Read from April 7th - 14th 2015.
Published September 1st 2014 by Bloomsbury Childrens
Format Paperback - 352 pages
| Review | On the doorstep of Petunia and Vernon Dersley's house, a baby is waiting to be found.This baby is their nephew-Harry. He lives with his aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon and his cousin Dudley for eleven of his young years.Eleven years of tolerating his unpleasant, miserable life sleeping in the cupboard under the stairs, and being excluded from any family activity and thinking his parents died in a car accident which caused his lightening shaped scar on his forehead. After being rescued by Hagrid, the grounds keeper at Hogwarts school,Harry is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,where his parent's had also spent their secondary school years.There he and his new friends find out about the evil one known to all around simply as 'You Know Who'. Hogwarts is a truly magical place. Hogwarts is a place that everybody wishes they could have gone to when they where eleven.Everyone that is anyone knows all about Harry, including the story about that interesting scar which Harry soon finds to be different to the one he has been led to believe. Hogwarts school is full of excitement,fantasy,mystery and friendship but Harry soon learns that there is also dark magic around him and enemies out to get him. This book has it all in spades including a three-headed dog, an attacking troll and a life sized, come to life chess board. Although this book is aimed at children, it really is to be enjoyed by all ages. I am totally enamoured by the first book in this series. I never read/watch anything when it is in the 'hype' and only recently watched the films in full, and in order. I am so glad I chose to read the books as well.I didn't want my imagination influenced by the films and am very glad to say, it wasn't.There is so much more to the book, much more detail that isn't in the film, and so the book was a whole new imaginative fantasy playing out in my mind. There is a huge amount of action packed into this amazing warm book. JK Rowling's writing style flows beautifully with crafty segments of humour scattered amongst it, that made me chuckle out loud.It's such an easy read and will appeal to children and grownups alike.I can't wait to rediscover the rest of this series and enter Hogwarts magical world once more. 5 out of 5 stars given. |
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