Customer Reviews

Harry Putter and the Chamber of Cheesecakes

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(20)

 

 

We bought this a while ago and we loved it. Knowing the original "Potter" stories made it even better. My two older daughters thought it was hilarious, and my youngest just started reading it as well. We only wish the series was longer!

I'd give Harry Putter and the Chamber of Cheesecakes 2.5 stars if possible. I enjoyed most of the book. There are both hilariously funny sections and abysmally stupid parts.

Although this was probably meant to be a spoof of the Harry Potter books in general, it isn't a great one. That's partly because the author tried to do too much in one short volume, and partly because it was not well-edited and organized. Bits and pieces from several Harry Potter books were thrown in here and there to fill out the story and its characters, but the final result left some inconsistencies and occasional unfinished trains of thought or action.

I thought the book was titled and mostly written to spoof "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." That's only the vague framework of the story, however, as the time setting was just before and during the (offically) Sixth year at the school. Often the author goes off on tangents to fill in information from the past, usually in Harry's daydreams. The result was a rather disjointed story, but still fun with some bright spots of humor.

The funny parts include name alterations, odd and unexpectedly silly incantations, and what I'd call "opposite-talk" character and plot changes. Some of the funny parts had me laughing aloud. Others were just tolerable.

If you're a serious Harry Potter fan but wary of plot and character changes, either read with a grain of salt or don't read it. If you love Harry Potter books, enjoy fun silliness, and don't mind stupid jokes, you're likely to enjoy the book, or at least most of it.

Oh, one more thing---my Kindle e-book version had errors in the text. Occasionally some pieces of sentence were scrambled from one paragraph to another. Maybe it's just the change from the printed version to the electronic version that caused this?

If you are over the age of 10 and actually like the Harry Potter series, you will absolutely despise this book. It is a giant piece of crap that tries far too hard to be funny, and does a horrible job at it. It also reads like a 5th grade essay, just brutal, save your money.

I read the preview in the car, read it aloud to my mom and siblings, and they laughed so hard they cried. Absolutely fantastic.But it is a little expensive.

At first it was hilarious but then, when Harry Putter came home from the trial, he was mean and nasty. I do not know if I would recommend it to others.

I bought the sample and by the 2nd page was bored. It mixes a lot of random, rather stupid concepts together to create an awful read--I found typos and couldn't follow the plot at all. Don't even get the sample unless you want to see how bad it is.

A 1st grader could have written a better peice of literature. It wasn't remotly funny. It was so repeditive! A waste of time, i kept waiting for it to get funny... but it never did. Don't even waste your time with the sample.

i liked this book but it did not really pull me in it was cheesey but very funny hope you enjoy it and why did people write bad reviews it is just a joke

I read the whole Harry Potter series but couldn't buy it on my kindle fire. This series came.up as a result and I absolutely loved it I wish this series had more books though...

"Santa" bought this book for my son for Christmas. I quickly scanned the book when we received it, though with the Christmas rush, I admit I didn't read it in its entirety. My son was thrilled to have a new book based on his favorite series and laughed hysterically through most of it. However, towards the end I noticed he became very quiet and then burst into tears! The last two chapters are horribly violent and Santa shows up with a gun trying to kill Harry Putter!! Sick!! I immediately tossed the book in the garbage, where it belongs and I hope my son forgets he ever read it.