Awesome

This book is as awesome as the three previous books by the same author! Really enjoyed reading it. Loving the adventures Harry and his friends face. I've read all seven Harry Potter books many times and never get bored! They are a good read!

Excellent. Very enjoyable, particularly as it's unabridged.

I loved the Harry Potter books and therefore wanted to buy the cassettes. When I found out that they weren't full-cast dramatisations I had a few misgivings. I didn't think one person would be able to do the book justice. I was wrong - Stephen Fry is excellent and each character has a distinctive voice (Hagrid's is especially good). Although it is long, it definitely does not drag on. I would recommend it to anyone - children will find it enthralling as will adults. It's also great to have on in the background or on a long journey. Hope this is helpful!!

faster leaner stronger...

This Book is much better than the first two, The pace is faster, the writing style stronger and the content leaner, more compact but more in depth...

Great for learning spanish

Harry Potter books are always great, this is no exception. A great choice for keeping up to date with the spanish language.

Harry Potter and the goblet of fire is the best book of all.

Harry Potter and the goblit of fire is the most exiting book of all time.It is very very adventures and there is one big twist.I know that you will enjoy it.

No Problems so far

Goods received promptly and well packed. CD box set sealed in cellophane not yet opened as purchased for a gift

Excellent

What else can you say about the harry potter series other than its excellent, its great for everyone from young to old. the perfect read.

only beaten by one other

firstly, these books are NOTHING like LOTR trilogy, nothing! ok, i'll give it to the other reviewer that 'wormtail' and 'wormtongue' are similar names... thats it, really! comparing the 2 for their species of characters? well, lets include the chronicles of narnia, sabrina the teenage witch and every other sci-fi/fantacy book out there shall we? theyve got as much in common as chocolate and sherbet.

these books are as gripping and stunning as any book, but its very easy to read, and very adictive. by the end of book 5 (available seperately) you've fallen in love with the characters and the wizarding world.its a must read for everyone who is a kid at heart and enjoys a good easy read. i love them, as does my sister who now has her own set of books! the only books that beat them is the His Dark Materials Trilogy, which is more mature than Harry, and a lot more emotional.

BUY THESE BOOKS!!!!!!!!!

Superb!

Im a massive Harry Potter fan and already have all the books, I bought this for my Son who loves it. J K Rowling is one of a kind.

This book is amazing

This is a fantastic book and i have read it over and over again. J.K Rowling is a very talented woman and she has a very gifted mind

love hate relationship

ordered a month ago, still waiting to receive it, the book is good, not sure about amazon uk!!!!

Complete?

Is this collection the abridged or un abridged version? it does not say in the description...

Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix (The best book I have ever read)

I am now writing from when the seventh book has been released and I can still say that this book is the best of the whole series. I love it! It's got all the information you need about Harry's best year at Hogwarts. First he get's attacked by dementor's, then he get's sentenced to a hearing, next he meets the Order of the Phoenix, a group of peole that fought Voldemort last time, then he goes to his hearing and is cleared of all charges, he then goes to Hogwarts and meet's Luna Lovegood, a Ravenclaw in Ginny's year. The school is being taken over by the Ministry of Magic. They have sent the evil Delores Umbridge to take Defence Against the Dark Arts. She wastes no time in telling Harry that he is a liar and Voldemort has not returned. She then gives him detention. The detention is cutting his hand open with a quill that makes you write in your own blood. Harry has had enough. Umbridge isn't teaching them any magic so he get's a team together called Dumbledores Army. Once a weak they meet in a secret room called the room of requirement. There Harry teaches the Army magic for when they fight death eaters or Voldemort. At Christmas Harry get's cornered by Cho Chang a girl he's fancied for a while. They kiss under the mistletoe. That night Harry has a dream that he is a snake and he is attacking Mr Weasley. Thank's to Harry Arthur is saved and they visit him in the hospital at Christmas. At the next meeting of the DA Harry is caught by Umbridge and taken to Dumbledore's office. Cornelius Fudge is there but he no longer want's to be friendly with Harry. He thinks he is telling attention seeking stories and that he has an Army at Dumbledores command. Dumbledore admits to starting the team and knocks out Umbridge and Fudge. It turns out Cho's friend Marrieta has told Umbridge of the Army. Harry and Cho fall out over this. Also over Christmas Harry found out he was taking Occulemcy lessons with Snape to try and stop Voldemort from using his mind. When Snape has to go out for a while harry sees Snape being bullied by his father. Snape had told the truth about his father being a horrible teenager! Soon Fred and George Weasley get annoyed by the new head mistress- Umbridge! They send fireworks all around school, make a gigantic swamp on the Charms floor and send Nifflers into Umbridge's office. They then fly out of Hogwarts on their brooms. That night Harry sees another dream of Sirius getting tortured by Voldemort. He tries to comtact him through a fire but is caught by Umbridge. She is about to use the Cruciatus curse on Harry when Hermione makes up a fake plan and they lead Umbridge into the Forbidden Forest. She is attacked by Centaurs and taken away. Harry and Hermione are then joined by Ron, Ginny, Neville and Luna. They fly to the department of Mysteries in the ministry by thestral, whcih is a skeletal horse that you can only see if you have seen death. They get inside the department and find themselves in a room with lot's of orbs. Harry find's one with his name on it. Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange jump out and ask for the prophecy. Harry refuses and run's with his freinds behind his heels. They get chased through rooms by the deatheaters and then there is only Harry and Neville concious. Suddenly the Order of the Phoenix appear and take on the Death Eaters. But they couldn't stop Bellatrix Lestrange killing Sirius. Harry chases her but realises that he smashed the prophecy. Voldemort appears but Dumbledores saves Harry and duals the Dark Lord. Voldemort escapes and then back in Dumbledore's office Dumbledore tells Harry that Professor Trelawney wrote the prophecy and it said"NEATHER CAN LIVE WHILE THE OTHER SURVIVES" Dumbledore also tells him that it could have been Neville that was famous with a scar upon his head.<br />On the train Harry finds out that the Ministry know Voldemorts back. Ginny tell's Harry that Cho is now dating Michael Corner her ex. Harry wasn't surprised to feel that this didn't hurt<br /><br /><br /><br />THE END

More fun for Latinate Potter fans

This volume follows on the heels of the same translator's Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis, and is as enjoyable a read as its predecessor. The book is, as would be expected, a quicker and easier read if you are already familiar with N's style: no convoluted Ciceronian periods, but a more anglicised syntax demonstrating a thorough command of vocabulary, grammar and idiom - a real tour de force. Some familiar vocabulary reappears of course: manubrium scoparum (broomstick), citrina fervescens (sherbet lemon, p166), ludus Caledonicus (golf, pp5, 58). Ingenious neologisms include vitritersoria (windscreen wipers, p57), quadrulas duplices panis (sandwiches, p65), aeronaves salientes inversa vi propulsae (jump jets, p98), Roentgeniani radii (X-rays, p117), baculum missile Antipodum (boomerang, p137), fervefactorium (kettle, p211) and libum transatlanticum baccarum conditura confertum (jam doughnut, p275).<br /><br />But it is the ingenuity of how the vocabulary is deployed which is the major source of enjoyment. Hence `Touchdown!' - terram habemus (p25); `Harry stepped over a pack of Self-Shuffling playing cards' - Harrius iit supra acervum chartularum lusoriarum Se Sponte Miscentium (p32); `freshly caught Cornish pixies' - pixii Dumnoniorum nuper capti (p80); `The minutes snailed by' - minuta cursu cochleae, ut ita dicam, praeteribant (p95). Nor are literary effects wanting: `Miserable, moaning, moping Myrtle' becomes Myrta maesta, maerens, miserabilis (p109), and, as in the previous book, couplets are used when appropriate:<br /><br />`Oh Potter, you rotter, oh what have you done?<br />You're killing off students, you think it's good fun':<br />quid scelus admisti, mihi dic, o pessime Potter,<br /> cui placet assiduo caedere discipulos? (p165, cf. p194)<br /><br />I spotted only a few typos (contahere, p30; dificillimum, p74, resposum p196, Voldemart p229, effeciebat p243, quiquaginta p249, inucundum p273), but these do not detract a jot from the pleasure this volume gives. I look forward to the appearance of Harrius Potter et Captivus Azkabani.

Better and better

A rattling good read whatever your age. Rowling's carefully constructed and never-flagging story keep you hooked all the way through; I felt like a 12-year-old again reading this and the preceding books. Though each one is a self-contained adventure, the series builds up an ongoing story that leaves you wondering where it will go from here, and how it will ultimately end, and this one, more than its predecessors, leaves the reader in serious doubt that it will all end happily - Rowling is not afraid to pull her punches with her young readership - good for her! - and this is as dark and scary a children's book as you are ever likely to find. However there is, it seems to me, one glaring hole in the story which she seems to gloss over, or did I miss something-?
And has anyone else noticed that 'Voldemort' is French for 'Theft of death'?

did you think you knew all about j.k. rowling?

I loved this book it tells you great facts like snap is based on j.k. rowlings least favorite teacher!I'm not telling you no more you have to get to read it!

Un'avventura fantastica.

Questo libro, il primo della serie, e fantastico per tutti- ragazzi e adulti! La storia di un ragazzino che si scopre mago e racontata da Rowlings con molta fantasia, cosi che il lettore viene trasportato nel magico mondo di Hogwarts con i suoi magi, creature impossibili, e avventure incredibili. Harry e i suoi amici diventano quasi reali. Un libro difficile da posare, che fa ridere, fa paura, e fa sognare.

Lets hope JK gets back on form for book 6

This book introduces many new characters and deals with Harry going through adolescence. The main problem with the book is that it doesnt contain enough for your seven or eight hundred pages - in fact it it positvely crammed with detail you just dont need. Listening to the tapes read by Stephen Fry I am at Chapter Seven and so far I feel that Chapters One and Two should be one chapter of 1/2 the length, chapter 5 is mostly redundant and chapter six while it contains lots of relevant information on family trees is twice as long as necessary, as so on.
The book should be 400 paegs long for what it covers.

Truly Magical

These are some of the most imaginative books I have read in a long time, including Harry Potter itself of course. JK Rowling's imagination must be the size of a universe to have so many complex ideas. Both books are well worth it and they donate money to Comic Relief.