Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling

I had this book almost immediately after it came out but I only started reading it weeks after. I was really looking forward to opening this mint-condition book and beginning reading, but was busy doing other things at the time. Once I started reading, I couldn't put the book down! It appealed to me so much as you just couldn't wait to turn the next page and read on. J.K.Rowling is an excellent writer for this and I love her rather simplistic yet exciting writing style. Harry Potter is a young boy who lives with his Uncle and the Dursley's. An evil dark wizard called Voldemort had killed his parents Lilly and James many years ago, and a distinct scar was left ...  Read the complete review

It is now 10 years since J.K.Rowling first told her story of Harry Potter and his time at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. But since then the first six books in the series have sold in excess of 325 millions copies worldwide and the seventh and final book in the series Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows was the first book to ever sell over 12 millions in the U.S alone! I will admit to having read the series three times at least. But I am now reading them again and thought it was about time I wrote my own Harry Potter review.. Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone is the first in the series of Seven Books written by J.K.Rowling about a ...  Read the complete review

Well i thought this book would be terrible so i didnt plan on reading it, but my brother bought it in a second hand book store in Spain and on the flight back i starteed to read. I was immediately immersed in the story, characters everything about it Well what is Harry Potter? Harry Potter is the story of a boy who for many years of his life has live with his aunt and uncle under the pretence that his mother and father died in a car crash. However on his eleventh birthday he is visited by a half-giant telling him hes a wizard. Well as you expect he thinks its a joke then he is dragged to a magical street where he buys and wand and other supplies before being ...  Read the complete review

Harry Potter thinks that he is an ordinary boy - until he is rescued by an owl, taken to Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry, learns to play quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel. The reason : Harry Potter is a wizard... Characters Harry Potter : Not the hero you would expect in this sort of book but the the cause of his heroism. When Harry was only a baby the most feared wizard in all the world was reigning, he was feared by all. He went after young Harry Potter and something about the boy spooked him when he went to kill him, powerful magic was released and Harry was protected from Voldermort and Voldermort fled in an unknown life ...  Read the complete review

I tried to resist. I really did. I tried so had to ignore the hype but eventually curiosity got the better of me and I had to submit. Yes, Harry Potter had me in his grasp. When I first heard about Harry Potter, I wondered what all the fuss was about. A book about a schoolboy wizard sounded ok – anything to get boys reading I thought. But then it wasn’t only 10-year-old boys who were raving about it. Their sisters were too. And then their parents started. New books about Harry Potter were being released and people were queuing up at ridiculous hours to get their hands on a copy. It was Buzz Lightyear all over again! I decided not to get ...  Read the complete review