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Figglesnout 
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 22:48 |
Personally, I think the franchise is ridiculously overhyped and not that good at all, although entertaining when you want a really quick read just for the hell of it...
Book 1: 4/10
Book 2: 6/10
Book 3: (apex) 7/10
Book 4: 4/10
Book 5: 2/10
Book 6: 6/10
we'll see...but overall i think it's rather a waste of time...
especially compared to REAL fantasy like A Song of ICe and Fire
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 22:52 |
I started reading it a long time ago before the hype blew up and I want to finish the series. It is way overhyped (have you seen the fan fic?  ) Overall, it's a good read I guess.
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asimplemistake
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 23:28 |
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i stopped after the third i think. An now I hear there's 7 or 8 or something like that. I just don't care.
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Mikerinos
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Posted: June 07 2007 at 23:29 |
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They were good when I read them, I was really into the first three books but then just lost interest. Overhyped, yeah, but since it actually gets kids to read rather than watch TV, they deserve credit.
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 02:59 |
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I read the first chapter of the first book and that was enough for me.
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Jimbo
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 06:55 |
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I read the first five books some years ago. I thought they were alright, good entertainment, but they didn't exactly leave a lasting impression on me.
So, overhyped, but not too shabby, I suppose.
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 07:30 |
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It's tremendously overhyped ... and while I can understand why children love it, I fail to see what some grown up people see in it.
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Norbert
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 08:01 |
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I 've read maybe a few pages from one of the volumes, and for me that was enough.
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 08:14 |
anything that gets kids away from their pc's can't be all bad - JK Rowling has got them looking at books again... 
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Dean
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 08:20 |
Other: It's only fun to read if you replace all occurances of the letter 'd' with a 'g'
try it yourself:
"Yes, yes. I thought I'd be seeing you soon. Harry Potter." It wasn't a question. "You have your mother's eyes. It seems only yesterday she was in here herself, buying her first wand. Ten and a quarter inches long, swishy, made of willow. Nice wand for charm work."
"Your father, on the other hand, favored a mahogany wand. Eleven inches."
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Vompatti
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 09:29 |
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 09:38 |
Stop looking at the series from a high brow literary point of view,and recognize the books for what they are.A great set of books to introduce to kids to try to get them to read for pleasure.
My children read them to tatters,so what is so bad about that?
Personally,I think the books aren't bad.Good plot and pacing,great characters,etc.The prose isn't the best,but they were meant to be children's books.
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 09:53 |
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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Chicapah
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 10:03 |
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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.
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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stonebeard
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 10:45 |
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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.
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The Miracle
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Posted: June 08 2007 at 16:55 |
I used to like it, then I hit puberty  4th book was the last one I read, 5 years ago I think.
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Posted: June 09 2007 at 07:34 |
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.
Don't forget, these books were for kids originally, but so many adults just started reading it. They even had to make an alternate adults cover about a year after it came out as adults were embarrassed reading a book with the childrens cover in public.
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.
Edited by Kid-A - June 09 2007 at 08:56
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Posted: June 09 2007 at 14:10 |
 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. |
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Posted: June 09 2007 at 14:21 |
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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.
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Draconean
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Posted: June 09 2007 at 16:09 |
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I just love it (and I don't feel guilty about it)!
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