What did you like about Harry Potter?

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 183805

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Alan Wilson" 

What drew me to the series (after seeing people rave about it on a 
library list) was the humor and the sheer extravagance of it.  I 
liked that the names were funny and made puns.  I liked the detail of 
the different shops in Diagon Alley.  I liked the details of the 
castle and that everything seemed to be imbued with imagination and 
fun.

I also liked the characters.  I liked Ron and Hermione and Harry.  I 
liked the cariacatures of the teachers--which is a lot like Dickens.  

That it was written for children didn't put me off in the slightest.  
I think some of the best literature has either been written for 
children (like Alica in Wonderland) or appropriated by children (like 
Huck Finn).  

I still think that JKR did a tremendous thing with these books.  If 
nothing else (and she did a great deal more than nothing else), she 
exploded that idea that children's literature has to simple and 
written to the lowest common denominator.  She brought complexity 
back to children's books.

Montavilla47