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ArbAttack
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada198 Posts
October 25 2010 00:00 GMT
#1
My girlfriend and I have both seen all the HP movies and enjoyed them, but haven't read any of the HP books.

With the imminent release of HP 7 the 1st part, we decided to read/skim the Harry Potter series just because we're both on co-op (lots of free time) and heard that the books are supposedly 5x better than the movies.

We started 2 days ago, and the problem is that although my girlfriend is loving the books (she's on Chamber of Secrets already), I've halfway through the Philosopher's stone and I'm bored out of my mind. I just can't get into the book at all, and forced myself to go through more than half of the book.

You heard "HP is loved by children and adults alike" about the HP series, but I think I'm just too old :S I'm going to finish reading the 1st book and give the 2nd one a try before I'll be content with just watching the movies.

Have you read the HP series? If so, did you read them as adults?

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iamho
Profile Joined June 2009
United States3347 Posts
October 25 2010 00:03 GMT
#2
I reread the seventh book and its still fantastic. The first books are a lot more childish- they're not dark at all and are actually pretty shitty in terms of substance
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
October 25 2010 00:05 GMT
#3
I read them and liked them, I think the first few are more interesting for kids but are still good for anyone.
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Yizuo
Profile Joined December 2004
Germany1537 Posts
October 25 2010 00:06 GMT
#4
Read them all, I was 14-20 I think... If I'd start now I would definately start with book 3, as 1 and 2 are pretty bad imo.. You are not missing much!
Books 3-7 are sooooo good though .
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17726 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-25 00:07:01
October 25 2010 00:06 GMT
#5
I'm not surprised because the Philosopher's stone was meant for kids in elementary school. Just know that the story gets more mature as you get ahead because the readers of the books and the main characters are growing.
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Necosarius
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Sweden4042 Posts
October 25 2010 00:06 GMT
#6
How old are you then?

I started reading when I was 11 and the last book was released when I was 17 so I've really been growing up with Harry Potter. The books are for children/teens for sure even if they get a bit more mature in the later books.
selboN
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2523 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-25 00:12:46
October 25 2010 00:12 GMT
#7
No one is too old for Harry Potter, the series is great. I'm ashamed to admit how many times I've read the books... Some good memories were laddering on iCCup while listening to the Harry Potter series. If you enjoy the movies, seriously, read the books. 5x better is a joke, the movies don't even compare.
Edit: I'm 20, still reread them.
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piroko139
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States261 Posts
October 25 2010 00:13 GMT
#8
I read them as a teenager.

It's appeal is more or less simplicity of story and believability of the characters. I was entertained, but not necessarily blown away. The publicity and hype that came from the series made me less and less interested, and was more or less reading them as time went on to keep up with everyone else's conversations.
Thratur
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada917 Posts
October 25 2010 00:15 GMT
#9
The first ones are so short that you can just read them anyway even if they're childish.
Vanka
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
China1336 Posts
October 25 2010 00:21 GMT
#10
The first three book are distinctly children's literature, and four to seven have a distinctly darker tone and look much more for teenagers. Ironically, though you'd probably find the substance in the fourth book onwards more interesting, the third book imo is probably the best written in actual writing quality. I never read the 6th and 7th books but whenever I bring up Harry Potter all my friends smother me with rants about how badly the 7th was actually written, so...
Foreplay
Profile Joined May 2008
United States1154 Posts
October 25 2010 00:24 GMT
#11
strange i was never aware that the original title of the first one is The Philosopher's stone until now.
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Lightwip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5497 Posts
October 25 2010 00:24 GMT
#12
Honestly, I eventually got bored of reading them simply because Rowling's writing is a bit long-winded. Read if you want, don't if you don't.
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swanized
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada2480 Posts
October 25 2010 00:28 GMT
#13
Harry Potter is over-hyped in my opinion

try "A Song Of Ice And Fire" instead
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SlayerS_BunkiE
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada1707 Posts
October 25 2010 00:28 GMT
#14
i first read the 3rd book of harry potter way back in university as an assignment. i enjoyed it so i said, why not follow hp book series. but reading thru the 1st chapter of book 1, i also got bored, i even fell asleep i believe. i wasn't able to finish the chapter 1 of book 1!

i never tried reading it again nor tried buying the other books... i just followed the movies. for me, the movies are more entertaining than the book (except for book 3). book 3 has lots of events that were not captured by the movie. but then again that's the only hp book i read so i can't compare the others.

anyway, my friends who are addicted to hp said that the best book is still book 3,
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PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
October 25 2010 00:29 GMT
#15
How old are you? o.o

I read through all the books in high school, but if I had the time, I think I'd enjoy re-reading them again now.

The first two books are a bit meh, especially since you know the big things that happen from the movies. They really pick up from book 3 and on, though.
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Subversive
Profile Joined October 2009
Australia2229 Posts
October 25 2010 00:37 GMT
#16
I don't think it's an age thing. I read them as a young adult and loved them. But my friend, same age with very similar taste dislikes them and never bothered finishing the first. It's just taste.
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nayumi
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia6499 Posts
October 25 2010 00:38 GMT
#17
lol im curious how old are you?

im guessing you're somewhere around 20, give or take a couple of years.

harry potter imo is a good book, not as spectacular as how they're saying, but decent nonetheless ... i read all the 7 books ... every time the new one came out, i re-read the whole thing from book 1 so that i could grab all the facts from the beginning ...

well being a teenager is obviously much more easier to like the book ... since you can somehow relate your life to that of the story ... imagine only if one day some giant motherfucker visited your house, kicked your dad's butt and took you to a wizard school ... ah good ol' time =)
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Tazza
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Korea (South)1678 Posts
October 25 2010 00:38 GMT
#18
I think its the sorcerer's stone, isn't it?
emperorchampion
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada9496 Posts
October 25 2010 00:41 GMT
#19
The first three books are very light-hearted, I enjoyed them when I was young and still enjoy them- but they have definitely lost a bit of the luster they had when I was younger.

Shouldn't take to long to read the first 3 though, they're quite thin.
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Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-25 00:43:20
October 25 2010 00:42 GMT
#20
On October 25 2010 09:38 Tazza wrote:
I think its the sorcerer's stone, isn't it?

yea it is
nvm its both
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