So I've read the books a bunch of times, but I don't think I've reviewed all of them. I struggle to write reviews of super popular, been around for a while books, because what am I possibly going to say that hasn't been said a million times before?

That being said, we'll call it a mini-review.

So, this is my second least favorite of the books. When I first read this book - fifteen years ago, when I first got married - I didn't really "get" why the books were so wildly popular with adults. I mean, it was good, sure, but what was the huge crazy attraction? A friend of mine basically said to look at this first book as a world-builder, and that I got, and I read the next one, and was in love in the series & I finally "got" it, and got hooked on young adult books as a new-ish adult... (I was 24 or 25).

I think one of the things that bugged me is that Harry & friends don't act like any 11 year old that I know of. Once I got beyond that, I was able to really enjoy the series.

Rereading this book, after having given the entire series a break for at least a few years, did give me new perspective on the book, and I hope I continue to enjoy rereading, and I definitely look forward to reading my favorites!