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Summary: WOW!!!
Review: I adored this book! The best thing is that the characters are about as realistic as you can get in a fantasy book. The next best thing is that no one character is perfect. They all have their quirks and problems. The third best thing is that not everything is what it seems, with this, and the perfect amount of mystery, you get the Harry Potter books. Once I read it, I couldn't put it down. Except for when I went to get ice cream, but even while eating that, Harry Potter was the first thing on my mind. What would happen next? The best part is, you suspect someone who's right in front of your nose, and you say, "Oh, it HAS to be him!" Then all of a sudden, it's someone else and you go, "Oh yeah! I should have seen it!" EVERYbody is going to like this one!
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Summary: Sinyee, college student
Review: I agree that it is a great book. And it is definitely over-rated. I also admit that the charaters are flat and their actions predictable. However, the magic and imagination of Rowling are good enough for me. How can you beat the flying broomsticks, the snitch, and the unexpected plot twists. Even if you know what the characters will do, the scenarios are so unpredictable that you couldn't help reading until the last page to uncover the mystery.
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Summary: The best!
Review: I agree with anyone else that says that Harry Potter is a great book (the BEST!) But I just read two reviews that almost made me cry. First, the one that said that JK Rowling is making it O.K. to "ridicule fat people." YEAH RIGHT! When Hagrid turns Dudley into a pig and only comes up with a pig's tail, it's because of Dudley's personality, not his weight. And that same review said that... "...one girl is disliked because of her tendency to follow rules. When she breaks rules and lies like the rest of them, she is accepted." Well, Harry and Rom TRY to follow the rules, and Hermione only breaks a rule in a time of great despair. GET A LIFE! Imagine what the book would have been like if they'd never broken a rule or told a lie. Hermione would be dead, killed by the troll. Voldemort would have taken over again. Ginny Weasly would be dead. Hagrid would be in Azkaban. Sirius Black, an innocent man, would have had his soul sucked out of him, and a guilty man would be free. Along the "fat" line, another villan is as skinny as a stick, so there.... The other review referred to these books as "glorified horror stories, and each one gets worse and worse..." AGain, get a life. These books are wonderfully humerous. They are not GOOSEBUMPS. THey have good and bad things happen, like in real life. But anyway... I love these books!
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Summary: Awesome!!!!!
Review: I agree with many people on here who said that there were many stereotypical things about this book but you know this is a really good book because I looked right at these problems and said "you know what, I really don't care!" and continued reading one of the best books that I have read in a while:)
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Summary: Good but not great
Review: I agree with those who say "what's the big deal?" The book is cute and witty at times but, except for the lovable harry, the characters are cliche and the writing pedestrian. In some ways the Animorph series is more imaginative and reflective of real feelings than this book.
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Summary: great book
Review: i almost didnt buy this book because it was a childrens book but because of all the press, i thought why not. this is by far the greatest book ive ever read. harry encounters many dangerous adventures and turns during his first year at hogwarts. read this book...
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Summary: I loved this book because it was exiting!
Review: I also liked this book because the author put in a lot of detail and magic and I liked how Harry always had something on his mind.This book was fun,funny,and awsome.
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Summary: A Wonderful Surprise!
Review: I always hesitated to read any Harry Potter book because I thought they were only for kids. When I went to see the movie, I was afraid that it was going to be too much of a kids movie. I was wrong and I ended up enjoying the film very much. After seeing the movie, I decided to give a book a try. I was pleasantly surprised by "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone." I really enjoyed the book, and I’m not afraid to admit it.Rowling has written a book that is able to take us to another world that we have never experienced before. Keep in mind that being a fantasy writer isn’t easy. You have to have the tools and the imagination to be able to pull off writing a fantasy classic. Well, Rowling does not disappoint and does a magnificent job of telling us a story about magic, danger, and courage. You too will be amazed with the imagination that this successful author possesses. This is a story about young Harry and how he comes to realize that he is a wizard. He also learns how his parents died and exactly who, or what, killed them. Harry goes to Hogwarts to learn the craft of wizardry. There he meets new friends, as well as enemies. He also learns what it takes to be strong and courageous, and what it takes to face his deepest and darkest fears once and for all. This is a tale of good versus evil in a magical setup, with interesting characters, both funny and scary.
To the parents who are tying to say that these books are evil and should be banned, give me a break! (...) There is nothing dangerous about this book. Let your kids have an imagination. Sure, you don’t want very little kids to read these books, but this is a great book for older children. I bet that the parents who are protesting this book have never even read the book. Jeeze, there are worse things out there. (...) This book shows kids that there are good people in this world and there are very bad people as well. Believe me, there are worse things our kids can be doing. (...) This is a book that both the young and old can enjoy. For anyone who loves fantasies, this is a must-read. I loved every word and was pleasantly surprised by this wonderful novel. I’m anxious to read the rest of the "Potter" books.
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Summary: pretty good
Review: I always thought it was fair to ask a reader to suspend disbelief no more than once. So while I can easily believe that Harry Potter is a gifted young wizard and that railway Platform 9-3/4s (or whatever) exists for the trained footstep, how likely is it that young Harry could turn out to be so well-adjusted, forgiving, and curious after 11 years of child abuse, of being treated literally worse than a family pet? I mean, no one's upper lip is THAT stiff, no matter how proud the British nationalism it serves. But the book is a delight and worth a read for anyone with a child's eye and imagination, including children, although there's a bit too much deus ex machina for my taste. And the current hoo-rah over the "evilness" is silly and unfounded -- there is worse in real life such as Kosovo, North Korea, and America.
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Review: I am ... and think this book was very interesting. It wasfilled with lots of adventure. This book was so interesting that Icould hardly put it down. I took it to lunch ... and would come homeand read it all day. I got so hooked that the day I finished it, Ibegan reading part 2. One month later from beginning part one, I amnow on part 3. I think both boys and girls would like this book. END
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