By J.K. Rowling

Overview: I doubt anyone needs me to tell them to go read Harry Potter! This series is insanely good. The characters are well developed and all go through their own character arc. Anyone ages eight and up will absolutely love it! Content level is okay the first few books, it gets a little more violent in the later books but it’s pretty okay for younger, advanced readers.

What’s it about? “As his eleventh birthday arrives, the time comes for Harry Potter to discover the truth about his magical beginnings – and embark on the enthralling, unmissable adventure that will lead him to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, his true friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, powerful secrets and a destiny he cannot avoid” -publisher summary

My thoughts: I am just a simple person. I am just a humble reader of this book, and my words can do it no justice. I’ll try anyway, though! The story is well planned out and exciting. J.K. Rowling pioneered the normal-kid-finds-out-they-are-magical-genre. The only problem with that is every single book that came after involving a magical academy or an unassuming kid with powers was labeled a Harry Potter knockoff. It is true that this book is really good, but I don’t think it really deserves the sheer amount of hype it gets. The plot is really simple, which is good, but a few things at the end seemed like they weren’t explained as well or as well thought out.