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Originally Posted by jplumey
I guess you disagree with the millions of readers around the world who love the books. This isn't the place for a Harry Potter commentary (there's probably already a thread) but I disagree. Even if you don't like Harry Potter, I really don't think you can put one of the best selling books in all of history on the bottom of the totem pole.
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The bestselling newspapers are tabloids which are trash: Quantity != quality.
I've read all of the Potter books and most were enjoyable (as long as you didn't think about them too much) but they certainly weren't great and the final book was horrendous. The problem for me was simply that Harry Potter himself is a complete dolt and the final book demonstrated that to such an extend that I actually skipped larger parts.
Apart from that, the series belongs to the Things Just Work Out In The End category of books and I'm really tired of this kind of books. Other examples are (in no particular order):
- Honor Harrington Series
- Lt. Leary Series
- Lord of the Isles
- The Shannara Books
In fact, most fantasy books are either of that category or they have the same general plot line, even for different series (Robin Hobb, David Drake and David Weber are prime examples of this).