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Well none of those options really fit..
Personally I find the books (well ok, I can only comment on the first one as its the only one I have read more than a few lines of) to be badly written, with boring, simple characters and plotlines. Nothing that hasn't been done before many many times in much more interesting ways. I didn't enjoy reading the first book, and only carried on to see what the fuss was about, in the desperate hope that I would start to enjoy reading it by the end.
I didnt.
However, I fully accept that this is just my opinion, and while I don't think its exactly good reading I can't really brand someone as an idiot for reading them..literature, as with music, is a personal thing and what one person loves another will hate...with harry potter i'm in the 'hate' crowd, who doesn't understand the mass love of these storybooks (I loath to call them 'novels', since that implies some technical quality...)
So in short - I dislike them but can't really call people idiots for reading them..I can say they have poor taste, but thats an entirely different thing
If they are good enough for Stephen King to read they are good enough for me. Not the same as reading one of the classics but all the same they are an entertaining read.
I dont like the books but I am off to see the film tonight
love them, read them many times and will do so again.
They are not (imo) as good as the Robin Hobb books, but they are quality titles and very enjoyable stories. I also very much love the fact that these are fantasy novels, an area of literature which does not get the recognition it deserves and where everything is ultimately compared to Lord of the Rings, an overhyped, long winded, self indulging set of novels.
As for the films, well not as good as the books, but only LOTR so far has been a better film series than book series (again imo)......
but now that Hermione is 17....
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I'm not a fan but I don't judge people who read them.
I've read all the books so far, and enjoyed them. Can't wait for the new book although I haven't pre-ordered it. I've found the films a bit lacking, but still enjoyable.
TP is Brilliant, definitely my favourite author.
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what hermonie dies??? nah joking ;0
films are good havent got time for the books but the imagination of that woman is briiliant.
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Terry Pratchett has to be my favourite author aswell. The guy has an endless fountain of comedy.
Oh they're making the Colour of Magic aswell in Guildford
I'm even sad enough to own 2 copies of the Unseen University cut out book
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The missus is into her Harry Potter. Which is fine, until she drags me to the cinema to watch the films. I saw the new one yesterday - the highlight being the surprise of seeing a trailer for I Am Legend, a(nother) movie adaptation of my favourite book. Fingers crossed it's a little better than the Omega Man... though it does star Will Smith, so my hopes aren't particularly high.
Richard Matheson > J.K. Rowling.
As far as adults reading the Harry Potter books/seeing the films, there's nothing wrong with it. That is, until they start dressing up and roleplaying, of course.
I think it's perfectly okay for adults to read Harry Potter.
Firstly, unless you've read at least one, how can you know if they're any good? What would be idiotic, because it's blind ignorance, is to dismiss them out of hand. On the other hand, they certainly won't appeal to everybody. I'm not particularly impressed myself. They're okay, and I've read three, I think. I certainly wouldn't rave over them, and there are far, FAR better 'fantasy' books, in my opinion, but they'd while away a few hours and I'd read them if I'd nothing better to read.
I'll be reading HP7 soon, in some form or other.
JKR has lucked herself into a winning formula, and that's a reflection of our society. HP6 showed her starting to try to be daring with the death of Dumbledore, and I already know that HP7 involves the death of several lesser red-shirts, but nothing really daring. I don't think she has anything else in her beyond HP, but hell, she's already retired. JKR is a one-trick pony.
I have no problem with adults reading HP. I have a problem with any adult who thinks it's good literature, but then those people are usually lost cases anyway.
Finished reading the new one on sunday (mum's on it now) quite enjoyed it, although I still think there are better books/authors out there (TP, JRRT)
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