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marciapc's review against another edition
2.0
Sorry to say this is a shaky addition to the series.
The book includes some interesting details about real and mythical creatures along with trivia from the Harry Potter universe (hence the two stars). Padding it with excerpts from the books to introduce the creatures was a nice touch, and the illustrations were amusing. However, for the most part, it reads like a would-be article from a National Geographic Kids that was rejected for sounding too much like a bunch of Wikipedia entries pasted together.
Although no book in this series has come close to what made the original Hogwarts Library collection so great, this is definitely the weakest attempt yet.
The book includes some interesting details about real and mythical creatures along with trivia from the Harry Potter universe (hence the two stars). Padding it with excerpts from the books to introduce the creatures was a nice touch, and the illustrations were amusing. However, for the most part, it reads like a would-be article from a National Geographic Kids that was rejected for sounding too much like a bunch of Wikipedia entries pasted together.
Although no book in this series has come close to what made the original Hogwarts Library collection so great, this is definitely the weakest attempt yet.
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