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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Review, the HBO Series, Ending Explained and Book vs Movie

With HBO's Harry Potter series arriving at Christmas, is the first book still worth reading? Hailey gives her spoiler-free review and rounds up what we know about the new series, then, after a spoiler warning, explains the ending, from Quirrell to the Mirror of Erised, and compares the book with the 2001 movie.

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Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:24 Welcome
0:56 The Review
6:41 The Series
10:39 Spoiler Warning
11:06 The Ending Explained
17:43 Book Versus Screen
22:19 Outro

Scores, the full written review and the videos

Narrated by Hailey, the Book Explained host voice (AI-generated with Kokoro TTS).

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"Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Disquiet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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