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I'll be perfectly honest and say that I was not excited about reading this book. I am not a big fan of YA and I have never read a book of this nature before.
I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I wish there were books like this to read when I was a kid. I admire Ms. Rowling for having such a fascinating imagination and appreciate her sharing it with the rest of us. She gave us all a gift. A moment for our minds to travel to other places we wish existed. She injected subtle humor that I went ...more
I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. I wish there were books like this to read when I was a kid. I admire Ms. Rowling for having such a fascinating imagination and appreciate her sharing it with the rest of us. She gave us all a gift. A moment for our minds to travel to other places we wish existed. She injected subtle humor that I went ...more
I really enjoyed this, but I was not in love with it as I thought I would be. It was a fun ride and I appriciated the extra details (absent in the movie), especially the beginning of the novel. I think the scenes were of his living condition and his family were much more apalling in my mind (compared to the movie). I am not sure if watching the movie first affected my response to the novel, but I found that I enjoyed the parts of the book that I liked in the movie. I look forward to reading more
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I don't know what took me so long to read this. Good thing I have The Nest Book Club to give me the kick in the pants. I loved this book. I wanted to go to Hogwarts and be friends with these kids. I think she did a great job making it a fun story. I will keep reading the series.
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Aug 04, 2008
Tien
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
young-adult,
fantasy
How do you review a book you've read numerous times? I must say that this was one of my favorite out of the 7 books and it still is. There's just something about self-discovery and most especially, the first foray into magical world that is absolutely fascinating. I do find it slightly slow (and that's due to the number of times I've read it) but it remains to be a favorite of mine, maybe for all time. It's definitely worth keeping on my shelf ;)
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2nd time through. It was excellent!
Mar 27, 2009
little miss sunshine(michelle.oOO.)
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
Oct 24, 2012
Cora
rated it
really liked it
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Shelves:
fantasy,
wizards,
magic,
1st-in-series,
british,
children-s-literature,
boarding-school,
banned-books,
british-author,
series
Jun 18, 2023
Kellie
rated it
it was amazing
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Shelves:
2015-reads,
library-living-room
