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What's up with Order of the Phoenix in the highest spot, though? I thought it was easily one of the worst of the series, and Goodreads ratings more or less agre
by TillE 9y ago
What's up with Order of the Phoenix in the highest spot, though? I thought it was easily one of the worst of the series, and Goodreads ratings more or less agree with me, ranking only Chamber of Secrets lower.
- carrier_lost 9y agoI think it's the best of the series, but I find that when conversation turns to Harry Potter, I'm often alone in my view.
- TremendousJudge 9y agoweird, basically everyone I know says it's the best in the series
- thaumasiotes 9y agoCount me in the "worst" bucket. I liked the first four books (and, oddly, the sixth).
- therealdrag0 9y agoSame. Was my favorite (at least better than all the preceding books), but many others disagree complaining about Harry being "emo".
- r3bl 9y agoOrder of the Phoenix gets a high spot on every list. For example: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1.Best_Books_Ever https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1.Best_Books_Ever #2 on that list. I always wondered the same, but could never reach a conclusion why it seemed like it was always rated above the rest of the series. It is definitely the one that turned the series from "saving the school" to "saving the world" and the series made a sharp turn after that one. That's the best reason I could come up with.
- yttrium 9y agoI find that most people either rank it first in the series, or somewhere near the bottom with no real in-between. I think it's the finest book in the series, my girlfriend thinks it's the worst. From personal experience, it seems that more people find it to be the best than the worst, but there's a lot of disagreement.