On books

[shade53]

Crazyhorse is six. He's bright, sometimes I think he's too bright for my own good. Right now, he's reading the second Harry Potter book. It's a double edged sword for me. I'm thrilled he's reading at that level - even better, he's comprehending at that level. But, I have some issues with the entire Harry Potter series. It may well be a good story

Comments

[areteus]

Narnia not as dark as Potter? Not sure I agree with you on that score. Narnia is darker in my mind but in a subtle way. Potter tends to throw the darkness in your face in a 'look! See how dark I am' like an EMO teenager whereas Narnia has a sort of building, tense darkness in the background. The final book is incredibly dark and this is me speaking as having read it quite recently

[shade53]

I think with Narnia (I reread them not too long ago) it's a sort of darkness that I can explain better - it's an all-over darkness rather than a focused darkness. That being said - the last one is darker than the others but I guess I assume that he's like me and I was very young when I read it - seven or eight I guess is when I started - and it either didn't effect me or I glossed right over it because I don't remember once being scared while reading those books. Similarly, I don't think he's ready for the Hobbit just yet, I think he needs a bit more maturity. I think he could read it I just think he'd appreciate it better with some extra years