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Summary: This book is amazing!
Review: Too bad there ain't one hundred stars. I would have rate it a hundred! J.K. Rowling is a amazing author, she writes alot of short stories, but Harry Potter was the first story that she punblish (I am glad she did). This story is about an orphan named Harry Potter, whoes been send to his mothers sister to take care of. His aunt and uncle and of course his big fat pig cousin was so mean to him, and his has to sleep under the cupboard for eleven years, until he recieves an letter from Hogwart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, and notice that his and wizard, also notice that his parents are killed by the powerful dark wizard Voldemont (also known as you-know-who, no one speaks its name). Harry meets his friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and they follow Harry's adventure........The next is you to find out!
Peoples you got to read this book!
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Summary: Very well written and very entertaining
Review: Too be honest, I was very skeptical about this book. Magic creatues spells potion and that type of thing wasn't my style. But since it was highly recommended from many sources I gave it a shot. And suprise......... This became one of the best books I had ever read. This book is entertaining for people(muggles) of all ages. The amazon age level reads 8-12 but I would say 8-99 is more like it. I recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: A Thrilling Adventure
Review: Trolls, wizards and warlocks are only a few of the challenges ten-year-old Harry Potter must face in his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry grew up with his "muggle" family never knowing of the future that waited for him or of the past he held. Along with his friends, Ron and Hermoine and Hagrid, Harry faces his first year away from the Dursleys. This book is an exciting adventure for both young readers and the adult audience. The language J.K Rowling uses also makes the book appropriate for all ages. She uses words that children can understand but places them in ways to still hold the adult reader's attention. She also uses amusing vocabulary to hold the attention such as "muggles" instead of saying unmagical humans and other words such as Quidditch. The characterization Rowling uses is also wonderful because she makes them so believable. Dumledore is shown as being full of wisdom and helps harry many times like a teacher should. A reader from Seattle, WA believes that this book is turning children away from Christian belief. This reader believes that the school in the story is giving children a realistic belief in witchcraft. My theory is that the point of this book is not satanic but focuses more on Harry's experiences. Harry Potter is shown to be a little boy who is not only small for his age but also discouraged by many such as the Dursleys and Professor Snape to do no good in life. Many children feel this way and I believe J.K. Rowlings uses Harry as the example because he ends up saving the day numerous times. I believe Harry Potter is the King Author of the millennium. Much like King Author, Harry is a small boy who in appearance does not look as though he will amount to much but they both end up as the hero in the end.
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Summary: I like this book because Uncle Vernon is loud
Review: Uncle Vernon is a very funny character. Inside of Hogwarts, is a really wierd place. The Durshleys' are so muggles. I think the Sorcerer Stone is a really good book.
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Summary: Classic!
Review: Unfortunately, I did not read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone until after I had seen the movie. I thought everyone was just fussing over nothing, but after the movie, I decided if the book was better than the movie (which is usually the case), I have to read this book! I am so glad that I did. Rowlings's imaginative tale is a real page turner. I stayed up all night to read the entire thing because I simply could not put it down even though I already knew what was going to happen. The plot moves just as quickly as the movie but with fantastic description and great character development as well. I believe children and teens can definitely relate to the idea of trying to figure out exactly who you are and dealing with the past while trying to plan for the future. I believe this coming-of-age series will become a classic!
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Summary: Harry Potter: Year One
Review: Unless you've been living under a rock, there's no possible way you could dodge all the hype and mentioning of J.K. Rowling's award-winning, ever so popular story. I had heard these things, and I had bought the first of the series awhile back. It sat on my shelf and I just recently got around to reading it. I thought I would find it to be disappointing after all I had heard, because when something is built up and raved about, you get your hopes high and they fall. Not in this case, however. I found Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to be just as wonderful as it had been proclaimed time and time again. It's a new-aged fairy-tale with lots of plot twists. Though it's labeled a children's book, anyone with imagination can find themselves plunging head-first into a wonderful story about magic, witches and wizards. I couldn't set this book down, and I rarely make that statement. It's a smooth, easy read and as soon as I finished with the first, I moved on to the second book. I would undoubtedly recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: A Very original Children's book....
Review: Unlike many other children's books that I've read as an adult, this book has a very "logical" flow, and doesn't have many gaps or parts where I find the book simply so illogical that I can't stand reading it any longer... The author invents a full world of discoveries and excitement, and it seems as though she treats her young (and older...) readers with respect to their logics as well as their imaginations... A must read for all of us who are young at heart and still enjoy using our imaginations... It's especially interesting to see how both wizards / witches and "muggles" look down on the others, while both sides have trouble getting along in each other's world... Is this a little hint of how we behave as groups to someone different?....
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Summary: Wonderful story-telling for children!
Review: Unlike most people I (who am old enough to have children of my own!)was at first rather sceptical about the whole Harry Potter craze. Then, I went to the cinema with my friend and she wanted to watch the Harry Potter movie; I reluctantly agreed, expecting a typical children's movie full of wooden and empty characters. Thus I was surprised and delighted to be confronted with one of the most sheerly entertaining cinematic experiences I have had for a long time! This convinced me to go and read the book and I went and bought it the next day. The book was even better! This is not great literature but for great storytelling, wonderful characters (I especially am fond of Hermione--she reminds me of myself when I was at her age!!), wit, comedy, vivid imagination and a fantastic plot twist--all ingredients sure to keep children (and adults) hooked--this book is a treat and one of the best children's novels I have read--well, since I was a child myself about the same age as Harry Potter! I read Book 1 in a single day and have now swiftly moved on to Book 2. These books are almost as good as the Chronicles of Narnia series by CS Lewis or the Malory Towers & Famous Five series' of Enid Blyton. In short, magical.
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Summary: Decent
Review: Unlike most, I did not feel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was 'the best book I'd ever read' or even close. It was, however, temporarily amusing and enjoyable. THE GOOD PARTS: Harry is a moderately appealing hero, and the plot is clever, if not exceptional, and moves along quickly. Touches of creativity enliven the pages, particularly in the descriptions of Quidditch. THE NOT-SO-GOOD-PARTS: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was quite derivative, and felt familiar when I was reading it for the first time. Kind of a mixture of Roald Dahl's Matilda, Diana Wynne Jones' Witch Week, and Eva Ibbotson's Which Witch and The Secret of Platform 13. Nor are the characters done particularly well. Harry and his friends, while entertaining, remain 2D stereotypes throughout the book. J. K. Rowling has clearly succeeded in imitating a style that has been successful before, but she fails to create something completely new and creative. Nevertheless, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a light and genuinely fun read even to hard core fantasy addicts.
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Summary: Red Head Harry Potter Go Home!
Review: Unlike the more mature fantasies of C.S. Lewis's classic Narina books or King and Straub's Talisman which depict schools as deadening embodiments of progressive aridity Rowling show's them as portals to enchantment rather then as an evil to escape from, something which underscores her "hero's" essential preppy sensibility & vapidity.
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