[HPforGrownups] Worth it???

[fair wynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 153522




>Janie writes:
>
>Really now, I am very curious. Some of you seem to have based your
>lives around Harry Potter. I am sure I am not meaning to be rude or
>trying to bash anyone, just curious, what is it about these books that
>have enthralled you?
>Granted, they're well written, and fun, but are they really that worth
>while??? I mean, contemplating the personalities of each character and
>their motives and all that, worth it?
>I am an intelligent person and a very good reader [one of the only
>things I'm really good at], but I just don't think they're that
>amazing. I read the first, second, and latest one that came out, and
>quite frankly, lost interest.
>Am I the only one out there?
>Thanks and all the best!
>Janie
>

I just joined this group, but have been an HP fan for quite awhile and post 
a lot on the Lexicon.

While I have definitely read books that were better written (especially many 
classics), the HP books offer more than simply great plots and characters.  
They also have offered a number of years of mystery and suspense as we all 
try to figure out what's going on, what will happen next, what this or that 
point in the books meant.

I have a pretty high-stress life.  Before getting into HP fandom, I spent 
most nights waking up with a mental rolidex of "important things to 
remember" going over and over in my head.  HP gives me a relaxing, 
low-stress, interesting topic to relax with.  But because it's also very, 
very intriguing, it holds my attention and keeps it away from that 
high-stress real life stuff -- much more than my other interests such as 
history, or gardening, or music.   In that sense, spending a lot of 
attention on HP *is* worth it.

wynnleaf

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