Is Anyone Else's Head About to *Explode?*

[wonderbreadweirdo]

No: HPFGUIDX 64451

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at c...> 
wrote:
> Ooooooh!  My aching head!
> 
> So many people saying so many interesting things!  So many new 
> questions!  So many dead theories!  I don't even know where to 
begin!
> 
> Ooooooooooooooooooh!
> 
> <gulps aspirin, takes deep breath>
> 
> Hmmm.
> 
> Ya know, OoP was a children's book.  Definitely.  Don't you think?  
> Nope, there's no room for disagreement at all.  I mean, we got the 
> same old Draco Malfoy taunts, for one thing.  I was expecting 
> something a bit darker, a bit more serious.  
> 
> OK, I finally admit it.  I'm reading and enjoying a series for 
> children.  Ahem.
> 
> Cindy -- starting trouble for the sake of it and bummed because her 
> favorite characters (Lupin, Moody, Avery) got seriously overlooked

I think that the only reason so many adult readers of OOTP accuse it 
of "being a children's book" is because they have not read actual 
children's books for so long. From someone who has read and hated 
dozens of children's books not so long ago and has detested being 
labeled a "child" for a long time, I can assure you that I have never 
seen a single children's book quite so gory, graphic or intelligent 
as HP in my life. There are very, very few children who would 
comprehend many of the themes and subjects broached in these books. I 
feel it is childish (not to mention maddeningly condescending) to 
consider a book a children's one simply because the plot does not 
conform to the plot you expected for it. As for the "Draco Malfoy 
taunts" which are the only reasons I can see which you gave for it 
being a children's book, perhaps they are only there to put things in 
perspective for Harry, so to speak? To teach Harry that there are 
many types of evil in the world and some, like the type embodied in 
Draco Malfoy are not worth putting up with. That is only my 
interpretation but perhaps you can get a better one from wiser, non-
children book reading adults.

A Very Bitter 13-Year Old Potterhead

Yes I know this is an adult group. I just couldn't resist....People 
who patronize make me mad *grumble*