Loved rereading it
5 stars
Read it 25 years ago and have to say that it hasn't lost it's magic.
Hardcover, 224 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 1999 by Bloomsbury.
4 stars
(77 reviews)
Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash'. He is bullied by them and his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of the day. Read and find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, the reason behind his parents mysterious death, who is out to kill him, and how he uncovers the …
Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash'. He is bullied by them and his fat, spoilt cousin Dudley, and lives a very unremarkable life with only the odd hiccup (like his hair growing back overnight!) to cause him much to think about. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose! He is literally rescued by a world where nothing is as it seems and magic lessons are the order of the day. Read and find out how Harry discovers his true heritage at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, the reason behind his parents mysterious death, who is out to kill him, and how he uncovers the most amazing secret of all time, the fabled Philosopher's Stone! All this and muggles too. Now, what are they?
Source: bloomsbury.com/uk/harry-potter-and-the-philosophers-stone-9780747545729/
Endless reviewed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #1)
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.
JohnnyCache reviewed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #1)
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 (Harry Potter, #1)
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 (Harry Potter, #1)
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.
lovmelovmycats reviewed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter, #1)
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! :)
Subjects
- Witches -- Fiction
- Wizards -- Fiction
- Schools -- Fiction
- England -- Ficiton
- Alchemy -- Juvenile fiction