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Summary: Good book
Review: I liked this book. It was scary.
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Summary: Spans Generations
Review: I loved this book when I was a child. Even though my son is older now I still read to him. Recently I ran across this book again and he and I read it together. He loved it as much as I did when I was his age. I would highly recommend it; and also the other books in the series.
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Summary: For All you Harry Hordes...
Review: I read this book because it was on the "If you liked Harry then read this" list. The story line is great, and the last several chapters are compelling and scary. Bellairs does a great job of blending suspense and fantasy, just as Rowling has done with the Harry Potter series. This is a must read for all harry potter fans (I recommend to read it while waiting for number 5) This is a great book because of its storyline and setting. The story is typical for a boy Lewis's age- trying to fit in,but failing. The setting is the greatest creation of the author. A house filled with fireplaces, a clock(or clocks?), and secret passageways. Another 5 star classic for anyone
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Summary: For All you Harry Hordes...
Review: I read this book because it was on the "If you liked Harry then read this" list. The story line is great, and the last several chapters are compelling and scary. Bellairs does a great job of blending suspense and fantasy, just as Rowling has done with the Harry Potter series. This is a must read for all harry potter fans (I recommend to read it while waiting for number 5) This is a great book because of its storyline and setting. The story is typical for a boy Lewis's age- trying to fit in,but failing. The setting is the greatest creation of the author. A house filled with fireplaces, a clock(or clocks?), and secret passageways. Another 5 star classic for anyone
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Summary: love love *love* this book
Review: I read this book in junior high and still remember it as one of the best books I've ever had the pleasure of picking up. Edward Gorey's illustrations are wickedly cool and add to the creepiness and intensity of the story. I haven't read this since then, but after coming across it again here on amazon I know I'll be hunting in my parents' basement for my battered and well-read copy to check up on Lewis one day soon ...
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Summary: As Good as Harry Potter
Review: I reallllly like Harry Potter, but at the same time, nothing can equal the thrill this book gives it's reader the first time you read it. So scary. So fun.
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Summary: Best book ever!
Review: I think John Bellairs is the best author ever! The House with a Clock in Its Walls is my favorite. It's very scary and mysterious. If you read John Bellairs books read this. I give it 5 stars.
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Summary: best book ever.
Review: I think John Bellairs is the best author for kids. I also think this is the best book he ever wrote by far. Fat unhappy smart bookish Lewis Barnevelt's parents killed in a car accident so he has to move to New Zebedee,MI with his uncle, who happens to be a warlock. Lewis and his uncle save the world in this one, totally fab!
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Summary: A perfect introduction to Gothic Horror and suspense
Review: I'm 30 years old now, and I can still remember pulling this off the shelf and reading it for the first time in third grade. Man, it still carries a hair on the back of your neck feel with a lot of the scenes,(the car chase, the shadow moving down the coal room), I really cannot recommend this book strongly enough. One of the earlier reviewers compared it to Harry Potter, which I feel is unfair to both authors. Each are special in their own way, Potter for bringing back reading and pulling the kids off the damn Nintendo for awhile, forcing them to use their minds, and Bellair's Lewis is every nerdy kid on the outside, given a chance to explore new worlds before anyone else. Be sure to check out Bellair's other books, there isn't one that I haven't enjoyed, but start with The Clock in the Walls first.
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Summary: Not John Bellair's best... so far
Review: I'm about 3/4 of the way through this book, and so far I'm feeling a bit disappointed. I remember devouring every John Bellairs book I could get my paws on as a young girl, and with good reason. He is (was) one of the most engaging children's authors around. Now in my twenties, I began craving that long ago high I used to experience every time I picked up a Bellairs.So far, this book has failed to captivate me the way every other of his offerings have. I'm hopeful that things will turn around in the last 1/4 of the book, and I have enough respect for his writing that I'm willing to finish the book to give it the benefit of the doubt. I hope I am not disappointed....
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