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Summary: Cant put it down...awesome book
Review: by far my favorite book in a long time. I love the way the author writes. I just read about 70 pages in one setting. It draws a great image in my mind of whats going on. I am 20 and hope to read all the books that follow. A must have for any creative mine/magician!
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Summary: This book was AMAZING!
Review: By far the best book I have ever read. Harry became more than just a character....he became a friend! I can't wait to read more!
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Summary: Enter a magical world when you open the first page...
Review: By now, almost everyone has heard about Harry Potter, Hogwarts and Muggles, and if you are like myself, were quite curious to see what all the fuss was about. After my best friend's mother read the book and loved it, I thought to myself, enough is enough, and I purchased a copy for myself. Immediately I found myself in a world so wonderously crafted by Ms. Rowling, and it was impossible to get out. Every detail of the book was written to charm the reader, and the effect is just as magical as Harry Potter himself. Get this book, and I can guarantee that you will love it, and will run to the bookstore for the "Chamber of Secrets", the same as I have. To anyone who dares say that Harry Potter is teaching children "ungodly things", get a life, pick up the book, and then open your mouth only to cheer for the book. No matter what your age is, you'll love it!
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Summary: I just didn't like this book.
Review: Call me crazy, but I just didn't like this book. I thought itmoved rather slowly. The book just plays on that hackneyed boy-wizardmagical theme that's been done time and time again. Childrens' books that have some kind of underlying portent are the best kinds of childrens' books, and Harry Potter just doesn't fit that mold.
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Summary: i just didn't like this book ,December 13,2001
Review: Call me crazy,but I just didn't like this book.I thought it moved rather slowly. The book just plays on that hackneyed boy-wizardmagical theme that's been done time again. Chilren's books that have some kind of underlying protent are the best kinds of childrens' books, and Harry Potter just doesn't fit that mold.
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Summary: Creative Imagination
Review: Can't believe that this book and its writer exist! And such a relieve! I couldn't put it down either and couldn't help feeling overwhelmed when I finished it. I felt like wanting to go and find out if platform 9 3/4 really exists... The best thing is this book blends practical realism and fantasy, what with all the school-like life and duties, the quidditch game etc. All in all I certainly will start on the next books (living in Indonesia has its disadvantage on not getting the sequels as fast as I want to...)..
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Summary: Not Educational but What Fun!
Review: Certainly there are more educational or lyrical children's books out there, but this one scores with me for just being plain fun and a page-turner. Though it starts off a little slow, the excitement builds as Harry takes off for his new Witchcraft and Wizardry School. Though no longer a kid myself, I believe what kids find so enjoyable -- other than the magic and mystery of it all -- is the rather frank way it mirrors peer competitiveness and companionship. And family and adult dealings are taken to hilarious extremes. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Fun read with "good overcomes evil" message
Review: Chalk up another fan in her fourties! Not until a bunch of my friends invited me out to see the Harry Potter movie did I consider reading the Potter books. But as so many before me have written, once I picked up the book I found it hard to put down. When I finished it, I started counting the minutes until it was time to head for the movie theater!Rowling's strongest credit is her imagination, of course, which is closely seconded by her writing style and character development. The physical descriptions and character summaries are so vivid that it's no wonder the movie so closely follows the book - she made that happen with her writing style. Even the snake in the zoo has a unique Rowling-given personality. I fell in love instantly with Harry, and my mother instincts took over on Page One. The treatment he got on Privet Drive broke my heart, but the feelings warmed over when Hagrid arrives and continues until Harry first enters Hogwarts. Then when Harry finally "sees" his parents ... well let's just say I've seen the movie more than once, and read the book as many times. I wish I could give Rowling herself twenty stars for this book, and for the others to come. For a first-time author, she's amazing and richly deserves all the good things her writings will bring her. She gave me back my own imagination. I want to be young again and grow up as a Hogwarts Witch!
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Summary: awesome
Review: Children and adults alike will empathize with Harry's life with his miserable relatives. Readers will also delight in the discovery that Harry is going to escape his terrible life. The magic and suspense keeps readers entranced. This one is hard to put down. -
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Summary: A great book with loads of imagination!
Review: Curious at first, I started to read this this book after one of my teachers read the first chapter to my class. My teacher highly recommended the book. He did this special little game thing with us. We would have to buy the book from him for about five dollars. After we read the book, he would give everyone who had truly finished the book a quiz that came in three parts. It was simple. If we passed the quiz, we would get our money back we paid to him for the book AND keep the whole story. However, if you didn't pass the test, you could keep the book, but you didn't get your money back. After I took the test, I recieved my money back. I was hooked on this book so I read the other two books that were out, then when the fourth came out I read that too. I would highly recommend the book for a kid .
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