JiggyJay's Full Review: J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Sto...
If you are one of the few people who haven’t heard of Harry Potter, then you must be crazy because this hit phenomenon has swept the world by storm. This book is the reason that kids are reading nowadays. With the gutsy storyline and cool characters, the books are incredible. “The Sorcerer’s Stone” is the first book in the 7 part series. There are now four books, with the fifth coming this summer, and this one is the best one because it introduces you to all the characters. You don’t want to waste your precious money on a book that you’ll only read once? Well, I’ve read the first book (the one you are reading about) five times and all the other three times. That’s how good these books are especially “The Sorcerer’s Stone”.
STORY
**SPOILER ALERT…maybe**
A boy named Harry Potter lived with his Aunt and Uncle when mysteriously he receives a letter that invites him to go to school at a school of Witchcraft and Wizardry named Hogwarts. His Aunt and Uncle won’t let him go, so it’s up to Hagrid to scare the “muggles” (non-magic folk) into letting Harry go. As Harry learns more about his mysterious past, he becomes more accustomed to the new world that he’s just traveled into. He learns that about a questionable stone that can give unlimited life, so with help from his newly found friends, Hermione and Ron, he has to stop the evil presence from getting to the stone and become immortal. He has to stop the same person who killed his parents and gave him the lightning scar on his forehead. He has to kill Voldemort.
CHARACTERS
Harry Potter: Being the main character, he has to have a lot of charisma and charm and he does all the way. His character has a good conscience and is full of emotion. He is probably the most human character in this book because he’s like a normal kid. He isn’t good a school, but just enough to get by and he has good moral values. He’s an all around cool little bastard.
Hermione Granger: She’s a prissy, smart girl who is over emotional and over exaggerating on every front and to tell you rightly, she is sort of annoying. What’s interesting about her character is that you can tell that she might have crush on Harry because she’s always complementing him and being really cool to him. Plus, she’s just a nice home girl whom I give props to.
Ron Weasley: He’s probably the most humorous character in the books. He brings a good aura to each books that he’s a nice dude who is just a cool character. To tell you the truth, I’d rather hang out with Ron then any other character because he’s so pathetic, but cool. He’s poor and he sucks at homework…my kind of dude. His lines are creative and funny and really bring and likeness to the book like no other.
Why did I give my title that dastardly name? Because of the notorious Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts. All of his lines sound like he’s high for some reason. Maybe it’s just me, but I think he just sounds weird with his “out-of-it” lines and have you heard his dialogue from the Harry Potter movies? He’s doing more than casting spells with that wand of his…
Also, be warned that there might be a lot of books in the series that you may not be able to pronounce, but don’t fret because there are a lot of websites with pronunciations.
JAY’S SIDENOTE CORNER…MAN, I’M AN IDIOT
Most likely if you’ve watched the movies, then you will love the book. The book, in stark contrast, is much better so I suggest that you read the book first and then watch the movies later. Also, just to tell you, for some reason this book is banned in counties because they think sorcery is evil (even though they sell movies based on sorcerers, sell music like Brujeria, which means “Witchcraft” in Spanish, and stuff like that…THOSE BASTARDS!!!!).
SPECS
Pages: 309
Information: Hardcover, Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Books
Year Made: 1997
Artwork By: Mary Grandpre (every chapter, she has an artwork piece of something that happens in the chapter and he art pieces are fabulous and full of imagination and really lets you imagine what Hogwarts and characters look like.)
Chapters: 17
Font: It’s a medium size, which is really the perfect font. Also, the chapter displays and things have a genuine look that is enchanting.
PRONUNCIATIONS
Harry (Hair-ee)
Hermione (Her-mee-own-ee)
Hagrid (Haa-grid)
Muggles (Mug-gulls) (something that is sort of weird is that “muggles” in fact means someone who’s high…I think…JK has a lot of explaining to do.)
BOTTOM LINE
If you like Fantasy books or RPG games, then most likely you will love these books. I have known many people who have read this book that are adults and they even like it. This movie appeals to a lot to different groups of people from beginning age to seniors—everyone likes these books and that’s really amazing and a weird thing to see. Also, another side note that didn’t make it in my corner is that JK Rowling is a—woman. A lot of authors do this because we have a sexist industry and if a female is writing in a “genre that isn’t romance”, no one is going to read it, so she used her initials (J is for Joan and K is for Kathryn…I think) so that it tricked people into it and I think that is brilliant and she pulled it off nicely. These books are great and I think that everyone should read them, including you, so try your luck and buy the first book in the series right now.
QUOTE FOR THE REVIEW: “My name is Harry Potter.” (Say it to yourself in a heavy British accent and you know what I’m talking about. The results are hilarious.
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