Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling Reviews

I finally did it – I gave in and read a Harry Potter book. Ever since they became an international sensation (helped no end by the movies, which I haven’t seen), I’ve been wondering just what it is that has made it so popular, not just with kids, but with adults. So I borrowed the first book in the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ...  Read the complete review

It's been my dubious honour to read an awful lot of self-obsessed adolescent fiction in my time. Consequently, I fail to see how anyone can be remotely surprised at the vast popularity of the Harry Potter novels. A young boy, who's bullied at school and hates his home, discovers that he's got supercool superpowers and goes to a better place where ...  Read the complete review

BASIC PLOT. At this stage I feel like I'm teaching my grandmother to suck eggs, given all the hype surrounding the films etc.. but here goes nothing. Harry Potter is an orphan. He has lived with his only surviving relatives at 4 Privet Drive, in suburban Surrey. For some reason his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon don?t ...  Read the complete review

Before the release of the Harry Potter films, I'd often walked by the books in bookshops and stared at the covers of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. I knew many kids raved about the books, but looking at the cover I felt distinctly uninspired. The first book cover sported a train and a ...  Read the complete review

i think that harry potter i stotal rubbish! i don't see the fasination over it and it is just pointless! it's a book for gods sake, you don't have to go wild every time the next book comes out in the shops! harry potter is crap! it's like 'o look at me everyone i'm a wizard and my name is harry potter', it is just ...  Read the complete review

Kid, orphaned and taken in, bullied by abysmal parents, secretly a wizard, bloke called Hagrid comes to tell truth, transports HP to Hogwarts, secret school for wizards, makes friends with Ron Weasley, Hermione Grainger and Albus Dumbledore, makes enemies with Draco Malfoy, makes it big as seeker in Gryffindor Quidditch team, most famous boy in ...  Read the complete review

Years ago, shortly after being published, I read the German translation of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. Now I’ve bought and read all four English books with the adventures of Harry Potter. Today I want to write about the first one. First I will tell you something about the story of “Harry Potter and the ...  Read the complete review

When I first heard of Harry Potter, I thought it would be too much like the Worst Witch. How wrong was I? I watched the film before reading the book and in all honesty, I wasn't that impressed with the film. I was given the set of four books for Christmas, so I thought I'd read them as so many people had told me how great they were. It was ...  Read the complete review

Yes, that(the title) is true- well for me anyway. Now this book is the first Harry Potter book and there are a lot of reviews on this anyway so you may find this all the same. The book starts off introducing you to the family- well Harrys Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon and how can forget Dudley, Harrys spoilt cousin. These three are ...  Read the complete review

Sometimes I am a bit slow to catch up with current trends and why certain products are so popular. The main reason is that I hate to think I am jumping onto a bandwagon of media hype, and that I would rather make up my own mind on the latest 'sure thing'. Harry Potter is one of those 'sure things'. I steered clear of the books and ...  Read the complete review

Ahh, where to start? The beginning I guess. I was still at school when these books where first released,(im only 19) and there was quite a lot of hype around then, but I was really that bothered. When the film was due to be released, me, and my family, having not read any of the books went to see the film, and thoroughly enjoyed it. So ...  Read the complete review

The first Harry Potter book in the series - Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone! This is a great book , and despite what you may think , well worth reading! When you first pick it up , it seems boring , but begin to read it and it gets better and better! You think you'll never see yourself reading Harry potter? don't knock ...  Read the complete review

OK, it was because of the craze, I admit, but last Christmas, I started to read the first in the series of the Harry Potter books. I?d heard a lot of good things about the series, from friends and family, and on the news of course, what with the movie having just come out, the fourth book selling out in hours in bookshops up and down the country, ...  Read the complete review

Harry Potter is, undoubtedly, this century’s most influential book. And rightly so. The depth of imagination that has been put on to paper is fascinating and can immerse readers completely in another world. The first book in the Harry Potter series: “Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone” is also one of the best. For anyone who ...  Read the complete review

great stuff!! - Advantages: unpretentious, works on many levels, absorbing - Disadvantages: not enough books in the series

Welcome to the magical world of Harry Potter Harry Potter was a boy who lives with his Aunt, Uncle and cousin Dudley. They Don’t treat him Like an ordinary human being instead they treat him like dirt to tell you the truth. When Harry was just a little baby his parents were killed. He was told they were killed in a car crash, but ...  Read the complete review

As I can see there are hundreds of guys and gals out there who have reviewed this extraordinary book of the young wizard Harry Potter and his school days. How can live up to all your premier opinions and write fluently and expertly like evereyone else can the answer is I can't but, I wil try. This book is the first book in JK ...  Read the complete review

As a child I read Enid Blyton's Famous five books and wished I could live on my own island (Kirrin) and have an eccentric old dad (Uncle Quentin) who would let me roam the countryside on a bike. But it was not to be, and Thank God really, they'd have probably found me dead in a ditch after a week. Harry Potter takes up where the ...  Read the complete review

I intended on buying the video when it's released anyway. But now, I'm definitely going to buy it! Why? Well, I've just finished reading the book - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Who was this book intended for, I ask myself? Children, or adults? Ummm....I think more adults have probably read this book than ...  Read the complete review

J K Rowling has to be arguably one of the best childrens writers of all time. All of her Harry Potter series of books are riveting for children and adults alike. These are the kind of books that must be read in order as the story follows Harry from when he finds out he's a wizard right through his school career at Hogwarts School of ...  Read the complete review