But the cast that sticks out the most in this book are the members of the Order of the Phoenix. We are reintroduced to characters past books like Gilderoy Lockhart when the party goes to St Mungo's (a Wizard Hospital).
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This book also is the first book in the series that truly begins to bring in some past characters. This gives keeps certain parts of the book from getting stale as by book 5, we are all very familiar with the school. There are more events that happen outside of the school in this book what it feels the rest of the series combined attempts to do. The series also continues to work it’s way out of being grounded at the school. There are several major plot points that occur and are equally spread throughout the book along with some more minor points along the way that allows for this book to tick like a metronome.
Rowling masterfully keeps the story moving on, making sure that all plot points are being utilized in a captivating way.
For a book of this size, it would seem that it would be pretty easy to fall into that trap, but J.K. There never seems to be a dull moment or something that goes on for too long. One really good strength that this book has is the pacing overall. This has been a minor complaint that I have had in the past, but at this point, I would say that it has resolved itself for any of the main cast that are predominantly utilized in this installment to the series. The training that students that go with Harry, Ron and Hermione who all go by the name of Dumbledore’s army, find themselves capable to withstand the abilities of the death eaters until help arrives. This book also solves the issue of children beating experienced adults on multiple levels. Though there was reveals in the past book of some of the death eaters, this book introduces more of them and shows that they are a legitimate threat that is doing the bidding of Voldemort himself. The setup of the villains in this book is really well done, especially for the books that are about to come. It’s fascinating when looking into further what these artifacts and items represent for the world as a whole. There are parts of this book toward the end that really expand on some loose ideas of what magic items are and how dangerous they can really be. This refreshing scenery along with some new refreshing enemies towards the end of this book was really well done and dark. The stakes truly felt high, the events at the end for the first time were not happening at the school but actually somewhere much different. I remember when reading the end of this book I simply could not put it down. The climax of the book was really well done. This sets up connections for the future and pays off past books on the importance of the connection that Harry has with the Dark Lord. Harry begins to dream what he believes is what Voldemort sees and what he is doing. Harry and his connection to Voldemort now that he has fully returned seems to cause him more grief as their connection has never been stronger. The idea sent across is that Harry and Dumbledore are using the story has a fear tactic to create change in the ministry. Harry deals with this especially as all the proof of what has happened comes from his word and Dumbledore ’s word having believed him.įriends at school are hesitant to follow in Harry’s footsteps any further as the Ministry begins to make a villain out of Harry. This book introduces a split between loyalties of the idea of the return of Voldemort and the denial of his return. This comes to ahead with the interactions with Professor Dumbledore throughout the entire book. He is frustrated that no one seems to be giving him the time of day or taking what he has to say into account. The story essentially boils down to Harry being frustrated that he cannot do much himself for the Order of the Phoenix because he is still so young despite his past achievements and knowledge. This leads to him being expelled and needing to attend a hearing to be tried for his crimes. In self defence Harry protects himself and his cousin from them dementors by using magic.
It doesn’t take long for things to go wrong and be visibility out of the ordinary for this story as Dementors show up and go after the two of them. This book starts out with an isolated Harry being tormented by his cousin Dudley.