, and both moved on quickly, as if of their own volition, to proceed away from a simple child’s story and become a real world in fact, with humor, tragedy, love, and loss and a great overwhelming evil that the decent…
Third year We find out more about Harry’s parents and their friends. The man who was convicted of betraying Harry’s parents escaped from Azkaban. They thought he was heading to Hogwarts to kill Harry. The adults felt it was better to not tell Harry.Another interesting book. Very easy to read. Very hard to put down.