Most reviews were very favourable, commenting on Rowling's imagination, humour, simple, direct style and clever plot construction, although a few complained that the final chapters seemed rushed.
De fleste anmeldelser af romanen var rosende, og komplimenterede Rowlings fantasi, humor, simple og direkte stil og velovervejede opbygning af plot, selvom få anmeldelser kritiserede de sidste kapitler virkede forhastede.