Hello, Newbie here / Re: What did you like about Harry Potter?

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Erin:

Hello,

I just found this website, and though I have enjoyed bulletin
boards on other sites, I sometimes felt silly writing to young
kids. It's nice to have an adult site for HP!

I am married, with 2 boys, and I can't wait for them to be old /
mature enough to have me read HP to them!

> Hickengruendler

> So as a starting point, I would like to hear your reasons.
> What did you like about Harry Potter and (as long as it
> doesn't become off-topic) other children literature? What
> does particularly interest you in the series?


I liked how JKR created a very complex story, and yet it all
fit together at the end.  I also liked how you would read
about things, and not think much of them, and then later on
in the book, or even a few books later, would find out that
what you had thought was an unimportant tidbit, was actually
very important to the story.  I like how JKR took real-world
myths (philosopher's stone (why did they change the name for
US?...I would have understood what they meant!), dragons,
giants, etc.), and made them fit into her story.  I liked
how she explained why we muggles have no idea about the
existence of the wizard world.  She made it seem so real
and believable...even though we know it's not.

Erin