Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

I might be the last person in the world who has yet to read through the entire Harry Potter series. My wife has read the books and we have seen the movies so far (as of this review, Half-Blood Prince movie was just released). The reason I decided to breakdown and finally read the series is that the last move (HBP) was an awful movie. I just didn't enjoy it and I really felt that I had missed an entire movie or story line as it just didn't seem to flow nicely with the previous movie. I thought it was time to read the books and find out what I was missing.

I knew the story-line of the Sorcerer's Stone and the movie didn't deviate too much from the book, only in a few minor areas that really didn't change anything. I realize that this book was written with the teen / young-adult in mind, but I'll be honest....if I had read this years ago when it first came out and before the movie, I might not go any further. It was not that well written and the story just didn't grab me. Usually the book is better than the movie, well in this case it's the opposite.

Since I have enjoyed the movies for the most part, I'm looking forward to reading further into the series and see what else the movies left out and then of course finish through the series, so when the later movies come out I'll be prepared.

From the viewpoint of an individual novel, I didn't really enjoy this.....but from looking at the bigger picture, I guess you have to start somewhere. 5/10