Reviews - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

50.1k reviews for:

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

J.K. Rowling

4.48 AVERAGE

ainsleyst's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rachelks23's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sydfoxy's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ejones8346's review against another edition

5.0

This is Harry Potter... therefore it obviously gets an automatic 5-stars. Enough said.

thebooknivore's review against another edition

5.0

This is a reread! (April 2020)

I’m SOO happy that I’ve reread this! This time I listened to the Jim Dale audiobook of it and *chefs kiss*

I loved this this time around as always. It’s one of my favorite series ever. I love these books to death and never will they get old for me. I want to make sure when I reread them this time that I listen to the audiobooks for every book. Jim Dale was wonderful for it.

I honestly don’t get how I always forget the differences between the book and movie. I never seem to remember this fact. It’s interesting to notice again them. I always notice new things each time or remember things that make me so happy. Like the first time Harry gets Hedwig *cries*

These books just mean a lot to me.

Reread: December 2015

It's been quite some years since I've read this book and I've been dying to do a reread of the series for some years now. So I decided that now for #HarryXmas.

Of course I was going to read it in this beautiful illustrated edition. The illustrations made me feel as though I was reliving the experience of a Harry Potter again. Jim Kay portrayed the story of Harry potter so beautifully and worked so magnificently with the glorious story that J.K. Rowling has given us so many years ago.

Reading Harry Potter is such a magical experience and I am so happy to be finally rereading them. I am coming across my absolute favorite quotes again and the such magnificently well crafted magical story of Harry Potter.

Of course it is still a 5/5 star book! It will ALWAYS be a 5 star book!