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Summary: A wonderful book!
Review: This book turned out to be far better than I had anticipated. I liked it very much, finding it to have some moments of real profundity as well as many absorbing narrative features. The author succeeds in appealing to a remarkably wide range of readers. Certainly she draws on a number of her illustrious predecessors but never in a slavish way, and she produces a work that stands up well against the classics of the past. Her success is well deserved. There is much here of value concerning the virtues of friendship, courage, loyalty, and love, as well as some good advice to all of us regarding what to treasure and how to go about finding it.
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Summary: A great introduction to the collection
Review: This book turns out to be wonderful for all ages, from age 8 to 87!! Everybody in my familys read it, and they all enjoyed it. It is a great book to introduce the Harry Potter collection. If you read the books in order they are easier to understand, but no matter which order you read them in they are all great!!
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Summary: Very Cute Story, But Why Is It So Popular?
Review: This book was a fun read, with an imaginative flair. However, the plot was more episodic than integral and the characters were dull stereotypes. I'm not sure why it's so popular, but anything that gets kids reading is OK in my book. With regard to its magical content: religious persons might want to remember that magic isn't real.
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Summary: A Real Fantasy Book
Review: This book was a great book because of its genre, fantasy. Everything was pretty much make believe in the book but make believe is wonderful. The main character was excellent and written well. The supporting cast was great too. I am planning to read the other 2 books and if there is a fourth one, I'll try getting first in line!
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Summary: It was a fabulous book It is great for everybody!!!!!!!
Review: This book was a great book!! I loved it so much. It was mistical and magical. I can't wait to read the other 2. I recomend this book to everybody, because it is so interesting and fabulous!!!!
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Summary: This book was a great start
Review: This book was a great start to the Harry Potter series. The author always has a great ending to her Harry Potter books, and the way that Harry must confront Voldemort in the end is spectacular. Subtle (and not-so-subtle) hints throughout the book make you think that the wrong person is the one after the Sorcerer's Stone, but when you find out who it is, you wonder how it could have been otherwise. The final "scenes" where Harry, Ron, and Hermione must battle their way through each of the teacher's spells is just ingenious - the descriptions of the dragon's snare, lifesize chess board, potions bottles, flying keys, and all the rest are so detailed that you feel like you're there. The book is peppered with J.K. Rowling's sense of humor and you find yourself laughing out loud. This book is not evil, contrary to some people's beliefs. It is fiction. It does not promote evil as the other choice to Christianity. It is a colorful, wonderful STORY that will charm both children AND adults.
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Summary: I wish we could read this in Lit class!
Review: This book was a great summer read. I'm not a very avid reader but I couldn't put this book down. The author does an excellent job of creating a fantastically fabricated reality, that I did not want to leave. In a world were owls deliver the mail and cats may really be witches and wizards in disguise it is difficult to leave this place and face reality again.
Aside from the wonderfully exiting world, the characters, while sometimes a bit stock are still well-written. And I really hated that Snipes guy!
The plot is well written as well. It offers a nice twist at the end. I can't wait to get started on the next book! :)
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Summary: Harry Potter
Review: This book was a great thrill,yet a little wierd and drawn out. I believe the most exciting part was close to the end were the Quidditch game was really getting started. I thought the way she was so descriptive was a little of a waste. She could have been a little less descriptive and still have a great book. If you start reading Harry Potter, you never want to stop. You say to yourself after this fun part I'll stop, but by the time you've gotten there there is already another good part in affect. I strongly recommand this book to students of all ages. Especially ones who enjoy long, fiction books. Also I recommend this to teacher of all grade levels. It is a good way to get your students interrested in reading ,and if you think you might be a bore to them, try the cassette instead.
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Summary: A message to kids of all ages
Review: This book was a joy to read. It's easy to see how it has caught the intrigue of readers of all ages. On the surface Harry Potter chronicles the adventures of a boy who spends the first 10 years of his life living in a cupboard under the stairs of his aunt and uncles home, to his exciting adventures while attending a boarding school for withcraft and wizardry. After being ignored and told he is nothing, he comes to discover who he was all along. On a deeper level this story mirrors a sad reflection on society and our loss of the natural inquisitiveness and optimism inherent in children. Many of us have become "muggles" as is termed in the book. A muggle doesn't believe in magic. A muggle doesn't make room in their world for those who are different, be it in thought or belief. A muggle has been convinced after a lifetime of conditioning that the dreams and magic of childhood never existed. What a wonderful world it must be for the non-muggles who still believe that life is a magical wonderful journey! Are you a muggle? After reading Harry Potter you may want to reconsider. I know I did. There is something is this book for children of all ages.
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Summary: A terrific read that is very clever no matter your age.
Review: This book was a lot of fun. The introduction was a bit slow but Rowlings needed to adress the reader to a whole new universe and that takes time. It is witty, fun and a great reminder of what it was like to be in school. After the first 100 pages i started to get into it and then i couldn't put it down. She is truely a brilliant author and I am real excited to look forward to the next issue.
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