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Summary: Adult Harry Potter Fan
Review: As an adult, I thought Harry Potter was 'just for kids'. I saw the movie, just out of curiosity, and loved it. So I bought the DVD. I recently bought the 4 book set of Harry Potter. It came in handy while I was recovering from minor surgery. I read the first two books in just a little over a week. Just starting book 3. Great story lines and book 2 was not inconsistant with book 1. I am not a big time reader. Mostly magazines and the like, but these books are great. After re-reading many books I have read in my life. Some from Jr High(obligitary summer reading then), many have not held my interest like these books have. As for the OCCULT visage that has been placed on these books, It is nonsense. Harry and friends stand for all the good in people. He never uses his 'power' for evil, he helps when others will not. He is brave when others cower.
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Summary: Just too good for words!
Review: What can I say that millions of people around the world don't already know? Harry Potter has to be one of the greatest stories ever. J.K. Rowling is a creative genius to have created such a imaginative world and great characters to fill it.If you haven't read any of the books, then get this boxed set. You won't be sorry!! It culminates in the 4th book, Goblet of Fire, agruably the best in the series so far. And just so you know, I am 23 years old and know of many older people that love Harry Potter. Heck, my father is almost 70 years old and almost likes HP more than me. Get it already!
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Is there a more convinent, (or cheaper?) way to get these new classics of children's literature. I too was skeptical about these novels before reading them, but ever since I got to read the first one, I have been hooked. Great for people of all ages!
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Summary: Harry Potter...myth, or legend?
Review: Harry Potter at first to me didn't sound interesting.A friend of mine during 2nd hour asked me if I've heard of such a character. I told him no. Then he told me to read the novels because he said that they are fascinating. So I asked him if I could borrow his copy, because I didn'r have my own, and he let me. Soon after, I was drawn into the world that I'd thought would never exist.
The book turned out to be really fascinating, with wizards, witches, ghosts. Eventually, the story grows deeper as you read on, as things begin to happen. At the very end, Harry battles an enemy known as Lord Voldemort. Did he win? You'll have to read the story to see if he did.
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Summary: Four Great Books one package
Review: Ordered books for my 7 year old daughter and ended up reading them myself. I don't think I could have received such a good deal on all four anywhere else. You can't beat this deal with the 4 hardcover books and case for something that will be a classic colectors item.
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Summary: Very Entertaining!
Review: My review of this is as following... The first book started everything: Harry was a wizard, his parents died, You-Know-Who was alive, he started school and made friends, played Quidditch and learned secrets. It was very action filled and had very funny lines! The second book was the continuation: he meets the new teacher, he comes back, learns about new creatures, (Dobby) goes back to school and learns a terrible secret of the past. Very Entertaining! The third book- which I recently read- he met new characters and they became more and more involved into the plot as time passed by, he takes new subjects and tries to keep away from Crookshanks... funny! The fourth book: a new tournament, his first Quidditch World Cup viewing, the kitchens and all that sort... entertaining and marvelous. The fifth book: will probably be just as exciting and more wonderful to read, keep up the great work J.K. Rowling!
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Summary: Can't Wait For # 5
Review: The author has a great imagination. She's a terrific writer. I have read all four in the Harry Potter set and loved them all. Mom and Dad did too. We're waiting for #5. We all love fantasies. While we're waiting, Mom started reading another book that's actually true stories but written like a fantasy. It's a book called "West Point" by an author named Remick. When she got done she liked it so much she got me to read it. I read it on and off only because I'm waiting for #5. I'm writing this because it turned out I really liked it. It has a Harry, too. But not "Harry Potter" of course. It's a fantasy, but different than "Harry Potter". It's actually true stories. It was great because it had cool cartoons but was also real educational. I learned a lot. But I still can't wait for #5 to come out. I hear it's even better than the other ones if that's possible. I can't wait to see. Thanks for listening.
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Summary: Absolutely Spellbounding
Review: I remember when I was a child reading books that I found unable to put down, every page full of intrigue and excitement, my imagination would run wild and I was transported into other worlds; as I got older books became something I read for exams and no longer fun, I rarely picked up a book for light entertainment and it was a few years before I started to read books again purely for pleasure. Once I had time to rekindle my love of books I discovered I still got lost in a good novel but never felt involved the way I had as a child. A few weeks ago one of my sons bought himself J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter set of books and enjoyed reading them, well he is twenty-five and more into Graham Greene, so I thought if he found them an enjoyable light read I would give them a go. I picked up the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, from the eye catching brightly coloured, shinny box holding the set of four books and settled down with the intention of reading a couple of chapters, four hours later I was still there engrossed, unable to put the book down.
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Summary: Harry Potter 1 and the Sorcer's Stone
Review: If you liked The Lord of the Rings than you will like the 354 paged book Harry Potter 1 and the Sorcer's Stone by J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter is a boy that goes to school and gets into several conflicts. One of the conflicts is that Harry gets into a fight with a teacher who helps out the "great" Voldemort (he-who-must-not-be-named). I think thatit has interestign action and all of the conflicts are solved in an odd way.
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Summary: Just fun to read
Review: Harry Potter is a child that most brainy kids can relate to. Not popular, put upon by his guardians. Life for him is nothing extraordinary. Until that fateful day when he learns that he is much, much more than he thought. What kid hasn't wished for magic powers, to be taken away from his miserable life to a wonderful place where they are adored and idolized; a world full of adventure, mystery, friends, and treasure! But alas, the world of Harry Potter is really nothing new at all. Dragons, wizards, goblins, elves, trolls and magic - none of them are Rowling's inventions. The only thing that's new and original about these books, in fact, is the way they are put together into an imaginitive story that is fun and dynamic, with special appeal to children. I was resistant to start reading them. I didn't really think that I would enjoy them. I really am not a trend follower, and I usually hate anything that is pop culture. Based on what I had heard about the books, I thought that they would be rather juvenile. But when I was finally convinced to give them a try, I must admit that I finished reading them all within just a few days. I still believe that these books would hold more appeal to children than to adults, but to my surprise they did not insult my intelligence. True, I did have to occasionally accept the kind of unbelieveable nonsense that I never would have tolerated in fiction aimed at a more mature audience. Such simple things as the character's names gave away crucial plot elements far too early in the book (like I wasn't supposed to guess that Wormtail was a rat or that Lupin was a werewolf?) and ruined what might have otherwise been pleasant surprises. But perhaps these are not flaws in the book, but part of it's charm, if the target audience is taken into account. All in all, I found these to be a bit more entertaining than Hardy Boys books; I'll probably even read them again sometime. But they are not great works of literature. Read them for fun, not for enlightenment.
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