Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Review 

Dumbledore should forevermore be referred to as "Dumbles."

10:50 Yess, if you catch THE SNAPE, then you win the game. Imagine that game, Prof. Snape running around and hiding until some kid on a broom caught him. That would be the BEST GAME EVER.

Hagrid: Hogwarts is the safest place Me: 👀 Child, where?

The reason we all love this book so much, despite its lack of major plot and the fact that we just follow the characters day to day, is because there is not one person on this planet that has not dreamt about going to Hogwarts. When you first read it as a kid, you are completely enthralled by their day to day lives and wish is was real, and then every time we pick the books back up as adults we are 10 years old again waiting for our letters. And that will never not be the reaction.

Did anyone else notice her say, "The Snape being caught" at 10:50? Can you imagine how hilarious it would be if they had to catch Snape to end a Quidditch Match?!

I know you meant to say “snitch”, but now I’m just picturing people trying to tackle Snape to end the game and him just looking super annoyed 😂

My favorite little moment that only works on a re-read is Fred and George throwing snowballs at the back of Quirrells head. Straight up disrespecting the Dark Lord without even knowing it 😂

My favorite book is Prisoner of Azkaban because I think that's when the series really takes a darker turn.

Money's great, but immortality means more reading.

I agree about quidditch, that bothered me too the last time I re-read the series. I think the snitch should be worth something like 50 points. Where they really have to catch at the right moment but it does hold some weight.

10:52 “the Snape being caught at the end of the game” 😁 I agree about Quidditch

Two things: One, if I had to use it, I would use it for gold. Two, I’ve heard it discussed on different websites that the problem with Quidditch is that, in a school setting, we are not dealing with professionals. The game is on it’s best display during the World Cup. In a huge stadium with all really talented players, 150 points is nothing. In a small school with a small field, 150 points makes a huge difference. It would be like if football had a special really hard move combination that was worth two touchdowns. In real games, it isn’t worth much. In college and high school football, it would be worth everything.

Ron is a great friend and character. He's done wrong in the movies.

*"And then, of course, Harry. We need him at the end for the whole 'love burns your face off' scene..."* 🤣

The Sorcerer's Stone was my favorite too. They were all so innocent in this novel. Just like Sam and Frodo in The Fellowship of the Ring. :)

Quidditch can be fixed in one of two ways: 1. Snitch is the match ender, no extra points awarded; 2. All matches are timed, if you manage to catch the snitch: you get extra points.

That final scene should now always be called the "love burns your face off" scene.

I personally believe Half-Blood Prince is the best book of the series.

Harry Potter was my first love in fantasy and to this day I still love it but what i've realized over the years that what I love most about it is learning about their day to day lives. I always found myself wanting to learn more about what they are learning and how the wizarding world works. Most books you have to get through the day to day activities to get the character development but you just want to get to the main conflict. I never feel that way while reading Harry Potter, especially in the first couple.

Gold. Living more doesn’t necessarily mean a better life, and idk if I’d want to see everyone I love dying before I do. More money would solve a lot of problems though 😂

I really love the scenes where Harry is with Hogrid at Hagwarts.

I also love book one, but as a thorough Lupin fan, book 3 is my favorite. I’m a teacher, and Lupin is definitely the best DATDA teacher Harry and his friends have... and he is such a great friend, and throughout this book we see a lot told of his friendship with Lilly and his gratitude towards her and I just love him for it all. Okay, now I’m just fangirling hahahaha

Everyone: There’s a Monster in the School! Hagrid: It don’ matter! He Doesn’t ‘urt! He just thinks everything is safe 😂

The first time I was introduced to this book was when I stayed with my grandparents, my papa read this book to me. The first three books have a special place in my heart. What was really cute about my local library is they have a special section where books are categorized by the different Hogwarts houses. This whole world seems to have integrated into our culture and connects us even if were are from different circumstances. I love how books and stories connect people just like this wonderful channel!

Book one notes: Hagrid=bad ass Ron=best friend ever Hermoine-freaking awesome! Quidditch=makes no sense!

Weird timing. I just finished a reread of the entire series on Wednesday. One thing that jumped out to me was how early JK planted things that didn’t show up until books 5-7. I kept wondering if she had really planned things out that thoroughly or if she was going back to old lines and finding ways to make them relevant as she went along. I think JK is just terrible with numbers in general. 150 points for the snitch is stupid, the relative cost of things throughout the series makes no sense, teachers routinely give/take 20-50 house points and it’s no big deal, and wizards apparently routinely live to be 200+ so not sure why Flemmel living to 500 was sooooo extraordinary.

I have an annual audiobook relisten. I really adore Stephen Fry, and listening to the books is a great way to get into his voice

I literally finished rereading the series YESTERDAY Edit: the part about the snitch spoke to my heart

10:51 “The Snape being caught at the end at the game...” I died, because you said “Snitch” every other time. 😂👌🏻👏🏻

Welcome to "Whose Snitch Is It Anyway?"", where everything's made up, and the points don't matter!

That's what makes it so beautiful, those relationships, the atmosphere and the whimsy , ahhh so damn good.

Loved this! Books 3, 6, and 7 are my favorites. I adore them all, but the darker books are my faves. 😊

I’ve still never read the series or seen the movies other than it’s and piece on tv. This seals the deal, though. It’s time to read the series

Could you do a video dedicated to forshadowing? I'm currently rereading them and want to annotate this

"Love melts your face off" HAHAHAHA. Sounds like an 80's Rock Ballad.

I think it was somewhere in books 4-6 that Griffyndor actually strategized their Quiddich match. I faintly remember them planning for Harry to make sure the snitch was not caught until they were at a certain number of points and to actively mislead the other team's seeker if they were chasing it. It is worth a ton of points but I think for the most part it is supposed to be much harder to find than Harry makes it out to be.

Yes! Love that you are doing re-reads, I have been doing a re-read of these via audio book and am on the last one now. Looking forward to more harry potter content! The harry potter books feel so perfect for fall/winter reading.

I just started rereading Sofcerer's Stone on audiobook and I just realized something for the first time: Ron didn't have any friends either. We all focus on out Harry had no friends before Ron, but I realized Ron didn't have anyone except his siblings without Harry...

Been really contemplating a reread lately. It’s been so long. Also, hair on point!

I enjoyed this review so so much hahaha I'm so hyped for the next Harry Potter related videos that you mentioned!

My rules re-write to Quidditch would be quite simple: the first team to score 150 points wins the game. Everything else stays the same. Problem solved.

“Love burns your face off scene” 😂😂. Ahh I want to do a reread. Scratch that, I need to do a reread!

Love this so much! I too read Harry Potter for the first time in my 20s... ( I wasn’t allowed to read it as a kid) and it’s one of those books I already feel so nostalgic about. 😍 I agree completely with your review and analysis.

I love that you've decided to do more Harry Potter related videos now, because I've actually finished reading the series for the first time last month, and it was such a fun journey. I hadn't even watched the movies before, so I knew nothing about it except the names of a bunch of characters and, sadly, some spoilers. I definitely loved it a lot, and now I'm currently watching the movies and rereading it through the audiobooks. I agree that you get the feeling that this world becomes a part of you. I actually loved the amount of time you get to spend with the characters just hanging out and going with them to class, it's as if you're right there with them, learning about this world. Ron ended up being my favorite character ever since the beginning of the series, so it made me happy that you liked him more this time around. He is indeed really funny, I feel like he always brings a bit of lightness to the scenes, no matter how hard things get, especially towards the end, and his overall growth was really satisfying to see. I gotta say that this video made me really emotional, because I finished the series so recently and you get so attached to these characters that it's like they also become your friends. It's true, there's a huge emphasis on friendship here and it's so sweet to see :)

Book one was always my favourite when I was younger I haven’t re read the series in years and this video makes me really want to re read it! Your point about the snitch was amazing your version of quidditch is loads better!

Book one is also my favourite by far. I, generally, enjoy a good "slice of life" story if I can connect with the characters and feel like the relationships in the book are well done. And for Harry Potter especially, I just feel like.... the first book is the most "magical". I love discovering everything new along with Harry, I love how HE experiences this sense of magic and excitement the same way the reader does. I think book one is the one where I feel most connected to the world and the characters, because everything Harry feels? Yeah, I feel that as well. I love the whole series with all my heart and despite a few gripes I have with the way it's been handled lately, it will always have a very special place in my heart, and book one especially is such a comfort book for me because it just feels like.. coming home, in a way non of the other books in the series manage quite as much. I'm super looking forward to see more Harry Potter content on your channel and I def have to start my own reread very soon now :D

I watched your whole Harry Potter playlist a while back but I just did my Christmas rewatch for the first time in a few years and fell so back in love I bought the whole audiobook collection on audible and fell back down the HP rabbit hole.

Soo excited for all your Harry Potter ideas! Can't wait 🎉

Oh my gosh I’m doing a reread of the series right now, so these videos are perfect!!

I just started my reread as well and noticed how many easter eggs for the future books there are. The beginning where they mentioned Sirius Black in Godrics Hollow I totally forgot about. There is so much information that is important later. I also got choked up at the end but then again I cry easily haha.

Can't wait to see the other videos you have planned for this book and hope to see similar reviews for the rest of the series as well! Agree on the snitch in the quidditch, although think it should reward some points, but not as many as 150. :D

I'm a "bit" late, but the gold or immortality thing isn't even a question- immortality is just better. There isn't the downside of "oh no i'm doomed to watch everyone I love die" because guess what? Give them some of that stone juice. Flammel did that with his wife, didn't he? And because of the stone not being limited to one person, sell the stone juice- people will buy it, and since you need to keep taking it, the demand won't run out. And anyways, once people get wise to there being a virtually infinite supply of gold, cost will plummet.

I love this review! I think you are so genuine and funny and I totally relate to so many of your opinions. I have also definitely cried when I read Dumbledore giving out those last points 😂💕 and I 100% agree with you about the snitch and how much better it would be if it simply ended the game or maybe it was just worth an extra goal or something! I have always thought that too, it was awesome to hear you talk about it! Loved watching this

I'm really excited for this series of yours. Also more life.

OMG! I cried through the point awarding scene too! Not when i first read it, but in my re-read I was emotional during that scene! ❤️

I love how you hold the book showing us the cover while you talk about it 😆😍

I don't usually watch your review cause most of the time I haven't read the book and you do such a good job on your wrap ups that I can tell whether I should look at it or not. So this will be exciting since I have actually read this series and I can hear you go in depth on it.

Your hair looks amazing. And I'm loving more HP videos

This is gonna be a good video series.

Im right at the end of book 3 right now and it's been my favorite every time I've read through the series. Book 1 has always been the most special though for the same reasons you stated. It's a beautiful introduction to a world that I'm always so excited to fall into again, but book 3 is the first jolt of "oh boy there is definitely a SERIES brewing in this bad boy", and you start to see just how far forward and backwards Harry's story extends. It's always so exciting for me!

I'm rereading this for like the tenth time right now, this time in Italian, so I'm pumped for this vid!

You mentioning your husband not reading them until 25 makes me feel so much better about my reading experience! I dived into the series at 19 years old. I never got the chance to read them any younger than that. And I absolutely love Harry Potter, it’s a world I can immerse myself in when I’m stressed with work, college and life. It truly is my happy place! I feel much better about being a Wizarding World obsessed 21 year old! Also, I love the channel! ❤️

Your HP video was how I found you. I enjoy your content :D

I'm a newcomer to your channel and I'm very fond of your reviews👍💖Please keep it up!👏

Hey,just stumbled upon your channel now, I don't know what other content you make,but i love Harry potter,so I'm kinda hooked 🤷🏻‍♂️ anyway. This was always my favourite book growing up,i loved all the hanging out and the classes(the fact that i read the fifth book first kinda ruined it,but it still is my favourite,it feels very naïve,in a good way,and that's amazing for me,even now.

Great video. I agree that the scene at the end where Dumbledore basically punks Slytherin and makes them think they're about to win the cup only to then award the surprise points always felt like a jerk-move. Yes, Dumbledore has always had a mischievous personality, but if you're the principal of a school, it's not a very smart idea to do a prank like that where an entire quarter of your student body will resent you.

Really looking forward to the new harry potter videos. Super side-note, but your hair looks amazing in this video! :)

Hello !!! I just loved your video! It was so complete and your discussion was really detailed . Im from Brazil , Im learning English and Im a really big fan of harry potter , like Im killing two birds with one stone , watching videos about my favorite book and leaning English . I loved !(sorry for gramatical mystakes)

Is that Stormlight Archives in the background I see? Awesome!

I cannot wait for a harry potter deep dives! Love this idea

Because of you I am doing a HP reread as well (also, for the first books, it will be my first time reading them in English haha). I finished Philosopher's Stone and I am going to the library this afternoon to borrow Chamber of Secrets. :)

I can't wait for the rest of these! So pumped you're doing this! I've read through the entire series SO MANY times I can't even guess at a number now. I have all the audio books as read the by the OG, and BEST narrator, Stephen Fry. (Yes, Fry is better than Dale to me, and I'll go down swinging against anyone who says otherwise) But I LOVE this world. Most amazing world ever created. I'm currently back on Goblet of Fire for the who knows how many times now. I'm still never bored of it. And every time I go back through I pick up on new things I never realized before. I'm incredibly passionate about this series and I WILL argue and defend this Fandom against anyone. Whether it's someone quoting wrong information becuase all they've done is watch the movies and call themselves a Potterhead, or it's someone who just doesn't get it and looks down on me for being a fan of a "kids book". This series may have been aimed at children and YA when it started. But it has transcended those boundaries and became a literary series that will go down in history alongside the works of Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Ernest Hemingway, Charles Dickens, JRR Tolkien and all the greats. Bring it on! And I so agree about Philosopher's Stone being the best. It's where it starts. I love Chamber too because it's the first time we see the Burrow. 🤟🏻🤣 #HogwartsIsMyHome #ProudSlytherin 🐍⚡

Also, I’m so jealous of your bookshelf. All my books are kept in boxes lol 😂

Oh my! If you keep making videos about Harry Potter, I'll succumb to my burning desire to reread it again!

YES the first book is so magical!! and I've always thought the exact same thing about the snitch 😂 cannot wait to watch all the HP videos!! 💜

I also used to re-read the series around Christmas every year... I haven't read it in 2 or 3 years though... this video is the reason I'll read the series this year, so thank so much ♥ About the Golden Snitch, those points situation your mentioned happens on the next books a lot (Harry has to wait to a certain amount of goals to happen so he can catch it, otherwise Gryffindor would lose the championship and all that)

Awesome video!! I enjoyed this so much thank you for sharing!!

Unpopular opinion: I don't like the Harry Potter series and never have. I was in middle school and highschool when the last four books were coming out and so they were all anyone talked about. I joined a book club because I'm an avid reader and I wanted to discuss books with other readers and every. single. person. (including the teacher) was OBSESSED with Harry Potter and that's all they basically talked about. That took me from dislike of the series to flat out HATE of the series. I despised how the books were episodic and barely made any progress towards the main plot, I hated all the plot holes, I hated the dumbed down writing style, I hated how flat and boring and perfect Gary Stu, oh sorry I mean Harry Potter is. And it really drove me nuts that all the bookish people in my school loved it. To be fair though I only think they loved it because they weren't actually bookish and they had never read any actual good books or classics so they just didn't know how bad it was because they had nothing good to compare it to. I read the first three books and really gave the series a chance but I just wasn't into it. Same with the movies, I haven't watched them all and I never will. I hate what Harry Potter did to books as well. Before that most books werent in series form. They were just one long book with maybe a sequel but now every one and their mother milks their series and draws it out for four unnecessary books and makes the readers wait YEARS in between each book. I hate that. I hate that. I hate that!!!!!! Most modern book series can cut out their middle books entirely and the series as a whole would be fine. Harry Potter ruined books and I will stand by that until I die. It taught authors that they can milk their series for ten years and in their greed most choose to do so. It seems especially prevalent in the YA fantasy genre which lucky for me is the genre I read the least of. Not to mention the whole r/notlikeothergirls who all get the EXACT same basic Harry Potter tattoo "I solemnly swear I am up to no good". Sorry rant over and no offense meant to anyone who enjoys the series, enjoy whatever you want, I'm just saying the annoying fans of Harry Potter made me HATE it more than the actual bad writing did. I probably just would have been meh and never thought about the series again if so many of the fans I met weren't all so irritating (not saying all fans are I'm sure most are probably perfectly nice and normal and not annoying but unfortunately every fan of Harry Potter I have met in real life was irritating)

I actually never really gave the snitch thing thought, but I do really like your variant of the the snitch rule. I love the idea of the snitch only being a game ender! Also I just found your channel and am loving your videos. I love seeing someone sharing the passion I have for this series!! #Ravenclaw 💙💛💙💛

I think there's more to it than hanging out! The Mirror of Erised? This is a pretty deep dive into Harry's Character and in his relationship with Dumbledore. The Centaurs foreshadowing at the Prophecy? Harry asking Dumbledore why he was targeted by Voldemort? I think it's a bit more organized than we realize!

Wowie. this lady is soooo beautiful not just skin deep but from everything to how she views things to how she describes them. even those expressions got me like 😲 awestruck. Her husband must be very lucky 💔 straight up been addicted to these videos for the past week. It has reignited my love for reading an gave me that nostalgia I've been craving. Thank you for being awesome.

This review makes me want to reread the series. I have watched the movies for 4 to 5 summer vacations and got around reading the series 3 years ago so yaa a reread is definitely in needed

This is my favorite book of the series. I did not fall in love with these books until I was around 30. I cant get enough of them. I think this is my favorite book because it is just that an introduction to the world and your first glimpse at everything involved in the wizarding world. Diagon Alley, Olivander's ... it just puts me in aww of the world.

Great reviews and book series recommendations! Could you do a top 10 that would be appropriate for kids or that could be read to kids without too much editing? I think this would be a popular video. Thanks!

I personally live that you are going through this series book by book! There is a ton of Harry Potter world videos on you tube, but nothing like the ones you have done. Plus you love for the series, while being able to point out its flaws is comes through as so real and honest it is just great! As far as if I had the stone what would I do....At first I was pretty sure I would pick live for ever/as long as I wanted, since if you lived for a long time you would be able to save a bunch of money anyway (and I dont believe it would be like they show it in FBWTF 2 where you body keeps aging and you cant do anything without breaking bones). Then I thought about it some more and realized it would be impossible to hide the fact you have something keeping you alive and you would have to watch everyone you know and love age and pass away around you. It doesn't sound like fun. Where if you could make anything into gold, you could become massively wealthy and help improve the world around you to a degree. PS. I sort of agree about the snitch, but it should also be worth some points I think, maybe 50 instead of 150? It should be a boost to your team without being the only thing that really matters.

You know you make a good point about the Quidditch. Hadnt considered that till today

I personally would have liked to see more games where Gryffindor lost.

You have actually inspired me to do a Harry Potter re-read or rather re-listen. I have started listening to the audio books since my commute to work is 40 minutes each way. It has been quite some time since I have dove back in to the actual books, so I have been surprised at how many scenes I have forgotten. But it has been so much fun to be back into the book world. My favorite book of the series has actually always been The Chamber of Secrets so I am wondering, like you, if it will remain my favourite after this. I am quite certain that my favourite character will remain the same in Ginny.

There's actually a moment in the Prisoner of Azkaban where there's going to be a big House match between Gryffindor and Slytherin and the whole student body is running high on tension! And Oliver Wood, the captain of the Gryffindor team reminds Harry that in order to win, he has to catch the Snitch ONLY if they're over 50 points or more ahead of Slytherin, or something like that; because then, as Oliver says, they would win the game but lose the actual Quidditch House Cup. So I think Rowling did give that point some thought, it just wasn't always expanded upon! Great review!

The Snape being caught!!! How do you like that, Professor Snivellus??!! 🤣🤣😂😂

You make me feel old. I was in high school when Harry Potter came out and I was very married with two kids when the last one came out. Funny though, I didn’t read them at all until they were all out and I actually read them all out of order.

My favorite book is order of the phoenix. I love the whole departament of mysteries section of the book and it is my favorite battle of the series.

Some ideas for quidditch: 1. when a goal is scored, the game restarts with a "kickoff". 2. no more increments of 10, 1 goal equals 1 point. 3. when the snitch is caught, a timer is introduced with a number of minutes remaining based on the difference of the current points (ie, if team 1 has 5 points and team 2 has 7, 2 minutes are added to the clock) once the time ends, the game ends and the team with the most points wins but the clock can be stopped early by another catching of the snitch. 4. if time runs out and points are tied, sudden death starts, 1st team to either get a point or catch the snitch wins the game. Just some ideas I wanted to throw out there.

This is actually quite humorous. As a month ago I began the same journey of rereading them and it has been such a fantastic relearning of such a well developed world. However, we do differ greatly on one detail. Quidditch. I love the snitch. I love the one thing that can save the game. And not to be too snarky but those things that you mentioned where they catch the snitch but lose the game still does happen throughout the series so....might just be a personal problem lol

16:50 Would I use the philospher's stone to turn metal into gold, or drink the elixir to become immortal? Honestly, I would say drink the elixir...only because it's a potion that keeps me immortal for as long as I keep drinking it, not a permanent state. That way I could live a little bit longer and stop drinking it once I'm 150 years old. I just hope that I would have the enough wisdom to do that and not become power-lusted by it.

My daughter is a junior in high school. Her school offers a Harry Potter class. It’s a year long class. I read Harry Potter to my kids and love that her school offers this. I’m re-reading the series again so we can read them together. Thank you for the work you do. I shred your channel with her, hopefully she continues to share it with her class.

I just finished reading the illustrated edition while listening to the Stephen Fry audiobook! And look what popped up in my recommended feed!!! Yaaaasss!!!

It really is a wonderful book. I have definitely read it my fair share. I am actually re-reading the series too but, I am reading them via the illustrated editions. I just The Goblet of Fire and I am so excited to get back into this world because it has been 2 years! Unfortunately I think it's going to be another 2 years until we get Order of The Phoenix.

This days I've finished book 6 from this series. I can't wait to read the last one. I think I will read it in December. Then...next year I really want to start rereading the series. I agree with you about the Quidditch. :)

It is always interesting to me when I hear people get nostalgic about this series. I read it as an adult and my take on events and characters seems to be very different than many other people. So this will be a fun playlist for me to listen to.