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Summary: Are YOU A Muggle?
Review: Wow. I bought this book just to see what the fuss was all about, putting it down to another childrens' fad. To my great surprise, it was fantastic! No slow, boring descriptions or sloppy, politically-correct characters; just non-stop fun and pure adventure. Kids need more of this in this stagnant world. I can't wait to read the next installment. I power read through this one, intrigued by Hogwart interest: after all, who wouldn't be intrigued by witches, wizards, centaurs, magic, secret passageways, castles, giants...wow! Although these books are aimed at the childrens market, they can competently satisfy adult (and Muggle) readers. But be warned, it is not Tolkien: don't expect it to be. Just follow the crazy adventure of an orphaned wizard called Harry in all its simplistic glory.
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Summary: Absolutely Magical!!!
Review: Wow. I started reading this book and i couldnt stop! I am already halfway through book #2 and i just got these yesterday! If you like magic or even if you DONT like magic (GASP!) get this, these are so cool! You wont be able to put it down, trust me!
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Scorceror's Stone
Review: Wow. If I could write, that would be a book for which I wouldstrive. Transending age, utilizing Arch-types and new ideas, anyonecan enjoy this book. The idea of a no-one becoming a Someone is a great pleasure to all of us no-ones out there. Harry is smart, but not brainy (that is H.'s job). He is good, but still with that young niave naughtiness. Never a rule breaker, I understand these characters. They are people. No one dimensional types, no obvious answers (except MAYBE you-know-who, and even he is not flat- quite a feat for a fantsasy villin!) All of you out there: this is a GRAND book. It is good to buy, good to read, and good to read again. How many books can claim THAT?
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Summary: You have to read this book!
Review: Wow. This is a really good book! I think that this series is up there with "The Wizard of Oz", The Lord of the Rings, and The Chronicles of Narnia. A really good book.
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Summary: Totally Coooooooooooooooooooooool
Review: Wow. This is [look at title above =•)]! This is a great book, not just for ages 8-13, how about 5-3525? Anyway, at school, I never had all of my Harry books, because someone or another was borowing it, it was so popular. GET THIS BOOK! And by the way, anyone who thinks Harry Potter promotes whitcraft, where did you think of that? Some people must dislike this book because is has the word "whitches" in it. (In a sarcastic voice) ooooOOOOOOooooooooh, look at the scary word =•]
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Summary: Wow... Truly Magical
Review: Wow... the world of Harry Potter is truly a magical one! I am a devout fantasy reader, and have not had this much enjoyment from a book since reading Tolkien's! The Harry Potter books will definitely remain on my bookshelf for years to come!
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Summary: Unfold A Imaginative World, You Can Re-visit Any Time!
Review: Written by the imaginative mind of British author JK Rowling, Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone opens a world where unicorns, wizards, & ghosts exist, where the slightest flick of a wand can take you places of enchantment, & where pure evil is very real. The story opens at the 'Muggle' home of Vernon, Petunia, & Dudley Dursley where it just so happens their orphaned nephew turns up on their doorstep. Instead of pity & kindness, the Dursley's shove the infant into a cubard under the stairs in which he is to live, & (like Cinderella) force him to become a servant. Harry grows up not knowing his true identity, not knowing why strange things happen to him, & not knowing the truth of why he was orphaned to begin with. But everything happens in a instant when Harry recieves an odd letter in the mail, a letter that would forever change his life, a letter that would lead to riches, loyal friends, magic, & danger. The letter that would lead to a place no mere mortal has ever been to, a place called Hogwarts.
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Summary: Harry Potter and the Soucerer's Stone
Review: Yes I am 10 but I still loved the book. Like many others i just read or started the book on the 3 day weekend (well for us at least). Anyway I found the book so great i just wouldnt stop, but my parents caught me reading it at 4 am and grounded me. Well dont laugh but at first I had thought the book was childish like some had thought of the other Fairy Tells but I read them in 1999 I think and couldnt get in to them and laid the book down at page 63 exactaly. But then I saw the peviews of the movies and looked facanated with them ( I thought the previews were so great that my stmache would learch and would try so hard to hide my exhillaration and smile). So after tat I wouldnt let the books down and read the first and secon book in about a 24 hour period. Read the 3 book in another day and finished the 4th in a day. GREAT BOOKS!!! People have had riots on the books recently and I FOUND NO CONTENT AGAIN RELIGOUS BACKROUND wat-so-ever in the books words.(Im Cathloic) Again at the end of the book i was so moved and i dont know why but i just kinda got all tearry eyed. And I tought the best book with the second novel JK wrote. It sacared my pants OFF. Thank you for whoever read this and i hope you found this very useful.
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Summary: "What's a Christian to do With Harry Potter?"
Review: Yes I borrowed that title from the book of the same name. I hope this will not be edited for comments OTHER than a review on the book because I feel many other things have been attached to this book that concern parents of different faith's. Caught up in curiosity of all the hype, a few weeks after it's release I went (to my mother's objection) to see The film based on this book. In curiosity of where the film lacked I turned to read the novel of the same name. Where did I find myself after checking it out for myself? Like all things that attract children Harry Potter is filled with ALL the things Children love. Magic, Fantasy, Courageous boy/girl characters, and a villian that is scary but you know he'll get it in the end. Its a formula that Rowling just couldn't fail with. Its why this book series is so popular. These books are MEANT for children. So my complaints about them being a bit Juvenile at times, is not valid, I'm just an adult looking at it from my point of view. My mother hasn't read or seen the movie and she thinks its all witch craft poisoning young minds. I was quick to remind her that she let me watch GhostBusters when I was very young, and other movies of the Supernatural and weird. And I turned out (so far) a well adjusted, Good hearted Christian. There are far worse things in this world left to poison the minds of children. (Music, Tv, Movies) Harry Potter is just a witch hunt so we can blame all thats wrong on whats popular at the time. Harry Potter's first book was, to me, lacking alot of emotional depth, which I also felt the movie lacked aswell. There is lots to fill the senses but very little that touches the heart. My hopes, in continuing the series, is to find the heart I know it can develope. I have picked up the second book, already feeling more for the characters, and this odd little boy we call Harry. Its written very simplisticly, and get's to the point very quickly. These books are not for any kids younger then ten, because Children should have a good sense of whats make believe and whats real to read these books. Its not so much for YOUNGER kids but for the pre-teen crowd. It is dark at times, and thats an added bonus for us older readers. Where will these stories take Harry?, as I continue the series with every book. I am honestly intrigued, and I think you will be too. So what are Christian's to do about all this? Make it known that REAL witch craft is not fun or to be dealed with. But don't burn poor harry at the stake, for the mistakes of others. Fantasy can be fun, as long as it stays a fantasy.
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Summary: Not profound but fun!
Review: Yes it is derivative. No it is not Tolkein or Lewis or Tolstoy or Dante but that's ok! This was one week's escapist reading (half an hour in the evenings) after very stressful work days and that was more than enough for me. As a psychologist I was facinated with the sorting hat and the endless issues raised grouping children of like values, character, traits, etc. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
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