Board 8 > Been rereading Harry Potter (stealth fave book poll)

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Series holds up extremely well, very good reads. Currently on OotP which is my favorite.
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I've only read 1-4 and 4 is my favorite. I was majorly into the series when they were first released (early 2000's), but as a kid, waiting between GoF & OotP made my hype go way down. And then OotP was very different than GoF and I just stopped caring. I've yet to read 5-7.

My wife recently reread the entire series (just finished it two days ago). She loves them. I think her favorite is HBP.
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OotP is my favorite
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Order Of The Phoenix winning?

Perfect.
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OotP is my least favorite by a lot. I think GoF is my favorite overall, but it's been awhile since I read them
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Stopped at 4 but I liked 2 and 4 the best for sure
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OOTP > DH > POA > GOF > HBP > SS > COS for me
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Needs more Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
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Chamber of Secrets getting a vote is disappointing and terrible.

I pretty much agree with VI on the rankings. Sweet!
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I've been meaning to reread for awhile, I legit used to reread them every year until like 2010


Goblet of Fire my fav
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Damn it. I vote for the wrong one. Goblet is my favorite.
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I read them all rapidly in sequence well after they were all out.

They just kinda blend together for me.

Chamber of Secrets movie sucks but the book is awesome

Did you forget the giant snake thing??
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Yeah the Basilisk doesn't really do it for me. And the movie made me hate it 100% more.
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Chamber of Secrets might be my favorite of the movies actually
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deathly hallows easily.
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foolm0r0n posted...

Stopped at 4 but I liked 2 and 4 the best for sure

You should continue, 5 changes things up a lot
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foolm0r0n posted...

Chamber of Secrets movie sucks but the book is awesome

Did you forget the giant snake thing??

Yeah the climax is pretty good but it doesn't make up for some of the lackluster characters (Gilderoy the worst DADA professor) and a very weak opening
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Lockhart sucks but he's meant to suck

Also: Azkaban is the most overrated book
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GOF and PA are the only two I think are great from the very start to the very finish.
I didn't like the whole DA thing of OOTP, and DH was very slow though did payoff in the end. And everything that took place in Hogwarts was awesome.

Edit That being said, it's probably been a good 10 years since I've read most of these books so I might be getting a lot of my feelings from the movies.

Edit2: Actually that can't be right GOF was a terrible movie.

lockhart was funnier in the movie than the book imo.
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GoF was my favorite book despite the obvious plot hole. But the movie ruined a lot of my favorite scenes from it.
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You're really bad at stealth.
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I'm glad someone said it. <_<
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I dont know if it's nostalgia but for some reason first book has always been my fav.
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Half-Blood Prince for me, although it's been years since I've read the series and I imagine things could change.

Cybat posted...

GoF was my favorite book despite the obvious plot hole. But the movie ruined a lot of my favorite scenes from it.

What plot hole?

Goblet is prob my second favorite. The last 150 or so pages are the best in the series.
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voted book 4 but could be talked into book 3, too

loved the first four dearly, but book 5 delved into series-ruining territory for me. still enjoyed books 6 and 7 a lot but it was never the same.
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KamikazePotato posted...

Cybat posted...

GoF was my favorite book despite the obvious plot hole. But the movie ruined a lot of my favorite scenes from it.

What plot hole?

Goblet is prob my second favorite. The last 150 or so pages are the best in the series.

There was no reason for the entire plot, Crouch could have made literally anything Harry was likely to touch a Portkey.
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that bugged the bajesus out of me too, but that's voldemort for you - gotta do things in the most theatrical way possible.
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Can someone tell me what the point of replacing Dobby with Neville was in movie 4?!
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as the person who gives harry the gillyweed? i don't remember much of movie 4, but that was like a 2-hour movie trying to cover 734 pages - they probably just cut dobby and all the SPEW stuff because it's an unnecessary subplot for that particular story
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I'm partial to book 3 because it wasn't centered around voldemort, which was refreshing.
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Cybat posted...

There was no reason for the entire plot, Crouch could have made literally anything Harry was likely to touch a Portkey.

SeabassDebeste posted...

that bugged the bajesus out of me too, but that's voldemort for you - gotta do things in the most theatrical way possible.

Well yeah, he could have made literally anything into a horcrux too. But he decided on the most extravagant items he could get. So it makes sense to me.
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Five is my favorite book and the third-worst movie.
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SeabassDebeste posted...

as the person who gives harry the gillyweed? i don't remember much of movie 4, but that was like a 2-hour movie trying to cover 734 pages - they probably just cut dobby and all the SPEW stuff because it's an unnecessary subplot for that particular story

But can't you use Dobby and not get into the SPEW stuff just for the love of Dobby?
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NowItsAngeTime posted...

I dont know if it's nostalgia but for some reason first book has always been my fav.

Hard to deny the masterful world building
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OotP and its not even close.

5>>3>1>>2>>6>7>4.
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Eddv posted...

OotP and its not even close.

5>>3>1>>2>>6>7>4.

You legit have the exact same book ranking as I do.
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Awesome.

I feel like you could completely sever the fandon based on 4 vs 5 fandom.
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Both are great though.

And the top two books of the series.
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Goblet is too structured for me. That's not to say there aren't inherent structures in other books, but Phoenix has the ability to be more freeflowing and go wherever it wants. Goblet is really beholden to the conceit of its tournament and therefore you pretty much know how the entire story is going to go.
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Phoenix fan, what are your thoughts on the first 150 pages or so? I find emo Harry to be unbearable.
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scarletspeed7 posted...

therefore you pretty much know how the entire story is going to go.

You didn't expect the Yule Ball to take up that many pages though!
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baubeta posted...

Phoenix fan, what are your thoughts on the first 150 pages or so? I find emo Harry to be unbearable.

I never once thought of him like that. Harry has serious problems to do deal with. I swear to god, comparing those problems to the dating nonsense of Goblet makes him look like he's matured 15 years.
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foolm0r0n posted...

scarletspeed7 posted...

therefore you pretty much know how the entire story is going to go.

You didn't expect the Yule Ball to take up that many pages though!

Okay, this is pretty funny.
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scarletspeed7 posted...

baubeta posted...

Phoenix fan, what are your thoughts on the first 150 pages or so? I find emo Harry to be unbearable.

I never once thought of him like that. Harry has serious problems to do deal with. I swear to god, comparing those problems to the dating nonsense of Goblet makes him look like he's matured 15 years.

Pretty much this. I thought the emotional weight was justified and a welcome departure from Cho fucking Chang.
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chose POA
also like HBP a lot
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scarletspeed7 posted...

baubeta posted...

Phoenix fan, what are your thoughts on the first 150 pages or so? I find emo Harry to be unbearable.

I never once thought of him like that. Harry has serious problems to do deal with. I swear to god, comparing those problems to the dating nonsense of Goblet makes him look like he's matured 15 years.

I find that people use emo when issues make a character unlikeable, regardless of the "validity" of their emotions. The thing I remember about Harry in Order wasn't that he was whiny, it's that he became kind of mean and it was kind of uncomfortable... But that only made it better. I love when an author has the confidence to do that with such a beloved character to show that although they're the good guy, they're not always going to do the right thing.

It's hard for me to vote in this poll since I've seen each of the movies at least 3 times since reading ANY of the books again, but I think reading OotP was the most exciting for me, while Goblet had the most pre-release hype. Deathly Hallows is hard to rank because conclusions always get an extra bump in my mind for tying everything together.
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Emo Harry was a PSTD-wridden nervous wreck who lashed out at everything around him, including those close to him. It's awesome and the natural reaction to the ending of Goblet.
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