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Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds

John Pickrell

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Dinosaurs didn't die out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. Get ready to unthink what...

McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime

Misha Glenny

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Now a major BBC series Have you ever illegally downloaded a DVD? Taken drugs? Fallen for a...

biography crime true crime

Coliseum Arcanist (Frith Chronicles #3)

Shami Stovall

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Adventure. Competition. A duel to the death. While on a journey to the famous city of Thronehold,...

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The Steady Running of the Hour

Justin Go

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In this mesmerizing debut, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an...

Butterfly child (6 KP) rated Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in Books

Jul 6, 2017

Exciting and interesting characters. (1 more)

A really good introduction to this whole world of wonder and magic.

Although, it does have bits of excitement through it, it doesn't really go full throttle until right at the end. (0 more)

Good introduction to a whole new world

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When when I read the series as a child growing up alongside Harry Potter was a unique and amazing experience, so this book will always have a fond place in my heart where my love for all things HP grew, but on its own, its not the best of the series. For me, when everything leads up to one major excitement right at the end, (which I know Jk had to introduce the world and characters) which is why I still love this book, I much prefer the later books where we can get stuck right in with the story.

My absolute favourite part is Hagrid bursting into the little hut on the rock. Hagrid is one of my favourite characters, and his endearing and loveable personality and how he treats Harry is one of the most beautiful developed and truly inspiring relationships in the series.

I think the bad character (I won't spoil it just in case we have new readers) is probably the least developed and thus makes him in effect of my least favourite characters in the series.
Again I think could be because it's the first in the series but I just feel he lacks the evilness, possibly even charm of the other bad guys.

Overall, I will always love this book as it started me on a wonderful, journey, I already loved to read and had a bit of a geeky trait but this series fully cemented me in the love to read and the geek categories!