Rating: 8/10
Summary: Harry Potter is back for his fifth year at Hogwarts. Things drastically changes this year as Dumbledore is suspended and the ministry of magic takes over the school. Professor Umbridge creates thousands of rules that forbid almost everything. However, Harry and his friends are determined to learn how to protect themselves from the ever growing attacks from Voldemort’s followers.
My thoughts: Not my favourite book of all. I did enjoy the secret group Harry creates to help his fellow classmates learn and the darker spin she takes in this book was good as it progresses the book forward with Harry’s maturity.
I did not particularly like the character of Professor Umbridge, I found it very annoying reading about her. Although I know she is supposed to be hated, I feel that her character was only half constructed as if JK Rowling was in a hurry to finish the book. I also found that this story, compared to the previous ones had a plot that kept fishtailing to smaller plots that seemed unimportant to the grander scheme of things and just dragged this book along.
Quote p.230: “Harry walked triumphantly to Defense Against the Dark Arts with Ron and Hermione, each looking forward to their Animagus lessons. The class started going by quickly, with everyone finishing up perfecting their shield spells. By the middle of class, Harry could produce a shield that deflected all the hexes that Mrs. Figg tested on them. Once each of them had been tested and passed, she made an announcement.”
Harry Potter series:
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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