Genre? Or not? (was Re: Wasted Charms & other magical devices (Time Turner))

[zoehooch]

No: HPFGUIDX 32764

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Elizabeth Dalton <Elizabeth.Dalton at E...> 
wrote:

> (who does think Rowling is doing a fine job with the series, 
considering she
> says she hasn't read much fantasy, but thinks she would have done 
even better if
> she had a little more experience with the SF&F genre.)

I'm not so sure about that statement. One of the things I dearly love 
about the series is that is nothing like the genre books, but are 
good, well-written and well-developed novels. She's created a reality 
that seems honest and true. Her magical community fits in well with 
the current Muggle community, which, in my view, make the books even 
more enjoyable. 

For me, all of this adds up to why the books are so popular with so 
many different people. The books don't feel like a fantasy; they feel 
real and it's only because we have the misfortune to be muggles that 
we aren't participating in it.

Zoe Hooch