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Summary: A Magical Fantasy Tale--A Must-Read!
Review: In this book, J.K. Rowling weaves a magical tale about a small boy with a hard life named Harry Potter. Harry's exploits will keep everyone glued to the book until it's over. I say Rowling joins the ranks of other famous childrens' authors such as C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia) and Roald Dahl (James and the Giant Peach, Matilda). A must read--for ALL ages!
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Review
Review: In this brilliant work of fiction by J.K. Rowling, we are taken into a world of magic and adventure full of excitement and curiosity, all seen through the eyes of a young boy named Harry Potter. Harry has recently discovered that he is one of the most famous figures in the magic world. He himself is a wizard whose parents were mysteriously killed by an evil sorcerer known as Voldemort. As the reader follows Harry from making friends to getting into mischief, we are introduced to new characters and new conflicts as Harry tries to uncover the truth about his past. The book is filled with a perfect mixture of excitement, laughter, sadness, and all around mystery. Fit for young and old alike, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is certainly a book you will not want to put down!
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Summary: This is the best book I've ever read!
Review: In this enchanting novel, readers will be dying to read on. There seems to be something happening ever other page. There were so many surprises and it was very hard to predict what was going to happen next. If I could, I would probably be a Wizard, just like Harry Potter. I can't wait for the next book to come out. Austin Bridges
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Review: In this fast reading, 300-pg. novel, you follow the life of a young boy, Harry, with all the best qualities. He lives in a closet, and is ignored. His horrible life changes when letters literally "flood" into his life. He was excepted into Hogwart's school of wizardry. It is then that the magical world, which lies behind ours, is explained. Harry also learns that an evil wizard, Voldemort, killed his parents. He did make a best friend, though. Soon he would make another. These three would stick together in good and bad. However, while sneaking about, they find out about a hidden source of supreme power: Nicholas Flammel's sorcerer's stone. Eventually, Harry finds out Voldemort is trying to regain life with it. Through wits, bravery, and smarts, the three friends save the stone and keep Voldemort from turning the world evil. The author developed the school and characters to perfection. Suspense fills each and every chapter. Finally, you don't have to wait until pg. 100 to find the hook, it is tright there at pg. 1. I must say, for a kid who hates ALL books, I think I found a success! I would recommend this book without a pause. This is probably the best book I have ever read. Don't read it because it is recommended, read it because you want to read the best book you have ever read! Usually, I have to put a pleasure reading book down by Ch. 2, but this book kept me hooked all the way along. I have never seen a plot developed so perfectly, and characters I could relate so much too. If you don't read this because you want a good book, at least read it so you can know what you would have missed!
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Summary: Young and Old Alike Have Fallen to the Charm of Harry Potter
Review: In this first wonderful novel in the series, we are introduced to Harry Potter. Harry is a young man whose parents were killed when he was very young. As a result,he is forced to live with his aunt and uncle. They,along with their terrible son Dudley,treat Harry very badly. He sleeps in a cupboard,and hasn't had a birthday celebration in eleven years. As his eleventh birthday looms, he begins recieving letters. However,he isn't able to read them because of his Uncle Vernon. Then on the night of his birthday, he is finally given a letter by the friendly giant Hagrid. This letter is an invitation to a lovely school for wizards and witches just like him. From there, he accompanies Hagrid on a trip to obtain his school supplies. After which he soon leaves for Hogwarts on the train from Platform Nine and Three Quarters. At Hogwarts, Harry finds friends, and encounters magic at every turn. He also plays a fascinating sport that is played on a broomstick called Quidditch,as well as learn to use his magical powers. This is an excellent novel,that will enchant young and old readers. So if you want to go to a magical,and enchanting place read this novel. Let the enchantment of Harry Potter fill you from head to toe.
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Summary: Harry Potter, a wonderfull story.
Review: In this novel, a boy named Harry is forced to live with his rude cousins. His cousins treat him as he is slave, and mistreats him. He is forced to live in a closet with spiders. Harry thought that nothing would ever change in his life. Until, one day a letter arrived addressed to Harry. His uncle is scared and moved his whole family to a motel. Surprisingly letters still arrive for Harry. Then a huge man arrives asking for Harry. His name is Hogarth, and he is here to take Harry to a magical world where he will learn magic and become a wizard. Harry arrives in the magical world and is treated like a hero. Harry was told the truth about his parents. Harry is adjusting to this new world and is told about a sport, a magical sport. Harry manages to become the captain of the school team, even though hes never played before. Harry and his friends suspect that some of the teachers are hiding something. Harry was right, there was something hidden in the school. Harry and his friends try to find this mysterious room with out getting caught
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Summary: A wonderful tale of people of all ages!
Review: In this suspense filled story the reader is immediately captivated by Rowling's new world of magic, Quidditch, and muggles. The story is written for a youthful audience, however, can be appreciated by anyone who enjoys a good story. For older folk, it is an incredibly easy read, though nonetheless suspenseful. JK Rowling manages to provide a thoroughly enjoyable story filled with wit, humor, and action. Even older readers, such as myself, will be surprised with the twists and turns the story takes. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is an excellent first book into the 7 book series. While this book is an extraordinary novel, I can assure you they keep getting better. This is a book for all ages!
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Summary: Doubles as a fantastic book for kids as well as adults
Review: Incredible imagination interwoven into a fully developed, heartwarming story. J.K. Rowling provides all the excitement and intrigue that make for fun reading, but she also gives us complete characters, friendship, fear and love. You laugh some, you may cry a little bit, but you certainly cannot put the book down. This was a story for my eight-year-old, and I loved it every much as he did. It's lucky for us that J.K. Rowling's scraps of paper made it to the publisher.
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Summary: The Philoceror's Stone!
Review: Informed that I HAD to read this book before venturing to see it's onscreen translation, I'm one of the many hordes that must have just reading about Harry for the first time in late 2001.Unfortunately, I've also read more thoughtful fantasy, and more intense British "public" school stories. For all of it's bang, this first book in the series seems a little thin, though allowances maybe should be made for all the time spent establishing the characters and the setting. Still, Harry is charming, and the characters surrounding him are extremely appealing, so their is obviously huge potential existing in the remaining books. Harry, himself, is a clever creation. He's not that original an idea, not even in his appearance, but he provides a perfect view into Hogwarts School. Like us, he never knew such a wondrous place could possibly exist. Everything needs to be explained to him, and, lucky us, we get to listen in. The other appeal in Harry is that he turns our world on its head. Slight and bespectacled, he's a veritable superstar - a natural - at the wizard world's athletic pastime, Quidditch, a game that captures the best and worst of modern sporting (fast-paced flying broom and ball game with elements of soccer, and scoring even weirder than cricket). Prior to his new academic life, Harry lived a nightmarish existence amidst bourgeois plenty. Harry's got too much pluck to let us know how miserable he is, but when the world of wizardry aggressively invites him in, it almost seems like the remainder of the book is mere wish fulfillment. The Muggles here most clearly resemble Roald Dahl grotesques, which makes it almost disappointing when Harry gets whisked off to the Chocolate Facto-- er, the Wizard's school. Hogwarts threatens to be a sticky-sweet paradise, but Harry's friends and rivals, along with the school's faculty and staff, flesh everything out nicely. While author J. K. Rowling borrows relentlessly from all sorts of fantastic traditions to populate and decorate Hogwarts' halls and surroundings, she does it all with a deft spin to keep Harry Potter's world from being one giant, cheesy pastiche. And even though Rowling seems to rely a bit on the Dumbledore ex machina to resolve the House Competition at the end, the conclusion to the mystery occupying the final third of the book is very satisfying. It is easy to see why her readers repeatedly return for more doses of Harry's world. Viva Ravenclaw!
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Summary: Not just for kids
Review: Intelligent, interesting, well written, carefully plotted, and most importantly it doens't insult the reader's intelligence. I managed to read all 4 books in less than a week, a personal record for me. It reminds me a little of such equally plotted and thought out sci-fi/fantasy classic as Lord of the Rings, The mars Trilogy, Babylon 5, and the highly underrated classic Frnech film City of Lost Children. I wonder if Rowling truly KNOWS how good she is, and in addition to excitedly awaiting the next novel adn the next movie, I'm also very interested to see what her non-Potter projects will be like.
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