Synopsis : Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy. He lives with Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and his cousin, Dudley, who make him sleep in a cupboard under the stairs. Then Harry starts receiving mysterious letters and his life is changed forever. He is whisked away by a beetle eyed giant of a man and enrolled in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The reason: Harry Potter is a wizard!
The Review: To be honest, I`d bought this book long back but never read it because I thought Harry Potter was lame. I never watched the movie either. But how wrong I was! I read the book last week and loved it. I couldn't put it down. It was my first book about wizards and magic. I also watched the movie after I was done with the book. But I enjoyed the book much much better. I`ve already decided to order the next part. Also, Dumbledore, the headmaster of the school was my favorite character. He is wise and speaks so calmly even in the worst of worst situations.
The use of language is good. Also to write a story like this and capture the reader is an amazing job done by the author. I would recommend this book to anybody. I wasn't fan of wizards, but I did enjoy the book.
Praise for the book:
The Herald, said, "I have yet to find a child who can put it down.
In 1997 the UK edition won a National Book Award and a gold medal in the 9 to 11 year-olds category of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
By mid-2008 official translations of the book were published in 67 languages. Bloomsbury have published translations in Latin and in Ancient Greek, and the latter was described as "one of the most important pieces of Ancient Greek prose written in many centuries"
My Favorite quotes/lines:
'It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live'
'Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself'.
'The truth,' Dumbledore sighed. 'It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution...
Even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.
Death is but the next great adventure.
Humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things which are worst for them.
X HAPPY READING FOLKS! x
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