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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
And for many kids and teenagers today, Harry Potter is their Lord of the Rings. They are different series but both are really quite good. You have not read the Harry Potter books so you have not had a chance to see what happened in them. Try not knocking something you only know through a few of the early movies (when the kids were learning how to act).
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You are totally right and I don't really mean to criticize other people's choices while I am emphasizing my own opinions.
On the other hand, for me it is just like when I go to the library, or the news stand or a book store, and read the blurbs on the front and back and inside covers of the book. If that interests me, I read a few pages at the beginning, and even might glance at a few pages in the middle of the book. (Never at the end.) I then form an opinion as to whether I am interested in the book or not. I have done that with Harry Potter, plus of course the incessant advertising and publicity, and all the articles have impacted me also.
I decided that I didn't want to read the Harry Potter books, but like I said, I did watch two of the movies on video because a friend was interested in them. That only solidified my thoughts. Harry Potter is not for me. The word cutesy really springs us in my mind when I think of what I have seen.
I think my primary argument, besides speaking of my personal taste, was that the books are cheaper now either new in a set, or individually on the used tab in Amazon than they will be in ebook form. That is what I have been almost evangelical in my zeal to get across.
If that zeal gave the impression that I was criticizing others for their choice of books I apologize.
"Different bites for Different likes."
And by the way, my friend watched the video movie "The Help" last night. I didn't though as I passed by occasionally, I saw a few scenes and asked "who wrote the book?" The answer as I might have expected was very complicated.