Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I bought and read the hardback over ten years ago. Somehow my collection went away. Did I sell it before moving? I can’t remember. But I remember enjoying the story and the movies. But one thing I hated about the whole enterprise was how male-heavy it was. With it written by a woman, you would think that she could have brought it around to a female point of view instead of making fun of the most brilliant girl in the room and making McGonagle mean.
I listened to this Audible version because I needed a light read for bedtime. I’ve been reading some pretty heavy non-fiction during the day that I knew I couldn’t read before bed.
The narrator, Jim Dale, did a reasonably decent job of most of the voices. But he was not good at the female voices. As seems to be the case, males doing female voices always sound like they are making fun of the females.
All in all, though, it did make going to sleep easier. I knew where the story was going, so it soothed me to sleep.
Darswords 
You know Darlene I have not read one Harry Potter or seen any of the film’s …don’t know why just never appealed .
My husband hasn’t read or watched either. I guess it is the writer in me that is interested in a series of that popularity. They are okay. Like I said, it makes a good bedtime read. What is fun now is seeing the actors all grown up.
Yes I can see that.
Have you watched The Expanse ..on Prime it’s brilliant …6 series and I am watching it for the second time and loving it 💜💜💜💜
I’ll check it out! 💜💜💜💜
Nicely written!
Thank you!
This book will always be a 5 out of 5 star rating for me. I’ve read the physical book more times than I can count (my original paperback fell apart from how much I read it). I’m not a fan of audiobooks, but I can imagine the audiobook version leaves something to be desired.
I read all the books when they first came out. I may try again once I’ve had my cataract surgery. Audio and Text-to-speech have been the go to for this bibliophile with bad vision.
Good luck with your surgery! And I’m glad they’ve been beneficial to you while you deal with your bad vision 🙂