Harry Potter And The Philosopher-S Stone Paperback – Big Book, 1 June 2017

Llego en tiempo y forma sin problemas

Gift for myself.

Me gusto la calidad del libro, me gustaría que vinieran con un separador referente a la historia, pero en general si me gusto, me ayuda a leer fluido el ingles.

A great edition to have on your shelf

When it comes to Harry Potter, I prefer not to be critical. All I want to do is sit back on some place nice and cozy, and enjoy. So, this review will be more of a personal journey rather than a critical commentary.Like many others, I grew up watching the movies. I wouldn’t exactly call myself a potterhead, but I must confess that right from the start Rowling’s Hogwarts and its worldbuilding was gripping. And I was pulled into the magical world of Harry Potter. However, despite my many attempts to convince my family to buy me one set, due to financial constraints I could never manage to get hold of the books until recently when the gorgeous and tempting 20th Anniversary Editions started coming out. Along with my fiancée, we started collecting the series one by one, especially all from the Gryffindor and the Slytherin houses. After collecting all of them and finally getting the spare time to read, we started reading the books together this year. And boy, was it fun! More so because all this time I kept nagging about why my fiancé should abstain from watching the films, despite her many fussy attempts, hehe. Thing is I knew that reading the books would be an experience because the movies would definitely cut and alter some events. For her, I wanted the authentic experience and we did read together the first book (myself, the Gryffindor edition and my partner, the Slytherin edition) and that too, from these beautifully made anniversary editions. I could see the awe in myself as well when I came across events that weren’t there in the movies. And reading and visualizing it together made us really feel that we were at Hogwarts. We rushed through the first book, sometimes awe-struck, sometimes nostalgic (for me), mostly excited. For me, I could relish the awe and the tremendous happy excitement from my beloved–who is a newbie to the Harry Potter world and it is absolutely delightful for me to look at her all captivated by Hogwarts and to share her glee and exhilaration– which also made me revisit my childhood moments, my first time with Hogwarts. It was such an endearing read for me and to watch the child-like delight in the eyes of my beloved, made our read thoroughly enchanting and extremely restless. I can only imagine her excitement and thrill to come and I feel so happy and grateful to have the opportunity and love to read this beautiful journey together. This is like one of those tantalizing books for which we’ll have to squeeze out spare time during holidays so that we can revisit the series every year, followed by a snugly and cuddly movie marathon. Such a lovely adventure!