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Great for the wee'uns is J.K Rowlings Harry Potter

Advantages: Good Story, Easy to read.
Disadvantages: Too young, badly written, cliched, full of broken metaphors, not as captivating as it was.

Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone was first read by myself when i was about 10 years old, and to be honest i loved it! It was new and exciting, full of magic and enthusiasm, i even wished that on my own 11th birthday i would receive a letter, even though i knew it wasn't real. However, now that I am 16, i feel that Harry Potter books have somewhat lost the edge they used to have. The writing is too easy to follow and it fails to keep me captivated ...
...mean no offence, the writing is not that good, it is repetitive and cliched. The story itself is fantastic and a work of genius, this is shown by the films, however the books are rubbish. I find that as the books went a long they di appeal more to the older teenager. But the Philosophers Stonme, is now, too boring. So, although the book is very good for younger people, the writing is rubbish. Story would get a thumbs up but on the literary point ...

LaurenRebecca92 14.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K. Rowling

Guess who's back in the magical world...

Advantages: Very interesting plotline, longer than the previous novels
Disadvantages: None that I can think of - maybe that I don't recommend buying the paperback copy!

...read or even heard of Harry Potter (I really don't know why; maybe I was too young, I was around eleven at that time), however the attractive cover immediately caught my eye and I managed to convince my brother to persuade our mum and dad to buy it for us. The novel immediately captured all my attention, and I had read more than half the novel on the journey back home. Goblet of Fire is the first book that I read in the Harry Potter series, and the ...
...and two hundred miles away, Harry wakes up, with his distinctive forehead scar in pain. After a disastrous meeting between the Dursleys and the Weasleys (at Privet Drive), Harry attends to the Quidditch World Cup Final between Bulgaria and Ireland. The plot quickly turns sinister when the night celebrations after the match are disturbed by the presence of the Dark Eaters, signalling the return of Lord Voldemort. The wizarding world is immediately ...

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Review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling

The Culminating Point

Advantages: FANTASTIC
Disadvantages: None

...made with impatience and longing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is quite simply, the climax of the building up and tension that were being built up by the six previous books. I would rather describe this closing book to the series as being an explosion of previous events. It certainly does carry elements that the readers would not have been able to even attempt a guess at. Being an avid fan of the series, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and ...
...not considered as Pure-Bloods. Will Harry finally manage to fulfill his destiny as the Chosen One or will the prophecy ensure as one will die while the other lives? And how many deaths are there going to be along the way? I would like to apologize for a rather short plot description (especially when the book is so huge in comparison!), but if I say anything more than that, I will just end up handing spoilers over! I think that this in itself clearly ...

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Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling

Harry's second year!

Advantages: A brilliant read.
Disadvantages: None Whatsoever.

...second in the sequel of Harry Potter. Most books have a first brilliant book and the ones that follow are a bit of a letdown, but not this one! This is just as magical, interesting and readable as the first book in the sequel and then all the ones that follow. The main characters; Harry, Ron and Hermione are about to start their second year at school - but this is no ordinary school! It's Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And this is no ...
...the wonderful, exciting world of Hogwarts in this book and the rest. This book is suitable for all ages, though as Harry grows up through the books, so does how the books are written which is very clever of JK Rowling which proves what a great author she is. ...

jeniilouise 07.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling

[SPOILER]Messers moony wormtail padfoot and prongs

Advantages: i can get a good read out of this
Disadvantages: not very much about voldemort in this one

Harry potter and the prisoner of Azkaban: Well what can I say I read the first to and was craving for more so when the third came out I ran straight down to Tesco grabbed a book an went to the check outs... there was a really long cue so whilst waiting in the cue I decided to start reading. Halfway through the cue I was on chapter 17. Half an hour later ready to pay for the book I didn't want to let go of it so as soon as the lady scanned it I took ...
...reached out for the first Harry potter book I read them all again. I was only disappointed because it really didn't have much on Voldemort in this one and I had to wait a while for the 4th book. To me this really wasn't much of an adventure although I still love the book it could have had more about Voldemort in it. !!!PLOT!!! Harry Potter is about to start his third year at Hogwarts where he learns how to conjure patronusses read tea leaves and ...

rockchick2k7 02.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling