BOOK REVIEW
TITLE: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
AUTHOR: J.K. Rowling
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury (Original)
RELEASE DATE: June 26, 1997
GENRE: Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry’s eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin! (Description from Goodreads.com)
MY THOUGHTS
After all this time…I finally decided to start reading the Harry Potter series.
Unlike most Harry Potter fans, I have only seen the movies. Seeing the movies first, I have the same skepticism of those that read the books first. My thoughts going into the book were, “I love the movies; will I even like the books” or “will the books ruin the movies for me”? Thankfully I liked the book, but I’m still a bigger fan of the movie.
Since many people likely know the overall story I won’t get into that in this review, but I’ll just point out a few things I liked and disliked that were in the book and not the films.
I really enjoyed reading more about Neville Longbottom and that he is a more prominent character in the book. I also enjoyed the potions riddle that Snape had put together to get to the sorcerers stone. I felt Hermione was able to shine a lot more with that challenge.
Contrary to popular opinion, I am happy that the character Peeves the Poltergeist was not in the movie. It was quite an annoying character.
Just like the film, the book is definitely more geared towards children, but I still enjoyed it and looking forward to the next one.
OVERALL RATING
ABOUT J.K. ROWLING
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J.K.Rowling is a British author, best known for her seven-book Harry Potter series, which became a global media franchise. Born Joanne Rowling on July 31, 1965, in Yate, England, she studied French and Classics at the University of Exeter before conceiving the idea for Harry Potter on a delayed train journey in 1990. After her first marriage ended and she moved to Scotland, she struggled financially before publishing the first Harry Potter book in 1997, eventually achieving worldwide success. She also writes crime fiction under the pen name Robert Galbraith and is known for her philanthropic work and controversial public views on transgender issues.
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