Jun 23
Harry Potter imminent
I am sure that you are all well aware that there is a Harry Potter book about to drop, especially if you have been anywhere near a bookstore of late. Now I have read all of the books and even reviewed most of them for blogcritics.com In fact I seem to remember that I got quite a bit of flack from Harry Potter fans when I dared to suggest that the last one was not the best of the series. I thought Hermione came across as a bit one-dimensional. She is a great character and it would be a shame to see her shuffled out of the way.
Now like everyone else I am looking forward to the next instalment of the series as much as anyone else old. I am less enthusiastic about the movies, but then that is the case with any movie baring a very few. The Harry Potter phenomenon is quite amazing really and its great to see a book that gets so many children and adults reading. I am sure its rather rare at any time that there is a book that is so fondly read by both parents and children alike.
Naturally that has been blast back from a few of the more puritanical of Christians who want to ban children from reading the book on the grounds that there is suddenly a huge rise in people joining Wiccan groupings of varying types. And we get closer to the re-release of the next book there will be more of this sort of nonsense.
I am sure I will do, as I did last time, the same thing when I get the next novel. I will promptly sit down, TV off, and read the thing cover to cover in one sitting. Then I will rush to write a review and start to watch the fur fly.
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I agree completely about the Hermione perspective. Her character needs more development. I’d like to see her be the one to ultimately defeat Lord Voldemort.
Ron dies and Hermione saves the day and becomes equal to the task of taming the Potter.
Not sure if I mentioned it, but I attended a trial last year against Harry Potter books in our local school system. A ‘reformed’ Wiccan (very stupid concept, but that’s what she claimed she was) testified against the evils of the Harry Potter books and how they had influenced her to turn to dark magic.
Unfortunately, she was not the most crazy person at the trial. The lady that talked about demons coming out of Harry Potter posters in her son’s first grade classroom took the grand prize.
Yes, there are a lot of loons like that…they really don’t understand it helps the book sales not hurts them.