Loved rereading it
5 stars
Read it 25 years ago and have to say that it hasn't lost it's magic.
Paperback, 309 pages
English language
Published Aug. 15, 2008 by Scholastic.
4 stars
(77 reviews)
Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years.
But all that is about change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed. There he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic around every corner, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him...if Harry can survive the encounter. (back cover)
Classic
4 stars
A great start to what became a great experience reading the series with my wife and oldest daughter over the next three years.
Review of "Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers (Harry Potter, #1)" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
2015 review:
When I first read this book I hated it. I couldn't even finish. But now... I love the Harry Potter series more than anything else (except maybe my family). Thank you J.K. Rowling for writing this masterpiece.
All was well.
Review of French translation in 2021:
While reading this in French for the first time, I found it fascinating to see what could and couldn't be effectively translated. Much of the humour, names etc. are steeped in Britishness which didn't necessarily come through in the translation. That's not to say the translator didn't do a fantastic job, just that there is a lot that isn't able to be translated without losing a bit of the cultural meaning behind it (eg. 'ickle' as in 'ickle Duddykins' or 'ickle firsties is translated to 'petit', which doesn't have the same 'baby talk'/mocking connotations, it just means small.)
Review of "Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal / Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Me gusta escuchar español. Yo estudio la idioma.
Review of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This was a great book. I bet it would make a million dollars if they made a movie about it!
CountStex reviewed Harry Potter og De Vises Sten by J. K. Rowling
Review of 'Harry Potter og De Vises Sten' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
4 years, and 4 days later and I've finished reading! No Danish isn't quite that hard to read, but it's certainly slower going still, even with a story I know pretty well. Glad I'm reading more again now I have some reading glasses though!
Chelle reviewed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Review of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
So much magic in these books, and I'm not referring to wand flicks and incantations. The world that JKR has created is just magic in and of itself. Call me silly, but I get teary-eyed when I think of it. Dumbledore especially. I haven't reread the books in a long time, and when I read about him and how ALIVE he was, all sparkly-knowing eyes giving Harry, Hermione and Ron the tools they'd need to do the things that others would say they shouldn't...
I'm not making a lot of sense I know. But I just love these books.
jkb reviewed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Review of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I always wanted to read the books after I saw the movies. I was surprised how much the first book and the movie are the same. There was nothing added to the movie. The book though did have it's differences that made the story enjoyable.
Review of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I just re-read this book (February 2013), this time reading it to my seven year old. It's just better with kiddos! She loves it. The movie is also better through a kid's eyes.
I didn't give her any spoilers, and she fully expected Snape to be an agent of Voldemort. As she would think, since the main characters think so too!
Also she thinks that Harry and Hermione might develop a romantic relationship. That's the kind of thing you think when you read 'em for the first time! :)
