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On "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"...

Posted June 23, 2003 11:37 PM.

So because my brain refuses to do what it's supposed to be doing and is finding any and all other avenues to explore, I've read the entire seven hundred and fifty page Harry Potter novel over the last couple of days as well as produced an interminable amount of notes and scribblings of various kinds. My verdict on the book? Gripping and entertaining but also a bit meandering and lacking a clear escalation of pace / convincingly epic conclusion at the end of it. Seemed more of an accidental ending in some ways. Doesn't compete with books three or four. But I look forward to the final two...

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