Harry Potter Coloring Book Paperback – Coloring Book, November 10, 2015

The quality is amazing. It arrived on time for my daughter’s birthday. Lots of pages to color and the pictures are well detailed.

Great gift

Does this even need a review? Is it even worth writing?! I will though, because I feel I owe that to this coloring book.I am, and have been since 1999, a die hard Harry Potter fan. I'm 26 now, and I still love it just as much as I did in 5th grade, so when this coloring book came out, two thoughts came to mind:1. This is going to look awesome in my collection!2. I can't wait to color the heck out of this book! (I used censorship, you're welcome Amazon).I received my coloring book yesterday, no thanks to UPS and their delayed delivery which had me on edge all weekend, but that's neither here nor there, so back to the coloring book....I colored one picture last night using watercolor markers and OMG IT IS THE BEST LET ME TELL YOU, I CANNOT GET OVER HOW AWESOME THIS BOOK IS! The pictures are really detailed, the paper is thick and prevents markers and pens from bleeding through, and the selection of artwork is phenomenal. This isn't just some kids coloring book where there are large pictures on crappy quality recycled paper, this is thick cardstock like pages with intricate details and elaborate designs. For less than $10, you can relive the magic too. The book comes with colored pictures in the back and movie stills so you can reference if you're looking to get authentic coloring in.I'm ordering another just so I can have a mint uncolored one to keep in my collection.

Very detailed! I love Harry Potter but I think I bit off more than I can chew! I love it though.

The media could not be loaded. Attached to this review will be a silent flip-through of the entire coloring book so you can make an informed decision as to whether or not it will work for you.Rather than discuss how this is like or different from the books and/or movie series except to note that the iconic images seem to be taken primarily from the movie, I will discuss only how I feel about it as an adult coloring book.The book is illustrated by a variety of artists and it shows. Some of the designs are simply drawn and some are complex, a few with small intricate details that may be difficult to color. I am really glad that they did not over draw the faces with too much detail as I will be able to add my own blending (this was a problem with the recent Sherlock coloring book.) Some of the designs are quite heavy on black spaces – something I would have preferred to put in myself. Otherwise, the designs are well done artistically. They have included glossy pages at the end of the book – perhaps so we can know what colors are to be used or simply as a fun addition to the book.The book is printed on both sides of off-white heavyweight and non-perforated paper. A good number of the designs are printed across two pages and merge into the bind (which is glued rather than sewn.) I did a count and this is what I came up with: 40 one page designs, 4 of which are “wallpaper” repeating patterns; 19 designs spread across two pages – 5 of which are wallpaper style designs. Unfortunately, a good many of the iconic scenes were in the ones that were spread across two sheets. I was able to bend the binding enough to get the book to lay flat and found that the pages lines up very well and I didn't lose any of the picture into the binding itself.What was weird for me is the smell of the book. I can only think that it is the ink and/or the paper but I had several individuals smell it and we all said it was reminiscent of mildew. I've bought inexpensive paperback books in the past with the same odor and I have never been able to figure out what it is. It is not mildew but it kind of smells like it. The smell is present inside and also on the cover. If you are sensitive to scent, you may want to take this into consideration.I tested my coloring tools: all markers bleed through though Staedler triplus fineliners merely left a shadow of color rather than full ink – but you could tell what the color was from the back of the page. Gel pens did not leak through but again, there was a very light shadow. The paper did well with various coloring pencils.In the end, the fact that ink could leak through and the pages were printed doubled sided was enough for me to take away a point. It forces me into coloring pencils of losing part of the book. I wish the book had perforated paper but I don't detract for that. The odor – well, that may be only a few books, so again, I won't take away for that but do check to see if yours has a similar smell.

I got this as a secret santa gift for a coworker and she loves it! It did take a little bit to come in, probably due to the holidays, but it arrived perfectly and everything looked good!

Fun pictures to color. Great for Harry Potter fans.

This was a gift to my wife. It is a young adult - adult coloring book. Probably not as useful for small children due to the very small detail work in the book. However that's what makes it a 5 star item - it gets its target audience and has images that are detailed, take time to complete, and are very in tune with images from the movies, illustrations from the books, and descriptions from the text of the book (all info as-per my wife).It meets her expectations, and for 10 dollars, the value is there due to the time to complete a page and the number of pages.The paper is thicker than traditional coloring books for children and lends itself to the coloring. You do not imprint on pages below unless you really press hard on the page. My wife doesn't remove pages from the book but she indicated it would be easy to do without hurting the binding of the book. However she said it did not have perforations to assist in page removal. Again though, she insisted that for an adult coloring book it would not be a desirable trait.Overall she is very happy with this gift and the quality of the product.