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This book is amazing... beginning can be a little rough to get through, but after that, it is amazing. Harry Potter helped get me through High School. Seriously, one of the best books ever!!!
It may have taken me 18 years to finally sit down and read Harry Potter, but it was worth the wait. I thoroughly enjoyed this, both for myself and in delicious anticipation of being able to read it to my children when they are old enough. Perhaps some of the magic was taken away because I had seen the film of this, the first Harry Potter, but I am so pleased I haven't seen all of the films so some of the later books are really going to be a surprise. I can't wait.
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I don't really know what I can say about this. I acknowledge that this book is highly regarded by many, but I would not have picked this up if it weren't for a school assignment. Yes, I read this one for school. It was to argue for or against this book meeting classic criteria for becoming a classic.
I argued against it. I felt that Potter was a whiney pansy that fell short of personal growth and the moral integrity of a true hero. I might have been harsh on young Potter, but I truly felt he fai ...more
I argued against it. I felt that Potter was a whiney pansy that fell short of personal growth and the moral integrity of a true hero. I might have been harsh on young Potter, but I truly felt he fai ...more
I really enjoyed this, but I was not in love with it as I thought I would be. It was a fun ride and I appriciated the extra details (absent in the movie), especially the beginning of the novel. I think the scenes were of his living condition and his family were much more apalling in my mind (compared to the movie). I am not sure if watching the movie first affected my response to the novel, but I found that I enjoyed the parts of the book that I liked in the movie. I look forward to reading more
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OK, so I like these stories written for children. I am really susceptible to curling up on the couch with a good story for fun! It takes me back to good times as a child. Or perhaps I never got enough of good stories.
This is written clearly for children, but there is enough intrigue and character development to entertain an adult. This is a simple story of a young orphan who finds out that he has wizard parentage and goes off to wizard school. This is his first year at the boarding school and th ...more
This is written clearly for children, but there is enough intrigue and character development to entertain an adult. This is a simple story of a young orphan who finds out that he has wizard parentage and goes off to wizard school. This is his first year at the boarding school and th ...more
