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

The inestimably awful Paul Daniels used to have a catchphrase, 'That's MAGIC!', which he used to gleefully intone whenever the opportunity arose, to everyone's intense irritation. Unfortunately, that catchphrase, with all its unpleasant connotations and memories, is very, very apt when you think about the startlingly ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

Until very recently, I was a complete Harry virgin. The flurry of excitement that preceded each new sequel completely passed me by, and as for the film - well the whole hype about that held as much interest for me as a bowlful of broccoli. In fact, so un-converted was I that for ages I thought J K Rowling’s book for Comic Relief was called ...  Read the complete review

Three of my children (aged 8, 9 and 11) are huge Harry Potter fans. They devoured the four books, eager for more. They desperately tried to convince us to read them too, but we didn’t bother. We had our own huge piles of books to read, it didn’t look appealing, we had grown out of kids’ books decades ago…. Then we ...  Read the complete review

I discovered Harry Potteer many years ago, aslongtime before the hype, poularity and whisphers of a film. I enjoy reading reading books and by local bookshop owner recommended this to me, I was not interested in it because I thought it would be a waste of time with all this silly 'magical' talk, but I was very wrong. My mum bought me ...  Read the complete review

I appreciate that this is essentially a book for children, but being an adult reader with no little people of my own, I am obliged to take it as I find it. Hopefully this op will offer you something a bit different. Ok, the unavoidable plot bit. Harry Potter is a wizard from a wizarding family. His parents are killed by a wizard gone bad, ...  Read the complete review

I know that this is perhaps one of the most over-reviewed books on the website, but having been one of the pessimists that assumed I wouldn't enjoy Harry Potter, I feel it is a duty of mine to write this review and explain how much my opinion has changed. Approaching the book with trepidation and a high degree of cynicism, I began ...  Read the complete review

Is there anyone who doesn't know the storyline to Harry Potter 1 - i doubt it - although for this review I will review the story. Harry Potter lives with his aunt, uncle and cousin, who can only be compared as the evil stepmother and ugly sisters in Cinderella. It is revelaed from the beginning that Harry is special but the reasons for this ...  Read the complete review

Harry Potter is a brilliant book, so much so that I have yet to meet a person aged 9+ that didn't thoroughly enjoy it. This enchanting book is about Harry, Ron, Hermione, their friends (and enemies!) and their adventures together in Hogwarts Witches & Wizards School. Harry & his chums get into tricky scrapes, such as the one when he ...  Read the complete review

With the general release of the Harry Potter movie imminent, it seemed no less than my duty to write an opinion about the first (and my personal favourite) book in the series. I was until very recently, apprehensive about jumping on the bandwagon and reading these books, but within the first 10 pages of the very first book though, I was hooked. ...  Read the complete review

I must be one of only a few people not to have read this book. With the film about to be launched and my young niece begging me to take her to watch it, I thought that I had better find out what was causing Potter mania. And so on Sunday morning I picked it up and didn't put it down until early evening, having read he whole book. THE ...  Read the complete review

Ok lm sure you are all well and truly fed up of hearing about this little chap Potter, but lve only recently discovered him, and lm still reeling at how outstanding the books are! Joanne Rowling (the K stands for Kathleen which is after her grandmother, was inserted into her name to make is sound more manly on the instructions of her ...  Read the complete review

My name is Richard smith and I like Harry potter he is a wizard. And he gets up to all kinds of mischief. The book of Harry potter is my favourite book. In the story Harry potters uncle Mr Dursley he is not quite nice to Harry potter. Harry potter gets locked in a cupboard at mr Dursleys house. Dursley is not a nice person he was worse when Harry ...  Read the complete review

Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone is a great book once you start you just can’t stop. Harry Potter Was a baby at first he lived with his parents named Lily And James Potter, they all lived happily until a person called Lord Voldermort (He Who Must Not Be Named). His parents died but he survived some how. Lord Voldermort tried ...  Read the complete review

There are over a hundred reviews on this book already, so there's probably not much left to say. I thought I'd put in my two penneth anyway, just so nobody thinks I have nothing to say on the subject. If you've decided to take my advice and not read any further, thanks for the click and have a nice day. I had heard of Harry ...  Read the complete review

I can not speak highly enough of this series. Of course, I have always been a fan of the young adult fantasy series. My favourite to date is The Wrinkle in Time Quintuplet by Madeline L'Engle. But I must say J.K. Rowling has a way with her descriptions. She describes the two worlds with such detail I feel like I've met Harry, Hagrid, ...  Read the complete review

With the Harry Potter film almost upon us and the inevitable media barrage, McDonalds promotions and general Pottermania I decided I had better find out what the fuss was all about. The book that caught my eye was “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” which is the third book in the series. It was slightly reduced in ...  Read the complete review

Anyone who thinks that the Harry Potter books are purely for Chrildren couldn't be more wrong! I will admit that I picked up Harry Potter & The Philosophers Stone as an "in between" book - I had been reading a lot of crime fiction (Minette Walters, Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson) at the time, and wanted something easy to ...  Read the complete review

The last time I read a book must have been when it was compulsory in English lessons at school. That was a few years ago now as I'm in my second year at college. Other than that I just haven't found time to read properly. Until this summer that is... On the way back from our family holiday in Florida waiting at the airport I was ...  Read the complete review

The days of Pokalese, with their Pikachu, Blastoise and Charmander, are long gone, and the chatter of the young these days involves Hogwarts, Hagrid and Quidditch. The root of this new vocabulary is the fruits of one of the most gifted of today's writers for children, the very, very wonderful J K Rowling and the world she has manufactured ...  Read the complete review