Harry Potter Schoolbooks Box Set: Two Classic Books from the Library of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

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Summary: just like harry
Review: i really loved these books.they made me feel like i really was at hogwarts.there was nothing that i did not like about them.

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Summary: Hilareous
Review: These books are really FUNNY. If you like Harry Potter, you should read these for a few extra laughs, and they also provide some interesting bakground material. If you've ever wondered how magic and such is kept a secret, the answer is right here. The book about Quidditch is also filled with jokes about sports, and the history is so detailed, adding to the completeness that is charackteristic for the Harry Potters universe. A great read, If you like Harry (and who doesn't?).

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Summary: Do not read these books in public.
Review: These books are funny, I picked up Quidditch through the ages and started at the beginning, with Irma Prince's notice and I smiled. Then I read About Comic Relief and I cheered. Then I read Praise for Quidditch Through the Ages, and About the Author and I started giggling aloud. Then I read the forward by Professor Dumbledore and it started getting really embarassing (I was in a public place).
Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them was equally fun but I do wonder if Merpeople and Centaurs have their own systems of classification (and if so where do Muggles and Magical people fit in to them).

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Summary: Excellent read
Review: This book takes some effort to read & understand, but the reward is well worth it. Excellent story line & characters, wonderful way with words - it really feels like you are living this book as you read it.

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Summary: What do you know about Quidditch?
Review: This book is a good reference book on Quiddditch! It is very good for Harry Potter fans. It's got facts even YOU didn't know! Like how the golden snitch came to be!And much much more.

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Summary: Lots of misinformation and not very J.K. Rowling
Review: These books read like someone other than J.K. Rowling wrote them (my guess is that someone else did). They lack her wit and are dull and difficult to read. Even worse, Fantastic Beasts proports to give information on some of the creatures not made up by J.K. Rowling, and much of this information is misleading or just plain wrong in terms of what societies actually believed. Ghouls, for example, are traditionally thought of very dangerous - not harmless as the books states. And finally, Harry's notes in the margins are inane - we would like to think better of him.

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Summary: A Disappointment
Review: I bought these online and was disappointed. I thought the concept was great but very poorly executed. The books are very short and the marginal notes aren't funny at all. The text itself is dull (unreadably so). If I had been able to see them in a store I would have flipped through them and not purchased them, but I took the online risk because after all, they were written by JKR. A better buy is The Sorcerer's Companion, which gives the history behind the legends while still referring to the HP books. It's got some great illustrations, too. I'm actually learning a lot from that one!

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Summary: Fantastic Creatures was better
Review: Even though the introduction by Albus Dumbledore and the letter from Madame Pinch at the beginning of Quidditch Through the Ages are funny, the notes written in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them were hilarious. I especially enjoyed how they wrote stuff like, "Has Hagrid read this?" and, "That means Hagrid will be getting one any day now." (laughs). The other book is educational as well. I suppose each book has its own purpose.

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Summary: Both Delightful and Dull
Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was a really fun book to read. The descriptions of all the magical beasts were very clever, and it was really interesting to see the author's take on some traditional magical creatures. Quidditch Through the Ages, however, wasn't too great. It was mildly entertaining, but it was very long and drawn out about things only a real Quidditch player would want to know. They're worth buying, but reading Quidditch is a bit of a trial, so beware.

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Summary: I want to go too!
Review: These book provide a third-person view look at a world which until now we have seen only in a first-person view.