Harry Potter

[Guest Hollywood™]

Who all will be picking up a copy of it come this Saturday?

I for one will be. Got it pre-ordered in Woolworth's for £1, the book will only be £8.99.

Kwik-Save will be selling it for £5 to under 15's.

[PkmnTrainerJ]

I will be. Hold on, why are Kwik Save selling it so cheap? I'll just get my little brother to pick up a copy for me using my Somerfield/Kwik Save discount card.

[therockbox]

I'm waiting for the film to come out.

[Dr. Rated-R]

I pre-ordered way back in April. $21, delivery and all from Amazon. Plus, it's guaranteed to arrive on the release date. I can't wait for it. I'll be up all night reading it.

[TMM]

My brothers gonna try and get it from Kwik-Save Saturday. I might read it.

I couldn't be bothered to finish the last one; I got so bored about 1/4 way through.

[IAceI]

Our local paper had a headline called "Chavy Potter"

Something about Potter being a word for a chav or something like that.

It was highly un-interesting, much like the books.

[TAFKA Castroneves]

I'd almost forgotten about the Harry Potter fad. *Sighs* it' back again. Still I admire the author a lot, she's managed to make a lot of money through these books - which is surprising with the more technology driven society.

[GoGo Yubari]

I might read the new one, but I dunno. Order of the Phoenix was rather bad.

[Guest Hollywood™]

It was a good book. I enjoyed it. I've read all the books and enjoyed them tremendously.

I hope im not disappointed with this one so close to the end.

[CKN]

I started reading the books in June after owning them since each came out. I have enjoyed them all so far. I am currently on Order of the Phoenix. I have to say my favorite would be either Prisoner of Azkaban or Goblet of Fire... Prisoner of Azkaban probably more so though because I didn't really enjoy the Yule Ball(that what it is called?) and the Rita Skeeter bits but the tournament parts and the ending certainly made up for those parts in my opinion.

I pre-ordered my copy and apparently it should arrive on Saturday if not I will be able to wait until Monday since I still have to finish reading Order of the Phoenix.

[Thatz]

I probably will. I've read the others, so I might as well finish what I started and read the last two.

[Blehschmidt]

I'll be getting it.

The place I pre-ordered from is opening at midnight on Friday to start selling it at 12:01!!!

[MalaCloudy Black]

I don't see how anyone can read those books without feeling dumber afterward. It's like the fantasy equivalent of "See Spot. See Spot Run!"

Only more to the tune of "See Harry. See Harry's wand. See Harry cast magic! awwwoohhhh!"

There's much better out there, Rowling's so overrated it's not funny.

[Guest Hollywood™]

See Harry's Wand?

WTF?

The books are ALL relevant to the story.

[MalaCloudy Black]

... and that makes them good.. how? It doesn't. Usually books in a series have some sort of relevance in the story. I was using that "See Harry.." statement to illustrate how simplistic Rowling's writing style is at times, which is one thing that really irks me.

Edited July 15, 2005 by Cloudy

[Guest Hollywood™]

I never said that makes them good. I said ALL the books have a relevance to the complete plot, which some people don't see.

[alldaws1]

I was using that "See Harry.." statement to illustrate how simplistic Rowling's writing style is at times, which is one thing that really irks me.

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...because the book's written so all ages can enjoy it? Mainly younger teenagers/pre-teens?

[MalaCloudy Black]

It's still rubbish, I was directing my initial question ("How do people enjoy these books anyway?") at the 20+ year old people that faithfully follow the series. I don't know if EWB has any people like that, but I know quite a few on other forums.

@Hollywood; When did I ever say that the books don't have a relevance to the "complete plot"? Point it out to me. As far as I can tell I never said that, I just said that they're written in a very simplistic manner and that Rowling's overrated.

Edited July 15, 2005 by Cloudy

[Guest Bas]

I admit, the Harry Potter books (at least parts 1, 2 and 3) were the first "real" fantasy books I read, and back then I did enjoy them.

However, since then I have moved on from JK Rowling to the likes of Margaret Weiss, Tracy Hickman, Robin Hobb, Raymond E. Feist, etcetera, and I can't possibly think of any reason as to why anyone above the age of 16 would want to read the Harry Potter books anymore. There are a lot better fantasy authors out there than Rowling, and their books often are a lot less simplistic and childish. Like Cloudy, I can't imagine how any 20+ (or in my case, 16+) year old can still enjoy the Harry Potter books either.

Unless of course, you have the intellect of a 12 year old.

Edited July 15, 2005 by Bas

[Zaz]

Maybe because the content of the books itself is still enjoyable and fun to read? Just because something is "childish" doesn't mean everyone from all age groups can't enjoy it. I myself don't rate Rowling too high either (for example, I still believe she based a lot of her books of other fantasy novels such as Lord Of The Rings. I mean, how the hell is Kreacher not[/] Gollum?) but I still find the books run to read, and will be reading #6 after my brother finishes with it.