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re: Wife Finally Convinced me to Read the Harry Potter series
Posted on 6/11/18 at 3:08 pm to sportsaddit68
Posted on 6/11/18 at 3:08 pm to sportsaddit68
I don't think you can get an honest opinion from people in their late twenties-early thirties. It was weird because you were growing up alongside Harry Potter, so your mind evolved on the same level his did. I can't think of many other book series that have done that. JKR wrote very fast. Maybe she should tell Tubby to go to a coffee shop instead of his NM mansion.
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Posted on 6/11/18 at 3:11 pm to VinegarStrokes
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my buddy's 7 year old daughter is halfway through the books. I'm not sure I could bring myself to read them knowing that.
A 7 year old shouldn't be reading the later books. The seventh book opens up with Voldemort brutally murdering an innocent woman and then feeding her to his snake. There's tons of murder and genocide. It gets dark.
Posted on 6/11/18 at 7:13 pm to sportsaddit68
Absolutely awful books.
J.K. Rowling should still be homeless
J.K. Rowling should still be homeless
Posted on 6/11/18 at 7:32 pm to Big_Slim
Get. Out.
Posted on 6/12/18 at 8:29 am to sportsaddit68
I was 30 before I read the series, and I loved it. I'm sad I didn't read it in real time when I was a teenager, but church folks like my parents were terrified of it.
I did read it before I watched the movies.
I did read it before I watched the movies.
Posted on 6/12/18 at 12:57 pm to sorantable
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but church folks like my parents were terrified of it.
This always confused me when I saw churches picketing the movie. Maybe you can offer insight. What are they actually terrified of? Do they actually believe witchcraft exists? Most Christians believe god is an all powerful being. Why would they think a movie about wizards and witches be any sort of threat?
Posted on 6/12/18 at 3:51 pm to sportsaddit68
HP has become so large in culture that not reading the book or seeing the movies makes you ignorant of the content and references it has spawned.
Posted on 6/13/18 at 2:55 pm to DestrehanTiger
Because it celebrates the Occult.
Posted on 6/27/18 at 3:31 pm to sportsaddit68
It’s only one of the best book series ever...even re reading them as an adult.
Posted on 6/27/18 at 5:42 pm to CoachChappy
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not reading the book or seeing the movies makes you ignorant of the content and references it has spawned.
I hear you, but I am completely content not catching on to the references.
Like the Office, Seinfeld, etc. Not knowing the references does is not important. It's fantasy fiction, not WWII or something truly significant.
Posted on 7/1/18 at 2:08 am to JumpingTheShark
As of this writing.. I just finished the Deathly Hallows. Wow.
Very good Series. One of the best. And I'm not ashamed to say, as an adult male, that someone was cutting onions in the room for some stupid arse reason.. and at random times over the last two books..
Very good Series. One of the best. And I'm not ashamed to say, as an adult male, that someone was cutting onions in the room for some stupid arse reason.. and at random times over the last two books..
Posted on 7/2/18 at 12:02 pm to sportsaddit68
I’ve never read a HP book or seen a movie. Started out as I never got around to it but I’m holding out on principal at this point.
Posted on 7/2/18 at 12:34 pm to parrothead
The movies aren't necessary IMO but the books really are a good story and well done.
I enjoy some of the heavier, darker fantasy more and would normally recommend those to older people who are somewhat exposed to the genre, but still a worthwhile (and quick) read for just about anyone.
I enjoy some of the heavier, darker fantasy more and would normally recommend those to older people who are somewhat exposed to the genre, but still a worthwhile (and quick) read for just about anyone.
Posted on 7/2/18 at 6:08 pm to Sneaky__Sally
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I enjoy some of the heavier, darker fantasy more and would normally recommend those to older people who are somewhat exposed to the genre,
So now I am done with Potter.. can you recommend me a couple of darker ones?
Posted on 7/3/18 at 7:37 am to sportsaddit68
Adults read them the first time.
They are a good read.
They are a good read.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 10:04 am to sportsaddit68
Is Potter the only series you've read?
Some darker fantasy series you may want to check out would be
The Kingkiller Chronicles - Patrick Rothfuss (haven't read these, but heard very good things and it may be a good point for you to start)
The Dark Tower - Stephen King
The Black Company - Glenn Cook (not very magic heavy)
Malazan Book of the Fallen - Erikson (magic/military heavy, very slow reads - a lot of people don't finish but other love it, it is probably my favorite)
Other people may have some better suggestions - A Song of Ice and Fire is probably what most people would suggest, but I am waiting until the series is complete before picking it up again.
Some darker fantasy series you may want to check out would be
The Kingkiller Chronicles - Patrick Rothfuss (haven't read these, but heard very good things and it may be a good point for you to start)
The Dark Tower - Stephen King
The Black Company - Glenn Cook (not very magic heavy)
Malazan Book of the Fallen - Erikson (magic/military heavy, very slow reads - a lot of people don't finish but other love it, it is probably my favorite)
Other people may have some better suggestions - A Song of Ice and Fire is probably what most people would suggest, but I am waiting until the series is complete before picking it up again.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 12:05 pm to Sneaky__Sally
Potter is the first series I have read that I would consider it to be Fantasy other than Lord of the Rings. Most of my book tastes are the classics they teach in some schools and lots of sci-fi and comedy. But I do play a lot of fantasy style games and played D&D a good bit as a teen. The Dark Tower is on the list, I haven't heard of the KingKiller stuff. I'll check some of these listed out.
Posted on 7/3/18 at 1:32 pm to sportsaddit68
Posted on 7/4/18 at 4:19 pm to sportsaddit68
Hard to say. Growing up with the series as I did, it was easy to relate. I was ten when the first book came out and Harry turned eleven. I was like in the Harry Potter book sweet spot for target audiences.
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:15 am to OMLandshark
She indeed wrote very fast but I have a feeling when she wrote the first book she didn’t write just the one. I think she started writing the first one in 1990 and it was published in 1997 I think. I’m sure by that time, with not much to do as she was jobless, she had the entire series outline and had written the first two and a half books, possibly even three.
I say that because the first three aren’t very short and were published in consecutive years. Even for Stephen King’s cracked out writing that’s fast as shite. You can also tell a jump in her skill from the first three books to the fourth and then another jump in 5-7. There was a three year gap between Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix. And then two year time gaps in between the last two, giving her a year or more to write, a normal length of time to crank out novels of that size.
I say that because the first three aren’t very short and were published in consecutive years. Even for Stephen King’s cracked out writing that’s fast as shite. You can also tell a jump in her skill from the first three books to the fourth and then another jump in 5-7. There was a three year gap between Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix. And then two year time gaps in between the last two, giving her a year or more to write, a normal length of time to crank out novels of that size.
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