Rating: 
Summary: An incredible children's author
Review: This book is captivating from start to finish. John Bellairs was a man before his time.
Rating:
Summary: Typical Bellairs
Review: This book is typical of John's work. It is very easy to read but incredibly descriptive and involving. Don't let the 9 to 12 reading age fool you. Yeah, a 6 year old can read this book; but it can be appreciated by people of all ages. Even at age 24, I still consider John Bellairs one of my favorite authors. The book, itself, is one of his best and sends chills up my spine.
Rating:
Summary: Best book ever!
Review: I think John Bellairs is the best author ever! The House with a Clock in Its Walls is my favorite. It's very scary and mysterious. If you read John Bellairs books read this. I give it 5 stars.
Rating: 
Summary: Good book
Review: I liked this book. It was scary.
Rating:
Summary: An excellent series!
Review: Funny, spooky, humorous, whimsical, and touching. The books in this series ("House With a Clock in it's Walls", "Figure in the Shadows", "The Letter, the Witch & the Ring") introduce Bellairs' best characters and strongest stories. If you enjoy Harry Potter, or C.S. Lewis' Narnia books, these are worth your time. Strong characters, both male and female, should provide someone for everyone to identify with. I think most readers would lobby to have these at every library that young people (and families) use.
Rating:
Summary: First and maybe the best
Review: Bellairs's first book may well be his best, a chilling ghost story that adds to my suspicion that he thought clocks were intrinsically evil (just joking) The young hero, a pleasant Charlie Brown type, is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan at a rambling old mansion with hidden passages and big creaky rooms. He soon discovers that Jonathan is a wizard--so is the crotchety next-door-neighbor, Mrs. Zimmerman. And by attempting to impress his friend, Lewis has unleashed a long-dead evil force that is trying to bring about the end of the world... Aside from the ghost story, there is also an underlying theme concerning Lewis's friend, who taunts him into doing things he knows isn't right. Hopefully, this would affect readers into thinking over what a true friend, like Mrs. Zimmerman, is in comparison to the kids at school. Lewis is likable because of his truthful portrayal, an ugly duckling with a heart of gold. His uncle Jonathan is a rough diamond with a strange sense of humor, who will win over the readers immediately. Some readers might be offended by the usage of "white magic" and accidental "black magic," by the heroes of this book, but do keep in mind that the "white magic" is mostly illusions, like a holodeck, and Lewis almost dooms the world because of his dabblings in the "dark side," of which he quickly repents. The magic is of the type in many fantasy novels, unrealistic and dreamlike. This book is an excellent read!
Rating:
Summary: Still my all-time favorite book
Review: I first read "The House with a Clock in it's Walls" when I was ten years old. I immediately fell in love with it; reading and re-reading constantly. Now I'm thirty years old, and it is still my favorite. Last year I decided to collect all of his books and re-read them-it's been the most fun I've had in ages. Out of all of the John Bellairs books, this one, in my opinion, is the very best. It's scary and funny, the characters are warm, lovable and due to their magical history, fascinating. I fell in love all over again as I re-read this last week. God bless you, Mr. Bellairs. And thank-you for showing this "little girl" just what great writing is all about.
Rating:
Summary: Bellairs' best, and a must-read for Harry Potter fans
Review: This is the first and by far the best of Bellairs' juvenile [in the best sense of the word!] fantasy novels. The tone strikes a perfect balance between humor and creepiness, and the magical items and happenings are quite original. This book is a must-read for any Harry Potter fan. Unfortunately the quality of the books declines pretty steeply after this one -- Bellairs fell into a formulaic rut. Equally good is his only(?) adult novel, "The Face In The Frost", which has sadly been out of print for ages.
Rating:
Summary: Not quite got the "dumbing down for kids" knack yet...
Review: This was about the fifth or sixth Bellairs book I read, and I was astonished how much better it was than his other entries. Although I like all of Bellairs books, in the three Lewis Barnavelt books he showed far more imagination and literary awareness then he ever did afterwards. The greatest of these three books is the first one; which includes nothing less than non-linear magic involving poker, a magical player piano that won't allow itself to be played and spouts radio commercials when it's bored, a magician that uses meteorology for a very devious purpose, a clock that will signal the end of the world, and much much more. This book is jam-packed with ideas and hence stands up even after many re-readings. The only book I've heard of that could outdo this was Bellair's original adult-fiction book "The Face In The Frost", but I wouldn't know since I've never read it.
Rating:
Summary: review
Review: this book is about a boy named lewis who goes to live with his uncle after his parents died everything is ok but he realized that there are many weird things going on in the house his uncle spends all night walking around and there seems to be a clock in the walls he soon finds out the house was owned by a mad scientist wanting to destroy the world and the clock is a bomb waiting to explode
| 
