Harry Potter Inside

Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0747573603
Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Average Customer Review: (From 27 total reviews)
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Editorial Reviews

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Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon’s house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him who’s parents have been killed in a ‘car crash’. He is bullied by them and his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of the day. Read and find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, the reason behind his parents mysterious death, who is out to kill him, and how he uncovers the most amazing secret of all time, the fabled Philosopher’s Stone! All this and muggles too. Now, what are they? This is Jo’s first book and she has already written seven outlines for Harry’s further adventures at Hogwarts. She lives in Edinburgh.

Customer Reviews

the beginning of a classical series by A. Brookshire
J. K. Rowling introduces to us in this fabulous story, the tale of a young boy who is anything but average. You see Harry is a wizard who has been sent to live with his muggle relatives after the death of his parents. His relatives try to thwart his becoming a wizard by any means possible. This causes Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to send Hagrid the game keeper to bring him to Hogwarts and thus begins the magical tale of how a young oppressed boy finds friendships, danger, and a mortal ememy who wants nothing less than his death. This is the fast paced tale of a high-flying sport, Quidditch, potions and spells, and intrigue where things are not what they seem. Highly recommended as the start of a classical series.

What in the world was I waiting for? by Paul Weiss
Most decidedly curmudgeonly! Yes, that’s it. One of the few remaining people on the planet who hadn’t read any of the Harry Potter novels and, like Vernon Dursley, my initial reaction to all this wizard and magic rubbish was a very mugglish “stuff and nonsense”. I admit it. As I read the first few pages, my initial thoughts were that this was all quite silly. Where had this Harry Potter phenomenon come from and what did everybody see in it?

But then, very quickly actually, JK Rowling, undoubtedly a graduate of Hogwarts herself, began to weave a most hypnotic magical spell and I was hooked. Transported to that child-like garden of delights at Hogwarts - a land of fantasy, witches, warlocks, trolls, spells, potions, charms and, for the readers, total enjoyment and smiles - I fell in love with Harry, Hermione, all of their Gryffindor classmates, and with Dumbledore’s paternal wisdom and I cheered wildly as Harry, the team seeker, dove and swooped in quest of the Snitch during their quidditch matches.

There is a benefit, of course, to having waited so long to read my first Harry Potter novel, you know. I’ve got six to go and now I can pick them up, one after another, just as quickly as I want to with no waiting for years at a time for the next book to be published. Eat your hearts out everyone! I claim membership in the legion of Rowling’s happy fans.

Highly recommended.

Paul Weiss

The book that started it all… by Doris Regina
I write this review from not only the viewpoint of a mother but also as an avid reader and new JK Rowling fan. I had bought the American (Scholastic) version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for my then 11 year old child several years ago. I, like many other parents, thought it nothing more than a children’s book and did not really have much interest in reading it at that time.

It took 7 books and 5 movies, before I began to realize that maybe there was something to the Harry Potter books then just a children’s tale. The 5th movie left me with a lot of unanswered and confusing questions to which my 17 year old replied,”If you want to know who, what, where, and when Mom, you NEED to read the books! I’m not going to tell you ANYTHING else!”

So, I picked up her first book and proceeded to read the rest of the books in a matter of two months. By that time, I found myself addicted. These books literally are quite difficult to put down once you start. So here I am with my OWN Harry Potter book for my own collection.

I find the UK version quite similar to the American version with perhaps a change in a handful of words here and there. I’m not sure why they felt the need to have an American version when the UK version reads perfectly fine.

As it was JK Rowlings first venture, I think there a couple of areas which could have been better developed, but otherwise, I find the Philosopher’s Stone a great read for readers of all ages with more emphasis to the teenage to adult population. With it’s recurrent dark themes, it’s definitely NOT a children’s book.

I recommend this book and this entire series to anyone who likes to read about a whole new world that exists in our imagination.

Engaged from the Start by G
I got the UK adult edition to add to my collection that complements the U.S. version. Unlike the U.S. versions however, all UK editions (for adults and children) do not contain chapter art.

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