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Summary: The First
Review: For anyone who wants to escape the troubles of our real world, and find a world of creativity, magic, and heroes, this is the book for you. Children will be lost in these books, and it will make them want to read. Adults will become Children again. Harry Potter has lived in a cupboard under the stairs for ten years when he is rescued by a half-giant named Rubeus Hagrid. The magic is everywhere, from the train, to objects, even to classes. He soon has two best friends, and with them he becomes a detective and solves his first mystery as a wizard. This book will appeal to people of all ages and teaches many values such as friendship and bravery. You will enjoy this book if you read it.
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Summary: IT's all this BOOK fault...
Review: for enriching me with the wonders of reading and allowing myself to know that 'Fantasy' is be enjoy by everyone than just kids. J.K. Rowling is Brillant!!
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Summary: Fabulous read for all ages!!
Review: For my 26th birthday, my mom gave me the first two books in the series. I loved the imagination and couldn't help but tell everyone I knew (especially those with children) how special these books were. I see a comparison with the Chronicles of Narnia (an old childhood favorite). For anyone looking for a little magic in their Muggle lives, this is the series to read!
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Summary: Delightful!
Review: For some reason I put off reading the HP books for nearly a year. Then a friend handed me the tapes and said, "Stop being stubborn. Listen to this. You'll love it." Well, she was right. After listening to the first tape, I couldn't get to the second and third book fast enough. These books are wonderful. They're fresh and creative and simply a delight to read or listen to. The narrator, Jim Dale, does an excellent job on the tapes, and Ms. Rowling deserves all the success she's received!
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Summary: great message...great story too
Review: For some time now I have been avoiding reading this book. I have found that with rare exceptions, I simply do not care for the same kind of stuff the general reading population likes. However, in light of all the sound and fury in certain circles over these books...I decided I'd better see what all the fuss was about. So I have. To put it as directly as I can: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is an excellent book. It is well written, extremely entertaining, and is told in a delightfully humorous fashion. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" tells one heck of a story. What is more--I found "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" contains a great message: appearances are not everything. Harry is a noble protagonist. He's had a rough life...yet, he is not bitter. Harry forms a several friendships (be it with the groundskeeper at Hogwarts or those with his classmates Ron and Hermione) that really demonstrate the value of sharing life with others. As in all great tales of fantasy, good and evil come are in sharp conflict with one another. At the very beginning of the book the story of how Harry's parents were killed by an evil wizard who they would not follow is graphically related by two of the other characters (by the way...the book's worth reading...but make sure your kids are mature enough). The bulk of the rest of the story tells of how Harry and his friends become embroiled in a struggle with evil years later while at wizard school. I recommend this book. It is very entertaining and teaches some wonderful lessons. I would hope everybody who has criticized the book without reading it would consider actually picking it up and giving it a try. However, I advise asking yourself one question: are you old enough yet? C.S. Lewis once said something along the lines of (I'm paraphrasing here) people having to be old enough to love fairy tales again... Are you? If so, get a copy of this book...you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Secon best Potter book
Review: For the last ten years,Harry Potter of number four Privet drive has just been as normal as any other boy,treated horribly by his aunt and uncle:Petunia and Vernon and his enourmous cousin:Dudley and has done almost nothing strange in his life-well,almost.At the age of eleven,Harry Potter recieves a letter,inviting him to attend Hogwarts school of Witch Craft and Wizardry and his relatives(reluctantly)let him go.Harry learns that his parents were killed by a wizard called Lord Voldemort.He is a terrible monster standing no more than six feet tall,dressed in a cloak with a white face and dark,red eyes.Anyway,when Harry arrives at Hogwarts he meets his two best friends:Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.As well as his nemesis Draco Malfoy.And then finally at the end,of course Harry comes face to face with none other than Voldemort himself.Harry also stops him from taking the Sorcerers Stone.
If Voldemort had taken the Stone,he would've returned to power and everyone would end up like Harry's Parents. Overall rating:9.57/10 by Jimmy Feeley
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Summary: I'm annoyed.
Review: For the millionth time- you are ruining a perfectly good book for me by putting the title as the Sorceres stone. Anyone with half a braincell knows its Philosophers stone. We are not americans. And we are not amused. The book is great, though, and really funny. And once more- PHILOSOPHERS. Not SORCERES. PHILOSOPHERES.
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Summary: Book is great, but Dale's reading is greater
Review: For the past few years I wondered what all this Harry Potter mania was about. Mild curiousity was not enough to encourage me to buy the paperback. "After all it's only a children's book," I said to myself. But at the recommendation of a friend I bought the audio book. What a great surprise!! Each character had its own voice and manner of dialogue. It was unbelievable that they were all one reader. The story of an 11 year old wizard is an odd blend of modern, Victorian, and medieval mannerisms. They all seem to fit in Rowling's universe. One of the best things I find in her story is the uniformity of western mythos. She presents well-known legendary creatures which maintain their traditional characteristics. This is more pronounced in the second book, "Chamber of Secrets". It has the affect of making the story more acceptable to an older reader who might expect a centaur or a unicorn to behave in familiar ways. While the Harry Potter series excels as fiction, this reading by veteran Broadway actor Jim Dale elevates Rowling's vivid narrative. The consistancy of character portrayals within the book (moreover the series) where many of the pages are pure dialogue is quite astounding. In many ways, the book seems like it could have been written for radio 60 years ago. For example, description of the quidditch match is put into the mouth of a student play-by-play announcer. This effect is more powerful in an audiobook. Grown-ups don't be shy. Buy this audiobook. And the rest of the series. Otherwise the kids will be right when they say you don't know what you're missing.
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Summary: harry potter's awesome!!
Review: For the past year or two my little sister had been trying to get me to read her Harry Potter books, but I never did. Finally she mailed the first one to me and made me promise to read it. I finally got to it a few weeks ago, and I couldn't put it down the whole night! I had to borrow the next books from my friend and finished all of them within a week and a half, (not a smart thing considering this was during finals week). But needless to say, since then, I have become yet another Harry Potter fan and I've promised my sister I'd take her when the movie comes out :) Harry Potter is a wonderful series, and the first book is my favorite one. Honestly, I didn't think I'd enjoy them, but they remind me of elementary school when we read all those Roald Dahl books. J.K. Rowling recreates the magic of *Matilda* and *The BFG* in an amazing way. I can't wait til the 5th book comes out!! (hurry up!!!) Whenever I join the fantasies of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, I feel like I'm 10 again!!
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Summary: This book ROCKS!!!!
Review: For those of you "non readers" out there have I got news for you. GET OFF YOUR %$&* AND GET A GOOD BOOK!! I really would like to recommend Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.'Cause like Heros of Might and Magic it's full of magic, mystery, and lot's of exitment!
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