Rating: 
Summary: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Review: So far I have read all of the Harry Potter books and can not wait for the others to be published. I'm 25 years old and was surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. It is smart enough to keep adults and children entertained. These are great books for adults and children to read together.
Rating:
Summary: harry potter and the sorcerer's stone
Review: So far i have read all three book from harry potter and let me tell you that since i was born i had been looking for books like this ones that could transport my imagination to a magic and wisdom kingdom. I higly recommend all the three books and i look forward for the next at least 4 books. And i say at least 4 books due to the fact that harry potter got to stay at hogwarts to finish his schooling, total 7 years.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent!
Review: So far I'm only into chapter 8, and it was hard to even put the book down to write this review! I'm only half way into it, and it's the best book I ever read (or should I say started)! It's a very unique, inventive, creative story. I am a big fan of Roald Dahl, the greatest children's writer in the world (as far as I'm concerned). J.K. Rowling wrote this book, but as I started, I could find no difference between the two of their writing styles! It was wonderful! If you haven't already, READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!
Rating: 
Summary: Pleasurable for all ages of devoted readers
Review: So many people have asked me why I have enjoyed the Harry Potter series so much and how someone 27 years old can relate to a children's book. The answer is simple. We were all children at one time; we may have only forgotten. As adults, we tend to shy away from things that make us appear silly and childish in our own eyes. This so often prevents us from finding true happiness. These books offer a return to our childhoods set in a fantastical world in which we could never have dreamed of finding ourselves. The bottom line is that Rowling has a unique talent for leading the reader thoughtfully and carefully through an entertaining tale. There are moments where you may be almost convinced that you are standing right next to the characters in the books. That kind of enchantment is hungrily devoured by so many and has contributed to the craze surrounding her work. She may never be acclaimed as a writer of classic literature, but she has tapped into something deep within us all that so few ever consistently reach. I think that puts her in some elite company with the likes of Tolkein, Spielberg, Lucas, and C.S.Lewis for having touched the child in us all regardless of age.
Rating:
Summary: Worthy of the hype and much better than you'd guess.
Review: So much has been written about this wonderful book and its sequels, but I really must add that not only should author Rowling be feted for creating books that kids really want to read, book after marvelous book, adults who avoid them are also missing a lot. While never wavering from her entirely readable prose, the author flawlessly interweaves endless references, allusions, and myriad other techniques and devices which move her work from the merely grand books for the 'tweenage to something considerably more literate and "critically sound," in its most erudite and arrogant connotation. Plot. Character. Incredible settings. It's all there, but thankfully, blessedly, there's so much more. Authors like Rowling and the wickedly wondrous Lemony Snicket are raising the standard for quality children's literature to where it should always have been, identical to that of any great writing.
Rating: 
Summary: Worst Witch meets Diana Wynne Jones
Review: So this book was okay. I didn't actually find it that spectacular. It's getting way more hype than it should be. I mean, it has such a basic plot that I have seen so many times before: Some magic kid goes to a magic school to learn magic. And then there are the bad guys, who are always thwarting with the main character. The main character, while having no personality whatsoever, has a some friends who have extreme, though stereotyped personalities. And then they have all their little school troubles in their school... Worst Witch has the same basic plot, though I find it to be better than Harry Potter somehow. Harry Potter seems to just be Worst Witch, with, maybe, some influence from Diana Wynne Jones. I find the Harry Potter books, and this applies to all of them, to be just like all the other "magic" books out there, but with worse endings. I don't see why they're so special. I mean, they're pretty entertaining, but I know some books which are more so. What sets Harry Potter apart and makes it so much better eludes me.
Rating:
Summary: Harry Potter and The Philosopher'/Sorcerer's Stone
Review: SO THIS IS THE STORY YOU ALL WANT TO KNOW THE SECRET OF
HARRY POTTER. It all started one dark night when Voldemort a great but horriblr wizard came to the POTTERS house. he killed james potter than tried to kill harry and lily but harry's mom sacrificed herself for harry. she was killed but harry live. somehow vldemort lost all his powers when his wand hit harry. harry was 1 year old, he got a lightning bolt scar. he had to live with the Dursleys. They were muggles, people who don't have magic and they hated everything about it. life with the dursleys was horrible but the most was DUDLEY, harry's cousin. he was a fat selfish boy who liked to punch harry. harry slept in a cupboard and ate only in meals and was punished often. ONE DAY THE DURSLEYS GET A LETTER FROM HOGWARTS FOR HARRY. they burn it. the next day they get 2 then 4 then 8. one day the house flooded with envelopes so they packed and went to the middle of nowhere. hagrid burst in and told harry everything. they went shopping for school stuff. harry got on the train he met ron weasley and hermione granger. they become his best friends. they get sorted into gryffindor. they have good food and beds but weird ghosts and pictures visitind each other. voldemort arrives at hogwarts!!!! READ THE BOOK AND FIND OUT THE BEST PARTS!
Rating:
Summary: Fire your imagination
Review: So you've heard of the "Harry Potter" phenomena, saw the shelves of merchandise at your local store, and are more than well aware of the film coming out on November 19th. But most certainly, ladies and gentlemen, this is where it all started. Perhaps the frenzied worldwide attention the series has gotten has begun a band of backlash, and that's always inevitible to some degree, but let's forget all that and look at the book. I am a single adult with no children. My sister told me she had been reading it to my niece and became more interested in the series than her child. I laughed. My friend, a 34 male musician in NYC told me during a phone conversation that the 'fad' had stirred his curiosity, so he picked up a copy, began reading it on the subway, and simply could not stop. So, I relented, went to the libraray and grabbed the only copy left. I was absolutely fascinated. In the first 16 pages of this beautifully written, lavishly imaginitive tale of a young boy, whose parents are murdered, and his true, magical destiny begins to unfold, I was hooked. The concepts, so masterfully drawn on the page with refreshing characters, paced dialog, and rich atmospheres, this is the spark which will set your imagination on fire. I love the fact that we have come into an era where childrens books don't have to be 13 pages long and about a duck looking for a mommy, but can deal with real emotion, diverse ideas, and new, fresh realizations. For children under 10, it may be a bit above their level of comprehension, but for anyone who loves to read, loves to partake of otherworldly journey's and simply set their imagination free, this is for you. I think one of the most valuable lessons here, coming back to this book series, is teaching children, (And even some adults.) That it's okay to have fun while reading, and most certainly to charge up the magic of the mind.
Rating:
Summary: The Creation of a Creative Mind
Review: So...we've missed the boat for the Potter cultural revolution, but it's never to late to swim out to the middle of the Atlantic to get on board. Yes, that's right our family is just now getting around to reading the Potter series and what a better place to begin than the beginning with "The Sorcerer's Stone." You'd have to be living under an enchanted rock to not be familiar with the plot, so I won't touch on that too much. Let's give credit to J.K. Rowling for writing a fine tale. This book is a rarity of rarities, a in-betweener...in-between the world of adults and kids, enchanting to all on the edges and in-between years. For that, the plot drives you to listen and read on. The writing, in and of itself, is nothing elevated. It is not for the turn of phrase or the magical metaphor we read Potter. No, it's the suspense, the drama, the otherworld-ness of wizards and witches and ogres and goblins and ghosts. Though this book of the series stopped short of the five star rating for me, I highly suspect the following ones will get me there. I look forward to being enchanted with number two and then three and four...five now...will there be more? In comparison with J.R.R. Tolkien, this Potter book doesn't quite hold up, but the fact that it compares says a lot. Not to be missed. Family reading aloud by the fire.
Rating:
Summary: Some Muggles just don¿t get it.
Review: Some annoying Muggles claim that this book is a first year primer in the School of Satan. That's as silly as claiming that Walt Disney's production of Beauty and the Beast promotes unnatural connections between large animals and adolescent females. Children do not become blood drinkers after reading about Harry Potter. They will, however, nag you as to exactly where train station 19 and three quarters is located and they will crave Bertie Botts Every Flavor beans, those most unpredictable of sweets. If you can imagine the game of Soccer, but with the rules rewritten by Jim Carey and Adam Sandler, then you're ready for the sport of Quidditch where five balls are in play simultaneously, the players fly around on broomsticks and the match can last months. In Harry Potter's world, paintings become doors with the right password, men live in wooden houses and raise Dragons, chessmen advise you as to their optimal deployment and eating a chocolate frog is a good thing! And, should your children turn a mouse into a snuffbox, I suggest, in true Hogwarts Tradition, that you award points for originality, but gravely deduct for any whiskers left upon it.
|
