Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [#books #review]

by J.K. Rowling

After more than one re-reading, i listened to the audiobook version, and I still have a lot of things to say about this book. I'll try to be as shortest as possible.

Luna Lovegood: how much I love her!!! Since her first appearance she attracted me for her oddness, but the serious moments made me really love her: the fact that despite her perpetually amazed and dreamy air she always seems to know what to do, and she's always unflappable. Very moving her goodbye to Harry

when she's looking for the things her fellow students hide from her, and she speaks about it without bitterness or rancor, and then she tells him about her mother, and death in general (Oh, come on! You heard them, just behind the veil, didn't you?) and walks away, leaving Harry with a strange sense of consolation: She walked away from him and, as he watched her go, he found that the terrible weight in his stomach - seemed to have lessened slightly.

Dumbledore is as always one of my favourite characters. In one of the last chapters (36, entitled "The Only One He Ever Feared") we see him in action, to show us why in fact he's the only wizard Voldemort ever was afraid of. But it is in the next chapter that I liked this character more than ever, and it's when Dumbledore admits to be human.

He reveals to Harry that he had made mistakes, and that he made them because of age and because he cares about Harry more than he imagined. With honesty and tranquility he accuses himself of being the main cause of the events that led to the Sirius' death. This scene moved me perhaps more than anything else.

This novel remains one of my favorites of the series: exciting in every sense, with sad scenes, cheerful, fun, thrilling ... it has it all!