Paperback, 223 pages
English language
Published June 12, 2013 by Bloomsbury.
Strange things always seem to happen when Harry Potter is around. Things that unsettle his guardians, the Dursleys. They strongly disapprove of strangeness. It's only when a letter arrives, delivered by a shaggy giant of a man called Hagrid, that Harry learns the truth that will transform his entire future: his parents were killed by the evil Lord Voldemort, and he, Harry, is a wizard.
Whisked away to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry discovers a world of enchantments, ghosts, Qyidditch, and friends who will stand, throughout everything, by his side. But when Harry hears of a stone with great powers, he finds that his school has its own dark secrets -- and an adventure that will become the stuff of legend begins ... --back cover
Def. worth it, es als Erwachsene wieder zu lesen!!
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.
El único que he leído del Timothy Hunter de descuento.
Sí, lo leí en portugués, no me preguntéis por qué.
I can't believe this is listed on Goodreads as the Sorceror's Stone. I think it's safe to say it's a clearly inferior title to Philosopher's Stone.
Still as good as the first time I read it.
I love these books with my whole heart.
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
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.
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,
An enchanting, kids-know-best adventure, which is magical enough to be read twice.
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.
Have decided to re-read the entire series. Will not change the original star ratings, but will include my updated star ratings in the wall o' text.
3 stars
Honestly, I was maybe a just a teensy bit bored with this one. Great world-building but kind of thin on plot.
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.
Geen fan van het hoofdpersonage.
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.
