Harry Potter

Yep,
His Dark Materials is an excellent read and superior to HP in my opinion. It makes the reader think and question stuff.
Not all the characters are simply good or bad, there is a depth to it that hopefully they will keep in the film

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Edited by enigma - June 14 2007 at 16:39

They're pretty good, but I haven't read once in like 6-7 years.

darqdean wrote: Agreed, I've recently read Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy - an excellent read and not "just a kid's book"

I bought those for my 10 year old niece for her birthday at her request.I must admit I was impressed.Not only at the books but at her precociousness.

Edited by Man Erg - June 14 2007 at 05:21

el böthy wrote: If kids read it I think its ok, its in some ways a good introduction for them to literature... what I dont understand is when people passed their 15th birthday still read it, I mean, my mother reads them

I'm nearly 44 and I'm looking forward to reading the last instalment - whether a book is primarily aimed at a certain age group is irrelevant; if the book is well written, it can be enjoyed by anyone.

If kids read it I think its ok, its in some ways a good introduction for them to literature... what I dont understand is when people passed their 15th birthday still read it, I mean, my mother reads them

I read the first four books a couple of years ago, but then I lost interest. I kind of grew out of it, I think. 

The books are okay but for me I can only read them once because the second time round I can remember what happens and so reading it becomes a chore.

Which is why I've bought CDs where someone reads the book.

(That's possibly worse than rereading...buying a CD so you can listen to someone read it)

Jim Garten wrote: Great books - they've also grown up with their readers; the first book introduces the main characters with a basic storyline... from there on, the series has grown more complex, and considerably darker in subject matter. There's no shame for people of any age to be reading HP books & as Mystic Fred & The Progtologist stated earlier, anything which can get children interested in and used to actually reading a book cannot be all bad. Kid-A wrote: Here are some of my predictions for the new book: - don't read if you haven't read all the books Snape is not evil (duh, it was Malfoy who had to kill Dumbledore, and Dumbledore only said to Snape 'please Snape, please' you just assumed as you were reading it he meant 'please Snape, no) I would be pretty suprised if Snape was the  bad guy Either Dudley or Aunt Petunia is a wizard/witch. Dumbledores quote to Petunia and Vernon ' You've neglected Harry, but you've neglected your other sun even more' which could be seen as Dudley been a wizard. And Rowling also hinted Petunia would have a big role. I think Hagrid is going to end up being a hero in this, I'm not too sure about Neville, but obviously he's going to do something very important. Predictions for the new book, eh??? I forsee the death of one of the main three characters - probably Ron Weasley, and most likely at the hands of a Malfoy - deliberately if by Malfoy senior, accidentally if by Malfoy junior (eg a spell cast in anger without understanding its true power), and then only after he has finally declared undying love for Hermione. As far as Hagrid is concerned, I think it will finally come out the he is actually a dwarf who is very clever with mirrors

Great books - they've also grown up with their readers; the first book introduces the main characters with a basic storyline... from there on, the series has grown more complex, and considerably darker in subject matter.

There's no shame for people of any age to be reading HP books & as Mystic Fred & The Progtologist stated earlier, anything which can get children interested in and used to actually reading a book cannot be all bad.

Kid-A wrote: Here are some of my predictions for the new book: - don't read if you haven't read all the books Snape is not evil (duh, it was Malfoy who had to kill Dumbledore, and Dumbledore only said to Snape 'please Snape, please' you just assumed as you were reading it he meant 'please Snape, no) I would be pretty suprised if Snape was the  bad guy Either Dudley or Aunt Petunia is a wizard/witch. Dumbledores quote to Petunia and Vernon ' You've neglected Harry, but you've neglected your other sun even more' which could be seen as Dudley been a wizard. And Rowling also hinted Petunia would have a big role. I think Hagrid is going to end up being a hero in this, I'm not too sure about Neville, but obviously he's going to do something very important.

Predictions for the new book, eh???

I forsee the death of one of the main three characters - probably Ron Weasley, and most likely at the hands of a Malfoy - deliberately if by Malfoy senior, accidentally if by Malfoy junior (eg a spell cast in anger without understanding its true power), and then only after he has finally declared undying love for Hermione.

As far as Hagrid is concerned, I think it will finally come out the he is actually a dwarf who is very clever with mirrors

Play them some Black Sabbath.Or, see if Judas Priest can provide them with some demonic,subliminal messages.