Top tags: fantasy, harry potter, fiction, magic, young adult (all tags)
“I just listened to the audiobook, and the initial impact of this story has not been lost in the years since my first reading. The sense of bewilderment, awe and innocent righteousness comes through with every word. One comment about the audiobook: Jim Dale's inflections for Hermoine is much, much, much too whiny to give her character the strength it demands.”
“Worthless. Although Rowling is able to construct an interesting premise, and even some clever character prototypes, the book is completely devoid of value.The plot is predictable, the characters are all painfully one-dimensional, and Dr. Seuss had a better mastery of verbal imagery. "The gnome had a big nose" does not generate a picture in the mind's eye. Although I'm told the rest of the books of the series mature along with the characters, I was never able to bring...”
“I LOVE THIS BOOK! :)”
“I loved the movies, so I was really escited about reading this, but I read it...and it was almost horrible. There's no description, character developement, or anything. I didn't like the book, but I'll give it three stars because the movies were so good.”
“As the first of the series, the book starts the story out nicely. I've read it at least ten times in the past year. The beginning is a little boring but it gets good as you go on. ”
“my friends were trying to get me to read them for sooo long and when i finally started the first book and could not stop reading i read the fist and half the second one in three days and i am almost done with the second one which i will probably finish today!”
“I liked this book, I think Rowling has a great imagination and she made it great! I started reading this is 1st grade, and I've seriously read it 10 times and I still love it! Great job, J. K. Rowling!”
