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bigbeard61

My Harry Potter Experience

Jul 17, 2011 11:05

Am I the only one who never gave a rat's about the whole HP phenomenon? I read the first novel in one sitting, thought it was entertaining, though highly derivative of much more original and more interestingly written young adult fiction from the early to mid 20th century (Baum, Blyton, Eager, Enright, Kongingsberg, Nesbit, Ransome, to name a few ( Read more... )

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2ndbanana July 23 2011, 01:06:19 UTC

I want to second what CanaDad said. I avoided HP for quite a while. And then I was given the first four books as a gift. I didn't think the first couple were very well written, but they were interesting. And they DO get better as they go along. Same thing with the movies. I was bored with the first couple, but I thought the Half-Blood Prince was really good (I wasn't terribly impressed with the next one though).