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October 20, 2005
Why the world is so crazy about Harry Potter series
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Kidd posted an interesting question HERE that requires an entire post to answer. The relevant bits..
"You know, other than book 3 & 4, I don't enjoy her book that much. I don't understand why there is so much obsession over her books. I read in www.amazon.com review that 1 fan actually kiss her copy of HP6 a couple of times when she finally got her hands on it. Can u shed some light on why her books has such crazy following? U are also one of the people who got up very early to buy HP6 on the day of it's release, right? "
ActuallyI got Book 5 as an early Birthday Gift which was pre-booked also months before. Book 6 I bought it on the day it was released, never pre-booked it. I will admit; book 6 is the worst but the imaginative plots on several scenes are still there.
I am a fan but I won't go as far as kissing the books though I did write the date I purchased it, put my own personal stamp and read each one so many times I feel proud of letting people see the book. A clean looking book is an unused and unread book which means it is no good.
So why Harry asked Kidd...
Before Harry Potter, only a selected few and those really strange ones, be they adults or kids read openly. More so kids who preferred video games to books. When Book 1 was released, the response was positive but not overwhelming. But due to word of mouth, the craze caught on and children as young as 4 or 5 would ask their parents to read to them. Suddenly children love to read again and adults for once aren't ashamed of reading so called children's books. For a long while childrens books are rather stagnant until Harry Potter which gave books a celebrity status, like how it was before TV came along. Of course there are fans of Roald Dahl and Enid Blytons and all but Harry Potter was universal in its appeal that encouraged reading which was at one point a dying art amongst children. Parents would now happily indulge their children's request. How can you turn down a request to buy a book instead of some games or TV shows? Harry Potter single handedly brought back the passion to read amongst children and also were entertaining enough not to discourage adults from picking up the books.
So why Harry?
The plot for one. It may not be the most original but JK Rowling took all the popular elements and created a world so real in such simple sentences that anybody who has an imagination can follow. She created memorable characters, with such attitude and personality that adults don't feel they're insulted or children feeling patronized. It is adventure based so the story is constantly moving and yet it is also a story about friendship and family which makes the story deep and profound in many ways. Whilst her books are getting deeper, thicker and darker each time and I will dare say worse and worse, you can't deny credit where credit is due. Her power of description is almost perfection. I can imagine Hogwarts without watching the movies. She created and borrowed so many legends and myths, fans are eager to know the origin of the words, legends and myths and new questions are constantly being asked, as if her world is real. Of course it is not, but for some children stuck in daily mundane like or hardship or adults living for their jobs for much too long, her books are like an escape into a world of such magnificent grandeur and excitement. Her earlier plots, especially Book 1 and Book 3 are so good, I have read each of these 2 books at least 7 times and each time there is something different, something new. The other books may not live up to the hype but you must agree that there are elements in the other books that make the story unique and so very imaginative. Book 6 was horrible but the story on the I think Inferi (can't remember since book 6 I read only once) was scary and yet imaginative.
Just imagine her books like some TVB series and the characters like some stars in the series and then it may make sense to you. I love to read books but very few books are page turners and even fewer would encourage me to read it again once in a while. Nay sayers of Harry Potter may say the books are about witchcraft therefore evil, that her books are copycats of JRR Tolkien's LOTR series and that there is nothing great about her books compared to Roald Dahl.
I will agree there are similar elements with LOTR and that Roald Dahl himself is a far more accomplished writer since he wrote many characters and stories. JK Rowling has yet to stand the test of varied writing, since she wrote on Harry Potter series. But the spin offs like the books she wrote for the charity were fun reads and looking at the books itself, the fact that she is probably the first billionaire writer is in itself a testament to the success of her books.
Why her books rocks I can only say because I have never read anything so descriptive and so imaginative that could suck me into the world she created than that of Potter series.
Maybe her fans may be able to shed more light on this. Please, if you are the fans of her books, do post in this post why you love her books.
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