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Originally Posted by Bond
I have heard a lot of people complaining about the length of the book. I'm not even done with it yet, I still have 200 or so pages to go, but I would be happy to read an even longer book. Yes, the main plot could be compressed into 300-400 pages or so. But I really enjoy the side plots that spin off from the main plot.
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Its not that the book is too long, for me anyway. Goblet of Fire is my favorite book in the series because of its length and when I heard that Order of the Pehonix was going to be longer than that, I was ecstatic. But unlike Goblet of Fire, Order of the Pheonix doesn't seem like it needs 800+ pages to tell the story. When I was reading it, I felt like it was that long only because the last book was that long, not because it needed it.
I think some of the side-plots were really unecessary. They felt like they were tacked on and meaningless. I don't need everything in a book to stick right at the main plot and never waver, but when I feel like these little insignificant things are interupting the story and making me wait longer for what I care about, they shouldn't be there.
A few other things that got on my nerves:
Harry is angry throughout this entire book. While I could understand some anxiety and frustration at certain points in the book, he just seem like complete jerk. If I were Ron and Hermione, I would have just told him to screw off and quit being a blowhole.
I was disappointed in the way the Cho thing ended. While I wouldn't choose Cho to be Harry's big romance person at the end of the series, I was hoping that they would actually get together considering the fairly big build-up in the last book. The way it turned out was kind of anti-climactic.... And fairly depressing...
The lack of Hagrid. He doesn't show up until most of the book is over and then he's not himself. While Hagrid is far from my favorite character, I did enjoy the scenes with him in earlier books and I was disappointed he didn't show up more in this one.
Now, although there were plenty things in this book that I didn't like, that doesn't mean I didn't like the book. It did completely catch my interest and I read in cover to cover nearly in one sitting without regrets. And I enjoyed myself while doing so.
*shrugs and walks away*