The Great Harry Potter Challenge

Nov 16, 2010 11:47

so many of you may know that I had adamantly refused to read the Harry Potter books ( Read more... )

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kstreetie November 17 2010, 01:06:18 UTC
Obviously it ultimately depends on personal taste.
But I disagree with the part about the premise of the books being "designed to get children reading more." While it may have been a side effect of the books, certainly, I don't think that HP "designed" to be something that got kids reading more. JK Rowling wrote them for the same reason any author writes a book-- that they're compelled to tell a story. Kids (and not-kids) just happened to like them THAT much.

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