Hey Pencilore fans, today we will be reviewing the ever-popular Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling.

In the book we see Harry potter coming to terms with one messianic purpose: he is released from his Dickensian incarceration in the Dursley household and is sent for his first term at Hogwarts with its newfound traditions. Harry skilfully learns how to play Quidditch(like Tom Brown learning rugby). Rather fortunately for Harry, he and his pals are sent into the same school house; Gryffindor. Included with his experience they face formidable teachers such as Professor Severus Snape, extraneous bullies like Draco Malfoy, and even a deadly secret hidden within school walls…

Though Harry’s first year at Hogwarts is the best of his life, not everything is perfect; Hagrid’s hiding something and Snape’s acting suspicious right under Dumbledore’s nose in the extensive yet forlorn school. regrettably, Harry thinks it’s his responsibility that the stone doesn’t fall into the wrong hands – i.e. Lord Voldemort’s inhuman upper extremities. But doing so will bring into contact with forces more terrifying than he ever imagined.

The story in itself is an action thriller that targets an age group of young boys aged 10-15 years old. Although it is a positively gripping novel, it does have its drawbacks – faultiness in the plot, discarding of several things randomly, weirdly convenient plot twists, and even the fact that the story simply does not progress between pages 130-210.

Examples of these plot discrepancies include: 1. The time when Harry anonymously met Dedalus Diggle and immediately suspected that there was something mysterious about him even though he looked and behaved just like a Muggle. 2. Discarded things include: The Leg-locker curse, Neville’s Remembrall and even the centaurs in the forest.3. Several weirdly convenient plot twists are: when Dumbledore’s phoenix cried just as the Basilisk ploughed into Harry’s leg, Moaning Myrtle giving accurate clues to find the monster and how when Hermione tried to stop Snape counter-cursing Harry, she knocked their Defence against Dark arts teacher (the one who was performing the curse) out of the way.

Full of sympathetic characters, wildly imagined situations and countlessly exciting details, the first instalment of the series assembles an unforgettable magical world which sets the stage for more immeasurable adventures to come.

Thanks for reading – Pencilore.