2006-09-24 06:53:02 · 17 answers · asked by Amantia A 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Lots. The books has inconsistencies, bad English, are pretty uneducational, and lack positive character development. Many who don't like the books don't know all these things but I read enough of the books to find out.
2006-09-24 07:02:11 · answer #1 · answered by Robert B 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I like Harry Potter and I am definitely grown up and I know a lot about literature. I dont think Harry will ever be seriously compared with Hamlet or other great literature, but it is fun and amusing, filled with creative images and little friendly parodies of teenage life. I have read all the books and seen the movies and I look forward to the next step in the story.
One of the fun things about 21st century life is the HUGE amount of literature, music and cinema that is readily available to everyone. And there are all kinds of authors and creative people who, because of the way we can spread things around, can find a market for their art. IT used to be just vanilla and chocolate and now we have 34 million flavors of story telling!
2006-09-24 08:57:58 · answer #2 · answered by matt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a grownup and could never get into a series like Harry Potter now, as I couldn't get into the "Hobbit" and those "Ring Trillogy" books when I was growing up. By the way, my friends then loved the "Lord of the Rings" and my grownup friends adore Harry Potter, so go figure! Guess I'm just becoming an old fuddy-duddy.
2006-09-24 07:43:36 · answer #3 · answered by crowbird_52 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me. I try to be my own person and not follow the crowd, and I refused to read them just because they were so popular. In fact, it was a point of pride for me to say I had never read HP, that is until I broke down and read the first one out of shear curiosity . It was okay. Certainly not on par with any of the classics, Dickens, Bronte, etc., but I was nevertheless entertained for about eight hours despite my prejudice.
2006-09-24 15:21:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got nothing against him or Rowling, but this whole craze is really getting on my nerves. Some people are even claiming it's among the best literature ever written, as in on par with Dostoevsky and Shakespeare, PLEASE!!!
On the plus side, it is getting a lot of young people to read.
2006-09-24 08:44:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is one grown up who loves Harry Potter. I started reading them with daughter when she was younger. She is 21 yrs old now. When a new book comes out we fight who is going to read it first. lol We can't wait til the next one comes out.
2006-09-24 06:59:07 · answer #6 · answered by pj_gal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot. Too hyped. Awful writing. Waste of paper and money. Not. Even. Worth. Full. Sentences. From. Me.
Peace.
2006-09-24 10:45:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why care who doesn't like a book? If you liked a book and a million other people didn't, it does not change a thing.
2006-09-24 07:36:13 · answer #8 · answered by veraperezp 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i've never read the books but i was always guaranteed a good hours sleep when watching the films at the cinema. but the kids loved them.
2006-09-24 08:36:07 · answer #9 · answered by bolo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alot of people don't, they think HArry Potter is the devil because of his magic. But they are wrong, Wal-Mart is the devil, a devil with good prices, but still the devil.
2006-09-24 07:13:55 · answer #10 · answered by Gonzo Rat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋