“The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive.”
Courtesy of amazon.com Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix could be called the turning point for the series. It is completely gloomy, dark, and our wizards and witches are growing up. I will tell you right now, it is not a feel good book. It signals the now darkness that the British wizarding world is enveloped in and now the gray areas of loyalty are becoming black and white. The good guys and the bad guys are distinguishing themselves and the underground war is just getting started. We had been left on a depressing cliff the last book, and we now meet our wizard hero being 15, bullied by his cousin, and blossoming into an angst filled teenager. After being attacked by dementors in Muggle London, Harry is whisked away into hiding with the Order of the Phoenix, the revived group of wizards and witches dedicated to fighting Voldemort. There we learn more about Sirius Black and his past, the new members of the Order, and what exactly are the...