Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

37 reviews

sleepymiracle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Abandonment, and Classism

teddereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

sparksofkell's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol

bubski_mcboo's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Upon re-reading the novels, it's hard not to see the author's traditionalist, gender-conformist mindset. 

Once, I believed in separating the art from the artist, but this is the first time I've had to try doing so while the artist is still alive and using wealth gained from their art to cause suffering.

Writers have power, the living have power, and the wealthy have power. She is all of those things. I have to do what I can to take the power I gave her back, and this is it.

For children who have yet to be jaded by the world, this book will remain a staple.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ximevillarejo's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism

hdkroon's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Grief, and Classism

laurajordensharris's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Classism

freesiaelect's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, and Classism

ameydireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

“Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.”

A fun book that not only provides us with a mystery, but also gives a proper introduction to the magic world and we're learning a lot about it alongside Harry Potter. The mystery itself is not very surprising, especially when you've seen the movie. But even if you hadn't, there were many hints in the story that pointed in the right direction. I was not shocked to find out that

Quirrell

was the villain. But let's not forget that this book was written for children and looking from that angle, I have to say that it's very well written. It didn't feel childish at all.

We first meet the Dursleys and they are so horrible! Unfortunately Harry had to live with them as his parents both died. They provide him with the bare minimum and seeing how they treat Harry just made my blood boil. It's great that he has the chance to go to Hogwarts where he becomes friends with Ron, Hermione and Hagrid. Ron and Hermione are both very pleasant characters. I laughed out loud at some of the things Ron said. Hagrid is very sweet and has a big heart but he can't really keep secrets.

In general, it was a fun book to read, but there are still some things that I found peculiar. Here it goes:

• If Muggles don't know anything about the magic world, how would a Muggle child find Diagon Alley to buy everything he/she needs for school?
• Harry Potter is so famous and everyone knows that he's the only one Voldemort couldn't harm. So who in their right mind would decide on detention in the Forbidden Forest so that they can find whatever is hunting and hurting unicorns? Even the centaur they meet says this forest is a bad place to be, especially for Harry Potter.
• The teachers and the headmaster are supposed to keep the children safe, but the only one who actively looks out for Harry is
  Professor Snape
  . You'd expect Dumbledore to do a better job since he is the headmaster but he’s only there to save Harry at the end of the book. He kept a better eye on the Stone than he did on his students. So I'm not sure if I like Dumbledore. He can prove himself to me in the next few books.
  
  

Special house edition (Slytherin):
Loved the sprayed edges and the extra information about Slytherin! Though, I think it is more valuable for Harry Potter fans and less so for people like me who are reading it for the first time. The extras in this book give more insight into the series as a whole as opposed to only the first book and I still have a long way to go so not everything made sense to me. For example,

they mention Draco becoming a Death Eater (what the heck is that…?) in his sixth year at Hogwarts iirc

. I guess this will be important later on, but I have no idea what this is about. It could even be a spoiler.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, and Classism

Moderate: Death and Death of parent