Need there be any reason other than entertainment? :) They surely entertain me!
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Need there be any reason other than entertainment? :) They surely entertain me!
Why do adults eat sweets? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Medea86
In my case: My daughter likes the series, and kept talking about them so I read them too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Medea86
I don't know, really. I'm certainly childish enough ;) ...and also very curious. Besides, I am always short on reading matter, and tend to read just about anything within reach :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Medea86
/Claes
I'm a big fan of childrens books. i find that sometimes a lot more thought is put in to them and therefore they can be more enjoyable.
As For Harry Potter... they are what i call ageless books. They are books written with children in mind but have contexts that an adult would understand where a child wouldn't.this means that as you get older you realise things in the books that you didnt notice before because you're now that little bit older and wiser.:D
Also the Harry Potter books come in both adult and children editions. The only difference is the cover so it is actually being sold to everybody no matter what age you are. They are not the only books that are sold this way. Philip Pulmans 'His dark materials' trilogy, and Trudi Canavans 'Black Magicians' triliogy were both also sold in adult and childrens editions. In the bookshops i supervise you would find them in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy section.:)
The Harry Potter books are the only fantasy books I read. I prefer more serious stuff like Jane Austen, etc. But it's very entertaining and I love the world JK. Rowling has created. Some very colourful characters too. Especially Lucius Malfoy, Lupin and Snape. Sirius is also a favourite of mine. I've even roleplayed on a HP forum for a while. haha. I'm 20 though I hardly think of myself as an adult. I guess, in a way, Harry Potter makes me feel like a kid again.
I worked the night that Half blood Prince was released and most of the people outside the shop waiting for midnight were adults, and they were all airport staff members. only a few were looking for it for their kids, the rest wanted it for themselves. I was the first person in work to hold a copy of it in my hands. got real excited.:D
yes it is :) but then, you could say that all reading is a kind of escapism because you escape to a different world. Whether that world is "serious" or "childish" doesn't make that much of a difference :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Medea86
Most good childrens books are anything but "happy-clappy", so you can't escape from conflicts or evil by reading them any more than you escape by reading "serious" literature. Many of the problems are the same/ of the same kind but simplified a bit, only the setting is different.
What's your opinion Medea?
Adults read Harry Potter because they realize that the 'infantile escapism' it offers provides better bang for your buck than the unamusing intellectual masturbation inherent in certain other 'literary' works.
LOL. Fairytale regency romances vs. coming-of-age fiction incoporating themes like terrorism, loss and puberty (and a fairly realistic and relevent portrayal to boot); perhaps I just take the seriousness of the word serious rather seriously. :crash:Quote:
The Harry Potter books are the only fantasy books I read. I prefer more serious stuff like Jane Austen, etc.
The books are well-written, the story is enjoyable and the world Rowling has created is just so neat (can't think of the word I want so I am going to have to settle for 'so neat') and I cannot wait until the last one comes out because I want to know who killed Dumbledore.
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Originally Posted by Medea86
I would like you to know that I use a very mature form of escapism that I have been working on for decades and intend to continue as long as I am able. I can only say that I have always preferred desert over the main course. What can I say? Vegetables suck. :lol:
It is an addictive read and it is best when read after a really heavy book, for it is entertaining and light:D
J.K. Rowling created a world. A whole new world. A complete new world that you would've thought it absolutely existed since Muggles started living; since Muggles discovered fire (to which the wizarding folks maybe used their wands instead); since there were good and evil.
I'm not sure why anyone would incoherently swear against the book that it would cause such ruckus in their minds as if the Queen of England was sentenced to prison. Harry Potter is just an ordinary boy who wants to live. Plots, ideas, twists, death and fluff - they all come to the book, just like how every other book is. Let's give Harry a chance. He needs us. Lord Voldemort never spared him, anyways. :p
Oh, this is just saying if we like it? Where are the theory threads...?
I'm an avid Harry Potter reader. But because of the gap between the movies and books I must admit that my interest has somewhat faded, but I still love Harry. And compared to Eragon...that author just stole the best bits and pieces of other stories and threw them together...Eragon=Aragorn, urgals=orcs and so on. I read them, and found myself cracking up at the end of Eldest. Oh, and when he was proclaiming his love to whats-her-bucket, the elf. But this is Harry Potter. I love him.
*toddles off to find theory-discussing threads*
i have read Harry Potter and Eragon, Eldest and i think that Eragon was a better book and i dont think it copied lord of the rings it may have had similar enimies and his name sounds the same as aragon but it had alot of origionality such as the completely different style and concept of magic.
Overall, it was the book that inspired a sudden burst of reading when I was younger. So, the books are wonderful~! You should continue reading them. How far are you into the series now?