I don't know what I was thinking the first couple of times I read this. 
 1. I like Hagrid now. Why did I not like Hagrid before? I don't know. He can be a bit annoying, keeping a dragon and keep giving people information he's not meant to give by accident. Jesus Christ Hagrid! But other than that, he's great, and one of the only adults who Harry sees as close to him who actually cares about him, unlike someone else... 
 2. Yes, I am talking about Dumbledore. Even in book one, it is obvious that he is an utter wanker, and I have no idea why he is written as good and some many people love him. I literally hate him so much. The whole thing with knowing what Harry was doing and letting him do it anyway... he could have died! Not that Dumbledore seemed to care, until it was almost too late! And I could see that he didn't actually save Harry because he cared about him, it was because of his worth in fighting Voldemort. Also (the treatment of the Slytherins in general is one thing that annoyed me, but that's for the next point) the way Dumbledore decked the hall out in Slytherin colours, made them all excited, and then, BOOM, a change to Gryffindor. There were three days in between Harry's fight against Quirrell, in which they could have been awarded the points, but were they? NOPE! Get the hope of the Slytherin children up just to grind them back down again and show how much everyone hates them... it is fine! Fuck you, Dumbledore. 
 3. The treatment of the Slytherins was one thing that pissed me off a bit. It's a children's book, and it's by Harry's perspective that it was written, so it would be a little biased probably. But the adults were so obviously anti-Slytherin to make Harry like that! Hagrid- and this was one thing that annoyed me about him still- talking about them badly when he knew that Harry would take it in. Also, there was not one pleasant Slytherin character in the book that would change Harry's view... I just don't like this aspect. 
 4. The Dursleys are worse than I remembered! I fumed the entire time reading about them. However, I did feel like JKR made this a little bit more dramatic and obvious than it had to be. Harry never getting any new clothes at all, being locked in a cupboard under the stairs, withholding food from him and also leaving him with broken glasses. Surely the school would have noticed these things, and also noted that he is the cousin of fat and well cared for Dudley, who also takes great pleasure in bullying Harry? Or maybe old Mrs Figg (or whatever her name is) across the road should have said something... (do you mark spoilers for Harry Potter? Well... I will!) (view spoiler)[unless of course Dumbledore had told her not to, which brings me back to my seething hatred for him. (hide spoiler)] Surely somebody would have noticed! 
 5. Draco Malfoy was probably one of the most hilarious things about this book. Even though he is awful and mean and a bully, I do love his character. He is Obsessed with Harry! Following him around the school, getting up in the middle of the night especially to get him in trouble, borrowing a book from Harry's best friend just to taunt him. Just because Harry wouldn't shake his hand! I love it. I could read an entire book just on Draco Malfoy. 
 6. Percy. Percy the Prefect. I must admit, in this book I did like him. He seemed nice, if a bit pompous, and he loves his family. Hermione is brilliant, though irritating, and Ron is also good. I also really liked Lee Jordan, and Gred and Forge with their toilet seat jokes. However, the way that it stated that none of the Quidditch team would speak to Harry and just referred to him as "the Seeker" seemed very unlike them and I didn't like that. Neville Longbottom tried to fight Crabbe and Goyle! I'd completely missed this, or just forgotten. Jesus! 
 .7. Two of my favourite things though: 
 "...the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they followed Quirrell around, bouncing off the back of his turban." Oh my Fucking God. Gred and Forge enchanted snowballs to hit Voldemort in the face repeatedly and because nobody knew Voldemort was there, they were punished for it! 
 "...he sometimes had the horrible feeling that Snape could read minds." Oh Harry. It might not be the same as he meant exactly, but... Harry, just you wait a couple of years. 
 Really, I loved most of this book, still! I am so glad I read it and am looking forward to at some point rereading the second, and at the end of this year having reread them all!