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Re-reading this as a more well read adult, I was eager to see how it holds up to my childhood reading of it.
I am happy to say the enthralling world still pulls you in immediately. The language is surprisingly robust and balances ease of reading and good description.
The story I know well, but having not read the books in over a decade, I was a little surprised at how much depth they hold. I have recently gone through the film's and the magic of the books is just overflowing compared to them.
I'm looking forward to blasting through the rest before the end of the year :)
I am happy to say the enthralling world still pulls you in immediately. The language is surprisingly robust and balances ease of reading and good description.
The story I know well, but having not read the books in over a decade, I was a little surprised at how much depth they hold. I have recently gone through the film's and the magic of the books is just overflowing compared to them.
I'm looking forward to blasting through the rest before the end of the year :)
I honestly cannot say how may times I have read this this book, however, this was my first time as an adult and the last time was about 15 years ago.
The only major difference?
I cried when Harry got the photo album.
Still a magical story, even if the author is not.
The only major difference?
I cried when Harry got the photo album.
Still a magical story, even if the author is not.
Harry Potter's life is miserable. His parents are dead and he's stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. But his fortune changes when he receives a letter that tells him the truth about himself: he's a wizard. A mysterious visitor rescues him from his relatives and takes him to his new home, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
This book was so great! I heard a lot of good reviews about this book and this book I really like:D
A giant named Hagrid, who is carrying a pile of blankets with the baby Harry inside, then falls out of the sky on a motorcycle. Dumbledore brings Harry and places him on the Dursley's doorstep with a descriptive letter he has written to the Dursleys, and the three-part ways. Dursley and Dudley, who pushes Harry aside to get a better look at the snake. At this moment, the glass in front of the snake's tank vanishes, and the boa constrictor slithers out onto the floor. Dudley and Piers claim that the snake attacked them. The Dursleys are in shock. Punished for the boa constrictor incident, Harry is locked in his cupboard until summer. When finally free, he spends most of the time outside his house to escape the torments of Dudley's cohorts. Harry is excited by the prospect of starting a new school in the fall, far away from Dudley for the first time in his life. Harry learns that his parents did not die in a car crash, as he had always thought, but was killed by the evil wizard Voldemort. Harry does not believe he could be a wizard, but then he realizes that the incident with the boa constrictor was an act of wizardry.
This book was so great! I heard a lot of good reviews about this book and this book I really like:D
A giant named Hagrid, who is carrying a pile of blankets with the baby Harry inside, then falls out of the sky on a motorcycle. Dumbledore brings Harry and places him on the Dursley's doorstep with a descriptive letter he has written to the Dursleys, and the three-part ways. Dursley and Dudley, who pushes Harry aside to get a better look at the snake. At this moment, the glass in front of the snake's tank vanishes, and the boa constrictor slithers out onto the floor. Dudley and Piers claim that the snake attacked them. The Dursleys are in shock. Punished for the boa constrictor incident, Harry is locked in his cupboard until summer. When finally free, he spends most of the time outside his house to escape the torments of Dudley's cohorts. Harry is excited by the prospect of starting a new school in the fall, far away from Dudley for the first time in his life. Harry learns that his parents did not die in a car crash, as he had always thought, but was killed by the evil wizard Voldemort. Harry does not believe he could be a wizard, but then he realizes that the incident with the boa constrictor was an act of wizardry.
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