I can't believe it has been over a year since I read the previous Harry Potter book... how time flies. This time Harry has to live with the magic "media" spreading untrue and distorted stories about him while having to deal with new teacher Professor Umbridge who quickly uses her political power to take over Hogwarts and run it like a fascist state.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is easily my favorite Harry Potter book. Unlike the previous books, Harry is often unlikeable and moody and in the end he totally falls for Voldemort's trap because he didn't listen to the advice people gave him throughout the book. Also Professor Umbridge is a great villain and I'd argue even more interesting than Voldemort. Unlike evil dark wizards, fascist teachers do exist. The reader is never really sure of her motivations either... Is she in on Voldemort's plot? Does she really think that he's dead? Does she just have blind allegiance to the Ministry of Magic's viewpoint? In this book at least it isn't clear what is going on in her head.
This one gets an A+.
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