Worth it???

[whirledgirl]

No: HPFGUIDX 153526

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "imasuperhero7" 
<imasuperhero7 at ...> wrote:
>
> Hello peoples,
> 
> 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 enjoy reading books that tie together or connect the 'real world' 
with a fantasy world, precisely like what JKR does in Harry Potter. 
When you enjoy something like that anyway, and then find something 
like the HP books which 'ticks the boxes'..it's easy, and something 
I consider fun, to theorise about possible outcomes/reasonings 
behind what's been written. 
I haven't personally based my life around Harry Potter (yet...there 
are so many who base their lives around much less...), but there are 
many things at the core of these books which allows them to be 
deeply relevant to a great many people in different situations. The 
subjects of free will, choice, love, and friendship are ones that 
are raised time and again, subjects that are close to people's 
hearts (aaaand children's!!).
For me, it is the intrinsic understanding of _people_ that JKR seems 
to have which makes the HP books worthwhile - to read, and to think 
about. In short, I find them stimulating. Partly because, like in 
any fantasy-type book, it allows the imagination freedom, and partly 
because actually, here is a magical world ready made for me to 
enjoy! 
It's not that the HP books are all I read, but they have inspired me 
much more than many other books have done recently. 
As for finding somebody who thinks HP is uninteresting 
_here_  ...well...   :-)    good luck with that! Heheh!

smiles and good things to you,
WG*