[HPforGrownups] Re: Newbie, difficulty getting into OoP

[Andrea Grevera]

No: HPFGUIDX 146657



  Marilyn Peake writes:
  Beginning with The Goblet of Fire, the later Harry Potter books are 
  quite different than the first three.  Both The Order of the Phoenix 
  and The Half-Blood Prince are definitely darker, and I think much 
  more reflective of politics in the real world.  I found that, if I 
  stopped comparing the later Harry Potter books to the earlier ones, 
  they were very rich and rewarding in their own right.  I loved that 
  Umbridge was introduced into the series because I think we've all 
  known our share of Umbridges; it was so great to see that type of 
  character in such an extreme form, kind of like a character I loved 
  to hate. :)

  kchuplis:

  I read the first three at the request of a friend so she could talk about them. I thought they were good, entertaining, but book 4, specifically the moment LV said "Kill the Spare" and Cedric was dead with no mamby pamby dying speeches or chases or anything else, I sat up and went "whoa" this chick is not messing around. It repeaked my interest entirely. OoTP was satisfying for me in that Harry is The Angry Young Man. He acted like a real teen with a past. I really liked it. I can't say as I had trouble getting into it, but it wasn't until my second read that I really began to grasp its implications. This book on is a lot more layered and may take a bit to chomp into. I like that. 

  Andie says:

  I hate to admit this but the first HP book that I read was OOTP.  After I was finished
  I had no idea what I had read but I knew I was interested.  That was when I went
  I purchased the set of 4 books, read each one & OOTP again.  Since then I must have
  read the series at least 8 times & every time I find something new.
  Keep reading you'll be drawn into it without realizing how hooked you are.


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