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

Times Literary Supplement

One of the greatest literary adventures of modern times

Sunday Telegraph

Spellbinding, enchanting, bewitching stuff

Mirror