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Summary: Even my child who doesn't like to read loves these books!
Review: Both of my children, ages 10 & 11, love these books and can hardly wait to read the next one. Thank you for such an entertaining read, please write more!
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Summary: A book for all ages not just children
Review: Bought the first 3 books. Can't wait for the next 4. Charming, different and keeps your interest. I am 76 years old and love these books. Harry Potter is a very likable child and the things that happen to him are dramatic.No violence (like today) and everything always turns out ok except for his vacations at home with relatives.
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Summary: Bravo!
Review: Bravo! This is an excellent book and I would read this book aloud to any child near enough to listen. I thoroughly enjoyed the humor, action, suspense, and well-thought-out characters. The book jumps right into modern day times with original thoughts, actions, and feelings that many of today's kids may have. I loved how Harry makes the most of his situation with the Dursleys and ends up prevailing over their doubts in the end. Harry is such a great role model for today's young adults. He doesn't follow the crowd simply because it's a crowd. He does what he thinks is right and it ends up to help him in the end. He makes friends with people no matter what anyone else says and his friends turn out to be true friends. I love the magical elements to the story like the thinking cap, that decides which house they will live in, and the animals that bring them messages. The moving pictures and photos also bring humor and magic together at times. Hogwarts is a perfectly magical setting for everything to take place and you breathe a sigh of discontent as Harry leaves. The only slightly negative thing I would have to say about this book is that it gets a little gory in the forest, when Voldemort drinks the blood of the unicorn. This may be a little unsettling for younger listeners.
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Summary: The best book series in the universe!!
Review: Bristish author JK Rowling is probably one of the most famous people in the world. This was so far my favorite book that I have ever read. I especially loved the end, which is awesome. Everybody in the world should buy this book!!
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Summary: Harry as popular to muggles as to Wizards
Review: Budding Author J. K. Rowlings makes an astonishing first time hit in her book, Harry Potter, The Sorcerer's Stone. Here is a side to fantasy we've all been waiting for. Not the incomprehensible and mysterious fantasy so traditional today, but a fantasy so natural I could almost go to station nine and three quarters and get on the Hogwarts Express. Harry Potter, the famous muggle raised wizard who defeated You-Know-Who when he was but a child knows nothing of his heriage, or the magnificent world that awaits him. Until a letter arrives that brings fulfillment to his greatest hopes, that he will escape the hated muggle family with which he lives and find a life he could only dream of. As a hero, he is refreshingly humble and makes mistakes, just like anyone else. And the atmosphere of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is as believable as any muggle school. If there is anything I can think to complain about, it is the repeated use of the word Reckon, making Harry sound like an british cowboy. But I do not wonder at the great sucess Harry Potter has seen, and I bid Miss/Mrs. Rowlings to exceed the sucess of this book with each new year.
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Summary: I might be a Muggle...
Review: but Argus Filch is a squib... oops, got to save that for "The Chamber of Secrets." I'm not telling anything. :-9 The awesome debut of J.K Rowling's marketing strategy, uh, sorry... muggle-raised (being raised by a non-magical person/family) lightning-scarred chart-topper is a start of a series that follows in the footsteps of Roald Dahl and a few others, like P.L. Travers, who wrote Mary Poppins, for those kids and kids at heart who only stick to the movies. Harry Potter is the son of a wizard and witch who were killed by the Lord Voldemort, oop, sorry, YOU-KNOW-WHO. But you-know-who could not kill Harry and instead left the baby with a lightning-bolt scar. Harry was brought up by the Dursleys, who the matriarch was sister to Lily Potter, Harry's mum, who were mean, devilish muggles (non-magical, again) who has a very greedy, not to mention, obese son named Dudley. Harry, of course, had birthdays, but not parties or presents but stayed in a cupboard almost all day for 10 years. But, then something came up. A letter from a mysterious school, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, headed by the only person Volde, uh, nevermind, was afraid of, Albus Dumbledore (Dumbledore meaning bumblebee, in today's typical American society). This was the first letter Harry ever got. But, his uncle Vernon, threw it out, then got more letters by the pound, and then it got to the point where they had to move out. Then suddenly in the hut where the Dursleys and Harry were staying, a giant, large hulk appears who supposedly had a Somerset accent (I'm part English and my dad is Briton, so I got to know these things). He threatens the Dursleys to hand Harry over. They eventually do, and now the funny part is over, and I will throw an invisibility cloak over the suspense. I am waiting for Book 4 to arrive, and when waiting, I will catch up with "Chamber" and "Azkaban," 2nd and 3rd books, respectively. So, if you don't already have the book, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN FOR THE PAST YEAR! PLUTO? Going to a library won't help, even if MY library has 34 copies of the latest book, because the waiting list, or holds, at my library, will have the total capacity of Fort Wayne, Indiana on it! (Over 150,000) So quit dawdling, and catch up! But don't buy, if you are very religious. BTW, Book 4 gave Amazon a world record. (Most back orders of one book before release. Good going, Bezos!) Besides, prices are going down. Get it, before I stretch too far.
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Summary: Kids of all ages is such a cliche....
Review: But I can't say enough goods things about this book. I was hesitant at first to pick up a copy, but a friend gifted and I was without a current reading list, so I decided to pick it up. Hours later, I closed the book and ordered the next three books. Well written, great plotlines, engaging characters.. if only adult fiction was so exciting! Read these books... you will enjoy every page, and wait breathlessly for more Harry Potter!
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Summary: This isn't going to be popular...
Review: but I thought this book (and the whole series) was just Ok. From the Fantasy perspective, there are many books with better adventure, plot, and characterization (anything by Tolkien, Donaldson, or Feist, for example). I think one of the biggest reasons for the popularity of the series is that these books are the first experience many people have had with the fantasy genre. Welcome aboard, but don't stop here!My biggest complaint about the series is that they are passed off as children's books (I don't know if Rowling shares this view). Here is the message they present so you can decide if it's appropriate for your children: 1. Children should never share their problems with an adult - keep them secret - especially if the problem entails another adult. 2. Sneaking off in the middle of the night to forbidden areas is a good idea and always works out in the end. 3. Adult supervision is unnecessary. 4. It is ok to disobey. 5. Children know better than adults. 6. Adults can't be trusted. I don't know about you, but I want my children to trust me and come to me with their problems. They will also be in considerable danger if they disobey some of our rules. My final beef with these books is that they are all the same (which is why this has turned into a series review instead of a single book review). i.e. Kid is threatened by evil adult. Kid doesn't ask for help. Kid disobeys. Kid does stupid things. Kid puts himself in more danger. Kid triumphs and everything works out great in the end. Bottom line - they're a quick read without much depth and have possible negative connotations if read by young children. Enjoy them for what they are, but don't be mislead by the hype - there's nothing new here and there are much better fantasy books that have been sitting in your library for over 60 years.
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Summary: OK so I'm in my thirties...
Review: BUT who cares. I, too, can still enjoy a great book when I read one, even if it is a kids' book! Enough with this nonsense about Rowling and her so called publicity blitz...for once there is a series of books worthy of the media attention; on a par with Tolkien and L'Engle. Any book that encourages children to turn off the TV and read is a classic in my opinion. Harry is my new best friend! Makes me wish I weren't a muggle!
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Summary: HP at his best
Review: BUY THIS BOOK! That's it, simply said. Every one agrees. It's the most absolute best series made. It's about an orphaned boy who find... blah blah blah blah blah. You know the drill.
You know his enemies: Draco and Snape (who actually saves him)
His buds: Ron and Hermione
If you don't, go with the rest of the US and pick one up. $.. ain't that much!
Some people may disagree because of witchcraft and wizardry, but get this through you thick skull; It's only one word: FICTION!
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