Harry Potter

Jimbo wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: mystic fred wrote: anything that gets kids away from their pc's can't be all bad - JK Rowling has got them looking at books again...     At the expense of making them believe in witchcraft ... You can't be serious.

Of course I know that most kids won't believe in magic or witchcraft simply from reading Harry Potter - but the combination of Harry Potter books, Harry Potter merchandising and the various fantasy TV series (Buffy, Charmed, Monsters, Ghost Whisperer, Medium etc) might cause young people to loose their touch for reality ... all these series are blending the fantasy elements with the real world, and *that* is what I don't like about them.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: mystic fred wrote: anything that gets kids away from their pc's can't be all bad - JK Rowling has got them looking at books again...     At the expense of making them believe in witchcraft ...

You can't be serious.

Ghandi 2 wrote: Chicapah wrote: What I love most about the series is that EVERY major publisher passed on her book just like EVERY major record label passed on the Beatles and absolutely no one thought Van Gogh could paint.  Just goes to show that the suits in charge have no idea what the public will clamor for.  Rowling is a fine writer with an unfettered imagination and she has stuck to her guns and proven all the experts wrong.  Bravo. Actually, I heard she has a crack team of editors that turn her bad writing with good ideas into decent writing. I'm not sure how true that is, however (probably not very, but it would explain why everyone passed on her).   I stopped at 3, and I would never read another one, but I vote other because it's good that kids are reading something.

mystic fred wrote: anything that gets kids away from their pc's can't be all bad - JK Rowling has got them looking at books again...

At the expense of making them believe in witchcraft ...

I personally love the series. I can understand not liking it if you have only read the first two book, however, because they are very simplistic and obviously written for children. From the third book on Rowling's writing has progressed by leaps and bounds, and now I think the books are rather too long and too dark for children. Book five has been my favorite so far.

I absolutely love it, I started reading it before the hype (before it even ever went to America I believe) pretty much as soon as the first book came out here in England. Not so keen on the movies though. I'm 18 now, and I'm going to take a whole day to read it when it comes out this time (had the last two endings ruined for me) and I think when I read the last word of the last chapter it will symbolise the end of my childhood. I think I was about 8 when the first came out.

Edited by Kid-A - June 09 2007 at 08:56

Very good, but long recently.

I still love the first 3 books very much, the fourth is ok, and I haven't read any more.

I will go all the way to reading the septology, despite that I have come, in three years, to listen to an immense greater quality of literature and even fantasy. My relatives in the US (they send me original copies of the book ) actually think I'm still dedicated to Harry Potter, but I remember them I already read giants of literature. 

Let's see:
HP I - 7/10
HP II - 5/10
HP III - 6/10
HP IV - 7/10 (probably my favorite)
HP V - 5/10
HP VI - 5/10

to note is the fact that, by literature, the volumes are decreasingly low and have a simple style. nothing, thus, is fascinating beyond the fantasy and the good mood plot.

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anything that gets kids away from their pc's can't be all bad - JK Rowling has got them looking at books again...