Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[Mosheddy]

BUT, I still realize that this is a kid's series, about magic. What do you expect?

you took a weeks break from the internet in order to make sure nobody would spoil it for you lol. so, whats life like after potter?

[cicley_has_aids]

so, whats life like after potter?

I am in a state of total satiety

[Victoria]

This is not a mere children's book, it is one of the best selling books in the world. The American release alone had 13 million copies printed for the first edition.

It is predicted that more adults than children will be reading the Deathly Hallows.

It is inexcusable that a book of this caliber should have so many holes in the story and flaws.

[moomoo]

Not really. It doesn't matter how many adults read it, it's still a kids book. That's how it was written and whom it was intended for.

[Zokita]

I have a hard time believing that it's still a 'kids book' at this point. I'm surprised that so many parents still let little kids read them, to be honest.

Just look at what goes on in Deathly Hallows *Spoilers, duh!*

Torture, murder of over fifty, sexual innuendo and implications, violence, and six Harrys stripping in the Dursley house.

[ChemKneazle]

Not really. It doesn't matter how many adults read it, it's still a kids book. That's how it was written and whom it was intended for.

Sorry, but no.

Rowling adamantly denies writing the book for a particular age group. It was the publisher that decided to market it to kids.

[kelly]

I'm surprised that so many parents still let little kids read them, to be honest.

My aunt gave the first four books to my brother and I for Xmas '01, when he was 12. If OotP or HBP had been out by then, I would have been rather dubious about him reading them.
Young Adult is the 'youngest' I'll categorise the series, and both the Canberra and Shoalhaven* city libraries agree with me, shelving only the first two books in the Junior Fiction (ie Kid's Books) section.



*Shoalhaven is the local government area Nowra's in. It's legally a city, though it's only just got the population and it covers a very large area.

[M_B]

I never cared much for the books. My mum bought me the first book when it "released," the Sorcerer's Stone. My grand parents have gotten me every book since. It didn't take long for me to start disliking the first book, honestly. I don't even know why my grandparents kept sending me the books. They stopped after Order of The Pheonix, though. I have every book up until then, though. If I ever feel like picking one up and reading it, I can.


I do like the movies, though. Quite a lot. I don't get in costumes or wait on pins and needles for movie tickets, but I just like them.

[cicley_has_aids]

This is not a mere children's book, it is one of the best selling books in the world. The American release alone had 13 million copies printed for the first edition.

It is predicted that more adults than children will be reading the Deathly Hallows.

It is inexcusable that a book of this caliber should have so many holes in the story and flaws.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL, "inexcusable".

I agree there are many flaws, but it's still a very entertaining read. Let it go, the books are not a perfectly designed world for adults to try and break down. The series started off for kids, so inevitably the books have turned out a little bit out-there. If Rowling had known how big Harry Potter would becomr and how many adults would read it, she may have set it up one hundred years ago to make it easier to swallow.

Modern technology is not magical nor is it spectacular. It's not mystifying or exciting, just boring and common. That is why they don't use cell phones or the internets. It's supposed to be a fantasy world very different than ours. This is why they don't use them, the pretext is that wizards are very tradional and despise muggle inventions, buts it basically comes down to the fact that these devices would make the story boring and ruin many parts of it.

As far Britain being the center of the world.....well that's just laziness/nationalism. IDC.

Really, the books aren't to be taken to seriously. They're purely for entertainment.

[Ponycat]

Really, the books aren't to be taken to seriously. They're purely for entertainment.

Hear Hear ! Agreed.

[SportaDork07]

I love the HP books with all my heart, but I still don't understand the cause of all of these debates like the one going back and forth between Xizer and Chem. Come on, people, its just a book series. Don't get so worked up about the schematics.

[ChemKneazle]

I love the HP books with all my heart, but I still don't understand the cause of all of these debates like the one going back and forth between Xizer and Chem. Come on, people, its just a book series. Don't get so worked up about the schematics.

I love HP with all my heart as well and the only reason I started that debate with Xizer was because I initially thought he was just trying to start it to be "that guy," the little smartass who's all against HP just for the sake of being against it. I later found out he wasn't but the debate still continued.

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Personally, I never read the books intending to find fault with Rowling's "loopholes" simply because of the fact that she created the world and she can make whatever she wants to happen happen in it. If what we consider to be logical remedies for simple problems (i.e. Internet, cell phones...etc) don't exist in her books, then they doesn't exist in her books! She didn't make a mistake about it! She could have addressed their absence or could have given a reason for their absence but she didn't and that's it.

I don't get how people are so adamant about proving her wrong when she's the only one in the world who can claim full knowledge of the world she's written about! She created it so whatever she writes about it is the truth, whether or not someone finds "loopholes" with it. She is the be-all and end-all of the world she's created and it's nobody else's place to dispute her personal logic.

It pisses me off when people get so excited about proving someone else's completely unique fictional ideas wrong like they can even be debated. It's ok to say you didn't like the books or the plot or the fact that she might not have given us all the information to allow us to close the "loopholes" but don't say she doesn't know what she's talking about or that, God forbid, she's WRONG about anything in the books. That's just ludicrous.

[Mosheddy]

YES! just ruined the ending for another slow reader. he says he can't be bothered to finish it now. i told him its a sign and he should stick to the films and video games =D

[moomoo]

Yes, cause Harry potter games are usually AAA titles.

[Mosheddy]

lmao, another one bites the dust! XD

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