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Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Written
by J. K. Rowling
Reviewed
by Tom A. Wright
It
is hard to write a good novel. It is harder still to write a good
sequel to a good novel. It is a miracle to write a series of good
novels. J. K. Rowling has definitely performed a miracle. Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is another great novel, in
a series of great novels. Rowling continues to supply the reader
(kid or adult) with excitement, humor and action in the fifth
book in the HP series. Harry Potter, now 15 years old, is once
again thrust into the middle of torment and intrigue as the leaders
of the wizard world refuse to believe the evil dark lord Voldemort
is back and rebuilding his legion of evil followers. Harry's age
and past are taking its toll, with the character growing angry
and quick to temper as he returns to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry. He is faced with Headmaster Dumbledore growing distant,
an on again/off again girlfriend, a new hostile teacher imposed
by the government, and a recurring dream about a mysterious doorway.
Although the end is not as cheerful as other HP books, it does
wrap-up the episode well, and leaves plenty of room for the last
two novels in the series. Now the painful wait for book number
six. -sigh-
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