Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

First read: 2002

My review is more of a 3.5 but I didn't feel right giving it 4 stars.

I decided to do a buddy read with Josh even though he's probably still on chapter 5. I've also seen the first movie numerous times so I wasn't surprised by much. Some questions / observations below:

- Why weren't the Dursley's investigated for child abuse? That family was trash. Harry deserved better.

- Hermione was beyond annoying for the first half of the book and I really felt like she added nothing to the book but a brain since Harry and Ron were dimwits. I am also confused as why she is not in Ravenclaw house.

- Snape was cruel and should have been fired.

- Why do they write with quill? Isn't this supposed to be set in the 90s?

- Malfoy should have been pushed into lava.

I gave it 3.5 stars because nothing really happens and it's pretty standard. Also I felt like a lot of things were cliche (The family being rotten with no redeeming qualities, Malfoy being the dimensional villain / bully type).

This is just an introduction into the series and sets up some back story. I could see how this excited me back then as a kid but not as an adult it didn't do much. Besides that, I look forward to starting book 2. Hopefully, I like Hermione a bit more.