phylosopher's stone

four hours. well, you can imagine that i haven't been counting the time, but it was something like that - it took me four hours to read the first book of the harry potter series. and i can finally begin to understand the hype. all right, so far the story is not half as dense as anything written by tolkien. but it's quite interesting on its own. the idea of mixing the "real world" with the "magic world" is quite appealing, and it works pretty well.

and yet the book's best asset is the way it is written. without being too "heavy", they are easily read and can catch the attention and the curiosity of the reader - any reader - without any trouble. for a first book, the main characters are enough developed, and i'm curious to see what will the rest of the books bring. without being astonishing, it has been a good experience for a start.