“And you thought wizardry was for children. Harry Potter will make you think again. He casts his spells on grown-ups too” –  James Naughtie

“Funny, imaginative, magical … In the 2020s, thirty-something book-lovers will know each other by smug references to Diagon Alley and Quidditch” –  The Times

“The Harry Potter stories will join that small group of children's books which are read and reread into adulthood” –  TLS

“One of the greatest literary adventures of modern times” –  Sunday Telegraph

“Spellbinding, enchanting, bewitching stuff” –  Mirror