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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 2451909" data-attributes="member: 8447"><p>Add me to the "At first I didn't want to like it" list. It took one of my nieces to convince me to read it.</p><p></p><p>After having been burnt by a couple of megasellers, I simply assumed this was another series of over-hyped books. Eventually, though, thanks to said nagging niece, I went out and bought the tpb of the first book.</p><p></p><p>The very next day I went and bought it hardcover and gave the tpb to a child I met on the street who was sad because he hadn't been able to read it yet.</p><p></p><p>Yes, these are kid's books, but so was <em>A Wrinkle in Time</em> and, at least nominally, <em>A Wizard of Earthsea</em>. Like these books, the Harry Potter series is imaginative, inventive, and doesn't talk down to the reader. Jo Rawling is willing to use big vocabulary and complex sentences and assumes that the readers will still get the message, perhaps learning something in the process. The characters are believeable and you end up really carrying for Harry and his friends, truly loathing Snape and the Dursleys, and having a sense of wonder about the world. What I find even more amazing is how the series matures -- the first couple books are whizbang adventures, but then things turn darker and become more serious as both the children grow older and the wider plot deepens. Again, Ms. Rawling knows her audience and assumes that they will grow with the changes. So far, she is right.</p><p></p><p>To date my favourite of the series is <em>Goblet of Fire</em>, though I have enjoyed all of them. No, I don't think everyone will (or even should) like these books, but they are now part of my life in the same way that Tolkein, Chretien de Troyes, and <em>War & Peace</em> are parts of my life, filled with characters I love and admire, fear and hate, and teaching me a bit more about what it means to be human.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 2451909, member: 8447"] Add me to the "At first I didn't want to like it" list. It took one of my nieces to convince me to read it. After having been burnt by a couple of megasellers, I simply assumed this was another series of over-hyped books. Eventually, though, thanks to said nagging niece, I went out and bought the tpb of the first book. The very next day I went and bought it hardcover and gave the tpb to a child I met on the street who was sad because he hadn't been able to read it yet. Yes, these are kid's books, but so was [I]A Wrinkle in Time[/I] and, at least nominally, [I]A Wizard of Earthsea[/I]. Like these books, the Harry Potter series is imaginative, inventive, and doesn't talk down to the reader. Jo Rawling is willing to use big vocabulary and complex sentences and assumes that the readers will still get the message, perhaps learning something in the process. The characters are believeable and you end up really carrying for Harry and his friends, truly loathing Snape and the Dursleys, and having a sense of wonder about the world. What I find even more amazing is how the series matures -- the first couple books are whizbang adventures, but then things turn darker and become more serious as both the children grow older and the wider plot deepens. Again, Ms. Rawling knows her audience and assumes that they will grow with the changes. So far, she is right. To date my favourite of the series is [I]Goblet of Fire[/I], though I have enjoyed all of them. No, I don't think everyone will (or even should) like these books, but they are now part of my life in the same way that Tolkein, Chretien de Troyes, and [I]War & Peace[/I] are parts of my life, filled with characters I love and admire, fear and hate, and teaching me a bit more about what it means to be human. [/QUOTE]
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