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Lots of reviews today :)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling

Okay, I'm getting ready to eat some serious humble pie here.

That was a truly enjoyable book. For a 'kids book' it was pretty cool.

That's as much as your going to get from me.

What impressed me the most about this book was that there was an amazing amount of foreshadowing in this book. There were more than I would expect from children's literature, and more than I have seen in many an 'adult book'. Nearly everything that happens ties in with the plot, and even seemingly inconsequential things (like wizard's cards) had some relevance further down the line.

The plot was surprisingly complex. Okay, so I guessed what was happening some-time before Harry and co, but then I do have a good thirteen years on them. Still, it was a pleasure to read.

The writing was simple, but with a stong voice. If I do have one problem with Rowling's writing it's that there was the occassional weak or awkward sentence, and a few patches of dialogue that seemed to me clumsy and stilted.

I think I'll feel a little less ashamed about reading the rest of them (although I might not be doing it in public ;)