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Harry Potter Boxset (Harry Potter #1-7)

by J.K. Rowling

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The exciting tales of Harry Potter, the young wizard-in-training, have taken the world by storm, and fans just can't get enough of the magical world of Hogwarts and beyond. If you buy one of the Harry Potter books, we guarantee you'll want the next...and the next...and the next -- so why not have them all, right at your fingertips? With the Harry Po...more

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Published October 16th 2007 by Arthur A. Levine Books (first published January 1st 2007)

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May 22, 2010

Manny rated it

Shelves: children, science-fiction, mentions-twilight

I got into an argument the other day with an articulate 17 year old Harry Potter fan - let's call him D - who wanted to know why I was being so nasty in my review of Deathly Hallows. What was wrong with it? I offered various structural criticisms: the ending is abrupt and unconvincing, the subplot with the Horcruxes has not been adequately foreshadowed in the earlier volumes, and the book as a whole is overlong and boring. D expressed surprise that I could call Deathly Hallows boring, when I'd g...moreI got into an argument the other day with an articulate 17 year old Harry Potter fan - let's call him D - who wanted to know why I was being so nasty in my review of Deathly Hallows. What was wrong with it? I offered various structural criticisms: the ending is abrupt and unconvincing, the subplot with the Horcruxes has not been adequately foreshadowed in the earlier volumes, and the book as a whole is overlong and boring. D expressed surprise that I could call Deathly Hallows boring, when I'd given five stars to Madame Bovary and Animal Farm, both of which he considered far duller. The discussion continued for some time. In the end, I said I would write a review summarising my objections to the series as a whole. Here it is.

As I said to D, it's not the books or the author. The early Potter books are cute and entertaining, and J.K. Rowling seems like a nice person - if someone's going to scoop the literary Powerball jackpot, why not her? What I very strongly object to is the way the books have been marketed. About 10 years ago, it seems to me, some clever people figured out a new marketing strategy, which they first applied to Potter; when that came to an end, the same methods were used for Twilight. Both series have enjoyed a level of success which is utterly disproportionate to their quality, and which is also unprecedented in literary history. Twilight clearly follows Potter; I've had several discussions about what preceded Potter, and the answer, everyone seems to agree, is that there was no earlier success story of this kind. Before Potter, there was no YA series of dubious merit that absolutely everyone read.

I think it's uncontroversial that Potter, in terms of literary quality, is better than Twilight, but Twilight has been even more successful. At one point, the four volumes occupied the top four spots in the New York Times bestseller list. On Goodreads, nearly half of the top 50 reviews are of Twilight books. This is an absurd and unnatural state of affairs. Even though Twilight may not be quite as bad as is sometimes made out - I'm one of many people who have tried to defend it - there's no way it deserves this level of attention.

So why is everyone reading it, and why, before that, was everyone reading Potter? As I said, I think it's primarily about the marketing, though I wish I was more sure about the details. Here, at any rate, are some thoughts. First, the publishers are aggressively using economies of scale and deals with third parties. They print very large numbers of copies, and they work together with movie studios, game companies and merchandisers to cross-promote them. I think it's particularly important that a large proportion of the books are sold, not at bookstores, but at normal supermarkets. It's well known that the cover price is usually marked down to the point where the supermarket is not in fact making any profit; they have discovered that they can successfully treat it as a loss leader. This is causing great pain to independent bookstores. Some of them, I have read, have adopted the desperate expedient of buying copies at supermarkets and then reselling them.

Second, let's look at the content and style. Even though Potter and Twilight are fairly different in some ways, they also have many strong similarities. Above all, they are extremely easy to read, at every level. The vocabulary is unchallenging; the sentences are short and simple; most characters are one-dimensional stereotypes; the story is uncomplicatedly plot-driven; there are few references to other works of literature. You can read these books if you're tired, if you're sleepy, if you have poor reading skills, if you've never read anything else. They consequently have a very large potential audience.

Third, they describe a comforting, emasculated world in which most of the things that make our own world so difficult and unpleasant have been removed. Most strikingly, there is no sex; in Harry Potter, which is supposed to be about fairly normal teens, no one masturbates, no girls get pregnant, none of them are labelled sluts because they've had sex with more than one boy (sometimes one is enough, for that matter), no one gets their heart broken and drops out of school or starts taking drugs as a result, no one is stuck in a dead-end relationship that they wish they could escape from, but can't. The worst thing that happens in either series is the sequence in New Moon where Edward temporarily leaves Bella. Meyer notoriously doesn't describe Bella's feelings at all, but just leaves several pages blank. Once, in fact not so long ago, most adults would have been embarrassed to be seen reading YA literature of this kind; to start with, the comforting word "YA" hadn't been invented yet, and they would have been reading children's books. Somehow, there's been a shift in standards. You look around you on a bus to see what people are reading, and you can be pretty sure you'll see at least a couple of people over 20 engrossed in Potter or Twilight. It's odd that this has happened, and I wish I understood why.

In conclusion, I couldn't help being struck by the two books D chose to contrast against Potter. D, Madame Bovary is going to outlast both of these authors because Emma is a real person who experiences the crazy and contradictory emotions that real people experience when they are very unhappy, and as a result she behaves in a crazy and contradictory way; also, Flaubert, unlike Rowling and Meyer, took a great deal of trouble over his prose, and created some of the most beautiful and ironic passages in world literature. There aren't many books I'd call masterpieces, but this is one of them. And finally (this review is way too long), Animal Farm is indeed an allegory of the Russian Revolution. More importantly, though, it's about how smart, unscrupulous people manipulate trusting, weak people. Tens of millions of people are reading Potter and Twilight, not because the books are well-written or interesting, but because the readers have been manipulated into buying them by the Napoleons and Squealers of this world. That's what I'm objecting to. Think about it for a moment.
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Aug 31, 2008

Annalisa rated it

Recommends it for: everyone

Shelves: classics, young-adult, fantasy, middle-grade, favorites

I know I have specific reviews for each of the books, but I just wanted to add a general review, especially for those wondering what people, especially adults, see in Harry Potter. When my brother was in junior high, he lent me his copies of books 1-4. Maybe it was because I was seeing the story through his eyes or that I wasn't expecting much from children's literature but I was surprised to find how entertaining and well written these books were. They had that "it" factor where you c...more

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Jul 11, 2009

Madeline rated it

Shelves: fantasy, all-time-favorites, kids-and-young-adult

I've resisted writing reviews for these books for a while now, because it sort of seems like a pointless effort. Everyone knows these books, and there doesn't seem to be anything more to say about them. But then I figured, why not add my two cents? So here we go:

I am a member of what I'll call "the Harry Potter generation" - ie, I was a kid when these books first came out, and I've literally grown up with the series. My best friend in elementary school gave me Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ...more

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May 07, 2011

Ksenia Klykova rated it

Recommends it for: Basically to anyone. If you still think that HP is a book only for kids/teenagers...think again ;)

There are countless reviews about the HP book out there, so I'll try to be brief. After all, who hasn't read at least some of the books or seen the movies?

I began to read the books after watching the first movie because I loved it..and well, why deny it? Because everybody else was doing so. But I was ten years old and I had nothing to compare it with. After reading Harry Potter, I realized how different they are. The movies are OK, entertaining but nothing more. They lack the magic o...more

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Jun 17, 2010

Suna rated it

Shelves: children-s

At last.
It's been fourteen years, but I think I have finally acquired enough distance to be able to review these books in an honest way:

They are utterly flawed, but utterly enjoyable.

The books carried me through an incredibly trying time in my life and for years I wasn't able to hear any valid critique about either the writing, the messy way in which certain plot threads were resolved etceteras.
But I knew they weren't perfect, I knew they weren't even all that org...more

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May 29, 2009

Rachel rated it

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Recommends it for: Those willing to enter the deep places of their imagination

Recommended to Rachel by: Series Loyalty

Shelves: 1-favorites

I am an absolute Harry Potter fan. I picked up the series when I was in college and was blown away by this mesmerizing and page-turning "children's book". J.K. Rowling is an absolute genius. I've always had an active imagination, and this world was so easy to enter. In fact, the world Rowling creates in Harry Potter is so real that I often find myself - and this is scary to admit - believing I can do magic. (Seriously, I once tried the Accio spell on my cell phone and was annoyed when ...more

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Dec 04, 2010

Eric rated it

Shelves: children-s

This is a review for the HP series as a whole, not this particular boxset.

Overall, I loved the series. The biggest thing for me was the world Rowling created and all the imagination that went into it. Strip away the world and you've got a fairly good storyline/mystery and some good characters. But it is the fantasy world that elevates this series for me. I remember reading the first book and thinking, "Rowling presents a new invention on almost every page!" Imagine how long...moreThis is a review for the HP series as a whole, not this particular boxset.

Overall, I loved the series. The biggest thing for me was the world Rowling created and all the imagination that went into it. Strip away the world and you've got a fairly good storyline/mystery and some good characters. But it is the fantasy world that elevates this series for me. I remember reading the first book and thinking, "Rowling presents a new invention on almost every page!" Imagine how long a list would be of all the imaginative elements she used in this series. Many things she created; others she borrowed or developed. Quidditch, womping willows, pensieves, Marauder's Maps, multiflavored beans, living paintings, howlers.... As for creatures, she's got most of the Monster Manual covered. All of this, for me, was the magic of this series.

There's been a lot of talk about Rowling's writing ability. By making one little distinction, I think the answer is much clearer. As a prose writer, she is average or better. As a storyteller, she is excellent. I think her prose does a fine job. It makes the world and the characters vivid in the reader's mind. But Rowling's storytelling is above my own reproach. I can't cast a stone until I've written something that spawns millions of discussions and hundreds of commentaries and "What Will Happen Next?" books.

Why was/is Harry Potter a phenomenon? First, these are excellent books. But this isn't the whole reason why the series was a phenomenon--there are other excellent books out there which get only a fraction of the amount of attention. I think one big reason is because it is a seven-book series. Where were all the midnight release parties for book 2? book 3? The momentum started to pick up when book 4 came out. Then it snowballed until book 7. If this was a three-book series it would have been big, but no phenomenon.

Another reason for the phenomenon was its broad appeal--kids, teens, adults, fantasy-lovers and non fantasy-lovers. In contrast, the Wheel of Time series is also excellent and a long, momentum-building series, but its appeal is significantly narrower.

Favorite of the series: The Goblet of Fire.(less)

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Apr 28, 2008

Rosa rated it

Shelves: children-s-literature

I read the first book for my Children's Literature class at BYU when it first came out. Well, of course I was hooked and had to read the rest of the series each time a new book came out.
I do have to say I was disappointed in the language in the last book. I really think swearing is unnecessary and I'm sad that she included it in a children's book. I know people will argue that, Rowling "didn't write that last book for children" and that the books were supposed to m...more

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Dec 29, 2007

Faith Quick rated it

Shelves: favorite-books

I LOVE ALL OF THESE BOOKS! i was brought into the harry potter world after the second book came out. i enjoyed every book each in it's own way. i loved the first book because it helped me believe in magic again like i did when i was little. i liked the second book because i got to see hermoine grow as a stronger witch. i loved the third one because harry started to really step into his role and there was so much happening. it was an exciting book.i was introduced to dementors, azkaban, escape...more

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Sasha I couldn`t agree more.Just hearing the theme fro the movies hets me thinkinh about books, about the great world of Harry Potter in which nothing is n...more
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Annalisa I keep wondering if maybe I should read these to forget about vampires? :) I like how you broke it up into what you love about each book. Even though ...more
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Apr 28, 2008

Christopher rated it

Right before the last installment came out, I went to the public library and checked out the first book in the series, and didn't stop until I had closed the final one. It took me about two and a half months, but I read the whole series from start to finish.

Say what you will about the story, the characters, the writing, but from my experience in child care over the last five years, I can assure you that it is not all too common to see a child toting a book under their arm, waiting fo...more

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Jul 02, 2008

Terence rated it

Shelves: sf-fantasy

Sigh...

I've finally added Harry to my list. Though many of my friends here at GoodReads have given it very high marks, it simply didn't move me. Perhaps, if I had come to the books when I was 8 or 10, I'd be more impressed (though my reading was pretty sophisticated even then -- I was devouring The Silmarillion at 11). And I would (and do) give the last few volumes 3 stars -- Harry was getting older and more interesting -- but I didn't find anything particularly amazing or innovative...more

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Jan 18, 2011

Lauren King rated it

I'm way late to the party on this one. Perhaps one of the last people on earth to read about Harry, I decided to start. It took me about 6 weeks (would have been less had I not had to take care of 2 adorable short people in that time) but I have finished the series.

I was reluctant for so long. Wizardry? Um, no thank you. Totally not my cup of tea. But this year I have a student whose passion for Potter is contagious, and I'm happy to say how wrong I was.

I don't 100% und...more

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Mar 17, 2009

Moo Carroll rated it

Ok.. I am putting a series review as opposed to an individual story review.

I found this to be a fascinating series.

Its clear once you close the cover on the final tome, that the author had the entire story mapped out before she began to write the first novel.

The characters are complete, complex and compelling.. The wizarding world setting takes a back seat to the larger themes of honesty, integrity, loyalty, and to paraphrase a wonderful character, doing what...more

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Feb 10, 2009

Peter added it

I'm a fan of the Harry Potter series, and I decided to re-read books 1-6 in anticipation of the final book. Deathly Hallows now behind me, my opinion remains steadfastly strong. Mostly, I appreciate the series because I believe that J. K. Rowling has done more for literacy around the world than any politician or legislature. She has inspired kids (and adults) to read, and little is more valuable in education than that.

But further, Rowling has created a body of work whose architectur...moreI'm a fan of the Harry Potter series, and I decided to re-read books 1-6 in anticipation of the final book. Deathly Hallows now behind me, my opinion remains steadfastly strong. Mostly, I appreciate the series because I believe that J. K. Rowling has done more for literacy around the world than any politician or legislature. She has inspired kids (and adults) to read, and little is more valuable in education than that.

But further, Rowling has created a body of work whose architecture withstands the kind of scrutiny that good English professors bring to university classrooms. She spent seven years fleshing out the details of the series before writing the first book, longer than John Milton spent writing Paradise Lost and Arundhati Roy spent writing The God of Small Things (five years each). She detailed personal features and histories for over 200 characters. She sculpted the plot of the entire seven book series before writing the first one. Actions in the first chapter of book one foreshadow dialog in book three. Events in book two anticipate events in book six. Smells, colors, and other details in scenes seem more often than not to serve as indicators to careful readers of what was or will be, and not just descriptors of the moment.

And then there is her wordplay. Character names find origins in history and mythology. Spell incantations derive from archaic languages--and not just Latin and Greek. Vocabulary increases as the series progresses so that by book five readers will find words like "mellifluous", "redolent", and "assiduously" scattered throughout the text. Children are no doubt sending parents to their dictionaries at bedtime.

And of course there are the characters. They are simple at first. Books one and two are like children's books. The good guys seem all good and the bad guys seem all bad. The stories hint at the complexity to come, but they remain straightforward. The children wander and flail their way around, surviving (and triumphing) mostly by mere accident. By book three, however, we begin to see the conflict in the children and the adults alike. Harry and his friends show signs of growing up. Teenage years bring with them romance and instability. Adult figures, at the same time, begin to reveal their own emotional conflicts. We realize that their ambiguities and insecurities had existed all along. Snape, in particular, emerges as a character caught between his adolescence and adulthood, his fear and his love, his history with Dark Magic and his loyalty to Dumbledore. By book six, his complexity rivals (surpasses?) Hamlet's. And in book seven, the connection between his fate and those of the hero, Harry; the villain, Voldemort; and the fallen sage, Dumbledore, come together in a play that asks us to reconsider our perceptions of all of them.

Rowling has not written fluff. Nor is she trying to teach witchcraft. (Are the people who believe this for real?) Instead, she has created an enthralling series that, ultimately, esteems its genre because of its emotional and narrative complexity and affirms the strength and value of the best possible ideals--love, friendship, trust, loyalty, hard work, and more.

So, if you haven't read the series because you've been busy, carve out the time. If you've been philosophically opposed to it for some reason, pull your head out of... the dirt.

Do I recommend it? To anyone with imagination. Or anyone who wants to do something about a lack of it. Really, everyone should read these stories. If you don't like them, you have no childhood left in you.
Would I teach it? For its structure and planning, I'd love to, even if some of the prose is dismal. Also, the books should be taught as a full series, and 4000+ pages are a bit long for most course calendars.
Lasting impression: So rich and detailed that Rowling should release an annotated edition.(less)

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Apr 28, 2008

Sara rated it

I wish it wasn't over! I love Harry Potter.

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Oct 04, 2011

Lisa Vegan rated it

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Shelves: childrens, novels, fiction, speculative-fiction, young-adult, school-stories, orphaned-and-quasi-orphaned-kids, favorites, reviewed

this “review” is simply notes to myself, not much of interest to anyone but me, and not containing much in the way of spoilers given how cryptic the notes are, but just in case:

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Sep 13, 2008

Bev rated it

Shelves: all-time-favorites, read-with-luke

I have read the books AND listened to them on CD. Here's the story of how I became a fan of HP:

I am an avid reader and years ago, when the Harry Potter books first came to the U.S. and caused such a sensation, I resisted reading them. I'm not a big fan of fantasy lit, so I thought that reading about wizards and such was not for me. It was as a mother of two cranky children that I ended up trying the books, and I am SO glad that I did not end up missing out on this brilliant and won...more

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Apr 29, 2008

Vivaldi rated it

Selesai juga tugas gw baca Harry Potter yang terakhir. Gw menganggap membaca Potter cuma tugas, sebagaimana gw rasa Rowling juga cuma menyelesaikan tugasnya menulis buku terakhir Potter.

Rada-rada berlebihan kali yaa, kalo Rowling kita bandingkan dengan Eiji Yoshikawa lewat Mushashi (yang juga terdiri dari 7 buku). Ato malah dengan Tetralogi Pramoedya. Ada bingkai yang jelas dan utuh mengapa mereka harus menuliskannya lebih dari satu buku. Gak cuma karena “sekolah di Hogwart sampe ke...moreSelesai juga tugas gw baca Harry Potter yang terakhir. Gw menganggap membaca Potter cuma tugas, sebagaimana gw rasa Rowling juga cuma menyelesaikan tugasnya menulis buku terakhir Potter.

Rada-rada berlebihan kali yaa, kalo Rowling kita bandingkan dengan Eiji Yoshikawa lewat Mushashi (yang juga terdiri dari 7 buku). Ato malah dengan Tetralogi Pramoedya. Ada bingkai yang jelas dan utuh mengapa mereka harus menuliskannya lebih dari satu buku. Gak cuma karena “sekolah di Hogwart sampe kelas 7, makanya buku Potter ada 7”.

Mestinya Voldermort ‘cukup’ mati di buku Goblet of Fire. Setelah buku itu, hampir tidak ada lagi ide-ide istimewa yang mengejutkan kita para Muggle. (Cuma ya itu tadi, Voldermort harus mati di buku ke 7, karena sekolah di Hogwart sampe kelas 7 hehehehe).

Buku ke 7 ini judulnya cukup menjanjikan. Tapi buat gw, Rowling cuma jadi panitia reuni disini. She just call everything or whoever from the past.

Pernah nonton sinetron, yang setelah membangun konflik berminggu-minggu, kemudian penyelesaiannya cuma di satu episode, dengan scene bandara, yang satu mau berangkat, yang lain melambaikan tangan, sambil menyesali perbuatannya di masa lalu. That’s all !!!!!!!
Yang udah pernah nonton sinetrok kayak gitu pasti tahu dong perasaan gw. Di enam buku sebelumnya Percy Weasley selalu antagonis, tiba-tiba tanpa sebab yang jelas kembali ke pangkuan keluarganya menjelang Battle of Hogwart. What a nice family reunion!!

Gw rasa, Rowling punya keberpihakan yang tinggi sama keluarga Weasley hehehe. Rumah yang selalu dipake kumpul, rumah keluarga weasley. Siapa coba yang kawin sama Veela Tercantik (Fleur Delacoure) ?? Bill Weasley. Siapa yang ngedapetin siswi tercerdas angkatannya Harry (Hermione) ?? Ron Weasley. Dan siapa coba yang ngedapetin The Chosen One (Harry Potter)?? Ginny Weasley. Makanya emang keluarga Weasley berhak mendapatkan Reuni gratis hehehe.
Ginny jadian sama Harry Potter ampir-ampir taken for granted. Konflik dimunculkan satu-dua kalimat dengan muncul kembalinya Cho Chang. Tapi Rowling sudah kehabisan stamina buat mengelaborasinya.

Reuni yang terjadi di Room of Requirement lengkap banget, selain seluruh keluarga weasley, seluruh anggota tim quidditch, seluruh anggota Order of Phoenix, dan seluruh anggota Dumbledore Army. Resurrection Stone juga dibuat supaya Harry bisa ber-reuni dengan James, Lily Potter, dan Sirius. Keluarga Dumbledore juga ber-reuni di sini hehehe.

Dan Deathly Hallow, ada supaya Harry bisa ber-reuni dengan Dumbledore. Adegan ini kan mesti ada di setiap buku Harry Potter. Dumbledore menceritakan semua yang tidak kita ketahui, agar konflik yang belom sempet diselesaikan oleh penulis, dimengerti dan dianggap selesai oleh pembaca hehehe. Kayak tokoh Semar menceritakan moral story diujung pertunjukkan wayang hehehe. Deux et Machina!

Dan Reuni terbesar adalah paduan Gryffindor dan Slytherin: Albus Severus Potter.
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Apr 28, 2008

Jessie rated it

Recommends it for: ages 7-50

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Apr 28, 2008

Colshy rated it

OK, let's see. Erin turned me on to the series right after we graduated high school. She said it would be good, she was right. I hate it when she's right.
I finished the book in England and bought book two there and immediately noticed that the American book cover art is eleventy billion times better than Britain's. Which I find odd, don't you?
Book three came out that summer. Then we waited for Book four and it started to get a little annoying because now everyone was reading it, but...more

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Aug 29, 2008

Amanda rated it

Recommends it for: everyone

Recommended to Amanda by: my sister Lisa (THANK YOU, OH THANK YOU, LISA!)

This is my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SERIES! These books are nothing short of fantastic for adults as well as children. J.K. Rowling's style of writing is completely mesmerizing. It's so easy - and so enjoyable to get lost in the world that she's created. I have found that people who don't like or approve of these books are always the same people who haven't actually read any of them through. If you read them, you will find that they are in fact very endearing as well as inspiring. If you've only seen t...more

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Oct 01, 2010

Barbara rated it

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Shelves: audiobooks

The reading of this series is done by Jim Dale. He is a fantastic reader in this series. You are transported to the world of Hogwarts through his character voices and beautiful accents.

I love these stories anyway, and this is one of the best audiobooks I've listened to.

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Aug 17, 2008

Anne rated it

Recommends it for: anyone who can handle the vocabulary

Recommended to Anne by: my Amy

I have read all of these books. I like the series. It got a little more dark and a little more adult as it went on.

The first book for me was about 3 misfits in a new school:
the minority student: Hermeinie, muggle parents
The poor student: Ron, gets by as best he can
Mysterious past, has little background and not much experience: Harry

The series is not about teaching witchcraft and spells and dependancy on the occult. Its about friendship and findin...more

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Nov 26, 2011

Eliza rated it

I read these books awhile back with my dad and I really enjoyed them! The magic spells and creatures just captiveted me and lead me into a whole new world of books that I had never even thought of reading before.

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Oct 29, 2007

Mia rated it

Overall, these are one of the best book I ever read. Rich of fantasy, great story yet very detail in terms of culture and characteristic of everyone involved. And who would ever guess - on recent interview, J.K. Rowling said that she knew all along that for her Harry's stories always related/inspired by Christianity.

Spoiler:
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Sep 09, 2011

Dayan rated it

Lo mejor. Simplemente otro mundo.

The best. Just another world.

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Feb 21, 2009

JoAnne Johnson rated it

I wanna go to Hogwarts!

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Nov 17, 2008

Clarissa rated it

Love every single one of these books, always sad when one ended and had to wait a year for the next!

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Mar 25, 2009

Jack Osider rated it

I'll eventually get around to rating each individual book, but for now this will have to do. What J.K. Rowling has done here, like many(many) other authors, is create a completely different world. Unlike many authors she has succeeded in creating a completly believable world, with characters that develope ever stronger with each book. The books start out showing the read this fantastical world, that exists within(very clever) modern day Britain. As the series continues Rowling begins to delve de...more

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Jan 26, 2009

Sandy rated it

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As a rule, I generally used to try and stay away from things that "everybody" was into. I didn't want to do things because everyone was doing them. Including reading books.

But, sometime after the third book came out, I saw The Sorcerer's Stone book on tape at my mom's house. I started to get curious wondering what all the fuss was about. I thought it couldn't hurt to listen to a little bit. I took the tapes home and listened to the book. I couldn't stop. I borrowed my mom's...more

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J.K. Rowling (Joanne "Jo" Rowling) is the writer behind the best selling "Harry Potter" series. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies and been the basis for a popular series of films.

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

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