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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

160 reviews

iammmartina_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Bullying, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, and Classism

Minor: Murder

moreau's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

stephen fry has such a lovely voice im gonna pretend he wrote this, the way he says icecream and malfoy😩 the centaurs are fucked up and i want a smeltings stick sooo bad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder and Bullying

Minor: Classism and Antisemitism

insanebookperson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Bullying, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Classism, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

melissalemos's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent and Fatphobia

itsjoenna's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Fatphobia

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

briochebun's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

4 out of 5 ☆’s.

”Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”

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I wanted to get into the fall spirit so I decided to pick this series up and I have no regrets! :) 

I watched these movies when I was a child - so getting to revisit this series and read about the happenings that I had forgotten about (or the things that didn’t make it onto the screen) has been interesting!

I’m excited to continue!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Car accident

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I can’t even remember how many times I have read this book, & it just gets better & better EVERY TIME! I notice something new everytime & it’s amazing! I love these books so much cause their is always something new to learn! I will always recommend this series!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death, Bullying, and Child abuse

theinkdrinkerhouse's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

bookishlybecca's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

First Read-through: July 2023
I own several different editions of the Harry Potter series at this point, but I've not yet read my copies of the 20th Anniversary House Editions, so I decided that was something I wanted to do this year. The extra house-related content is a fun addition (and makes me want to collect all four editions of each book in the series...), but the obvious standout to me for this set is the overall book design and the illustrations done by Levi Pinfold.

Specific Details I Noticed:

1. I love how each book's pages are sprayed with its corresponding house's scarf design!
2. The dust jacket of each book is very unique to this particular set and I love the inclusion of the house crest done by Levi, in particular. (I don't fully understand the crest's meaning or symbolism, but it's still very interesting and cool to look at. ;P) The use of raised text on the front of the jacket is a nice touch as well.
3. The "naked book" itself is even high quality - with its thatched texture & gold-foiled text on its spine.
4. The new map done by Levi, found at the beginning of the book, is another of my favourite additions to this set. It's surprisingly detailed and intricate. I also really appreciate the realisticness of Levi's illustrations - specifically when it comes to the houses’ mascots. The portraits of each house's founder and head of house are just plain stunning as well!
5. With this being the first book in the series (and our introduction to the Wizarding World as a whole), the extra content included in this book is quite basic and already known by many HP fans (myself included). There is information on each house itself, of course, plus specific blurbs on the house founders, relics, ghosts, alumni, common rooms, and each of the heads of houses. The fact sheets for each of the mentioned characters were especially fun to read through.

You can read more of my thoughts (about the story itself) in my review of the illustrated edition, which can be found here: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/28a8c489-828c-48dc-a944-b4bdc89e7c60

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Body shaming