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And we start out by establishing the Dursleys are dicks, just in case it's not obvious later on. And given Uncle Vernon's reaction to Dudley throwing food at the walls, it makes sense that he turned out how he did. And that's totally not Dudley's fault.

"There were lots of people called Potter who had a son called Harry." -- Okay, keep telling yourself that asshole.

I do love McGonagall in animagus form giving Uncle Vernon a stern look. I just wish that she'd maybe, you know, CHECKED UP ON HARRY WHILE HE WAS GROWING UP. Most people wouldn't have thought much of a stray cat wandering through the neighborhood. I suppose she figured that Dumbledore knew what he was doing, but I would have liked to have seen more pushback about leaving Harry with the Dursleys.

McGonagall calling Hagrid careless and then he flies in on Sirius's motorcycle. Pretty good timing there.

Oh yes, let's just leave a baby on the doorstep with a letter in the middle of the night. What could ever go wrong?

The more I read this series, the sooner I start going HEY ASSHOLE WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU LEAVING HARRY WITH THOSE ASSHOLES. It now happens in chapter 1.

As a left-leaning moderate that voted for Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, I love reading books about how batshit crazy Donald Trump is. What I didn't realize is just how far back some of the batshit crazy went - and not just with Trump - when Rudy Guliani lost his first attempt to be mayor, he claimed that it was stolen from him. Sound familiar? I also didn't realize how far back Trump went with Roger Stone, but it totally makes sense. There's way too much to go into detail on everything, but if you like nonfiction books about batshit crazy "politicians," I definitely recommend.