Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Oh how I hate to give this two stars; I mean there's always a ton of praise surrounding this series and I did give the first four of this series four stars.

I think to myself, “You are just too old to appreciate these books,” but then again, when the books originally came out in the late 1990s, my stepmom read them alongside my step-nephew and kept encouraging me to read them. She thoroughly enjoyed them; I am now her age. I just don't get all the hoopla surrounding this series.

This one seemed to drag on forever. Umbridge was cartoonish at best. A point system that was always a bit ridiculous in that there was no rhyme or reason to the points a teacher or staff could add or dock from a house for a nefarious deed/great accomplishment. SpoilerAnd now a student can add or subtract as they see fit?!? Come on . . . how does that not lend to abuse of the system – Spoiler”my house is going to get more points, and all the other houses are going to continually have points taken away?” Ugh.

Anyway, I guess I'm gonna have to go against the flow on this one and give it a low rating. Hopefully, the last two books of this series will be better.