"Till now there's been no magic for Harry Potter. He lives with the miserable Dursleys and their abominable son, Dudley. Harry's room is a tiny closet beneath the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in eleven years.
But then a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to an incredible place called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And there he finds not only friends, flying sports on broomsticks, and magic in everything from classes to meals, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him... if Harry can survive the encounter."
--back cover
Review of 'Ο Χάρι Πότερ και η φιλοσοφική λίθος' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Δεν είναι περίεργο που το βιβλίο αυτό (και όλη η σειρά νομίζω) μοσχοπούλησε, όπως και ότι το ίδιο συνέβη με την κινηματογραφική του μεταφορά• έχει όλα τα στοιχεία για να γίνει αρεστό σε ένα παιδί ή ακόμα και να περάσει ευχάριστα τις ώρες του ένας μεγάλος. Έχει καλούς, κακούς και λιγότερο κακούς ή καλούς, έχει μυστήριο, έχει τονισμένη την έννοια της παρέας, έχει σωστά μηνύματα (να προσπαθείς, να διαβάζεις, να συμπληρώνει ο ένας τον άλλον, να δέχεται ο ένας τον άλλον, να πειθαρχείς όταν πρέπει αλλά και να αμφισβητείς όταν πρέπει) και δεν είναι φλύαρο. Έχει περισσότερη δράση και εικόνες από εσωτερική σκέψη. Έχει και χιούμορ, αραιά και που.
Review of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Ravenclaw Edition" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I still love it, even though it's been ~20 years since the first read. There just seem to be more and more details each time I read it. It's my favourite of the lot (although I'll say that about the 3rd and the 5th as well, once I'm freshly done with them again
Review of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A re-read for the 20th anniversary (I believe I first read it in 2003), and it was funnier, more charming, and sweeter than I remembered. The first few chapters were especially interesting. I had forgotten that the first chapter is from Vernon Dursley's perspective, and I was surprised at how many elements that come into play later in the series are here from the first few pages. I'm looking forward to reading this to my kids in a couple of years.
Review of 'Harry Potter e a pedra filosofal' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I read this book when I was about 12 years old, that was 15 years ago and I still remember the joyfulness it got me, the way that it oppened my reading knowledge to fantasy and science-fiction later. Harry Potter changed my teenage years and it still influences me everyday. It's a book that is a light read, it's written in a flowed way and I really love that. I love most of the characters and I love that we could grow up with this marvelous characters and watch them turn into wonderful young adults. I really thank J.K. Rowling so much for the ability to create this wonderful world that 15 years gone, still atracts teenagers and adults to this wonderful series,
Review of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Maybe not a goodreads problem per se, but FYI this was the Spanish version - Kindle's otherwise fun Goodreads integration doesn't seem to pick that up.
Review of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I was quite surprised with how babyish the book is, seeing as lots of adults, including my wife, enjoyed this so much I was expecting something a bit more grown up. It reminded me quite a bit of [b:The Worst Witch|351023|The Worst Witch (Worst Witch, #1)|Jill Murphy|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349047328s/351023.jpg|341267], something I enjoyed as a kid so if I had read Harry Potter as a kid I expect I would have liked it, seeing as I am all grown up now all I see is somebody ripping off a book from my childhood, and not doing a particularly good job at it.
You know when Hollywood make a new movie and they have already decided there will be many sequels, they always seem to put less effort into the first movie, it all seems to be setting the scene, introducing characters and giving a bit of history on their lives, and after a …
I was quite surprised with how babyish the book is, seeing as lots of adults, including my wife, enjoyed this so much I was expecting something a bit more grown up. It reminded me quite a bit of [b:The Worst Witch|351023|The Worst Witch (Worst Witch, #1)|Jill Murphy|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349047328s/351023.jpg|341267], something I enjoyed as a kid so if I had read Harry Potter as a kid I expect I would have liked it, seeing as I am all grown up now all I see is somebody ripping off a book from my childhood, and not doing a particularly good job at it.
You know when Hollywood make a new movie and they have already decided there will be many sequels, they always seem to put less effort into the first movie, it all seems to be setting the scene, introducing characters and giving a bit of history on their lives, and after a while you get bored and wonder why you are wasting your time with this? Well that's how I thought about this book, each chapter introduced a character or an item and then wasn't mentioned again, I'm sure this was all setting the scene for the next books though, so hopefully they are better.
I found the story quite interesting at first, the build up to joining Hogwarts was interesting, I did like the bank, but once Harry gets to school my brain started to sleep. The writing style reminded me of 50 shades of grey and da Vinci code, horrible but worthy of 2* just because it got lots of people into reading.
Review of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This is quite obviously the most naive of the books and nowhere near the brilliance of the later books yet. I have to main issues: a) why is Dumbledore so irresponsible with the kids? b) why didn't they just hide the stone in the Room of Requirement? Well, obviously logic isn't a wizard thing.
Review of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
I forgot how incredibly annoying Hermione is in the books. Loved the reader! I almost feel like I'm reading this again for the first time (er, you know what I mean).
