Midnight movie premieres, midnight book releases, book tours, and movie marathons. After seven books, seven (eventually eight) movies, and so much hype it puts Jersey Shore to shame, Harry Potter is coming to an end. It has been over ten years since the first Harry Potter book was released. Since then, it has become a phenomenon. It’s very rare (and upsetting) to find a person who has not read the books or seen the movies. I will not lie, I am a huge Harry Potter fan. I have read the whole series at least eight times.
When the Harry Potter craze first began, both my brother and I kept up to speed with the books, and we were extremely excited when the first movie was released. When we went on family vacations, my mom would read the books to us during the long car rides. After a while, we became annoyed with her reading to us as she had a tendency to read ahead and give something away. We then began renting books on tape which probably sounds old school, but the man reading the books had a British accent and was pretty entertaining.
For those of you who have not heard of Harry Potter, I will give a brief overview. The entire series takes place in England. No one is exactly sure where the school is located as it was never disclosed. The wizarding world (yes, wizarding) is very competetive and the three main wizarding schools did not wish to be spied on by the other schools. Therefore, they kept there location a secret. The beginning starts out with a young boy who is just about to turn 11. He lives with his aunt, uncle, and cousin who are not kind to him. Mysterious things begin to happen around him and he is told that he is not a muggle, which is a non magical person, but a wizard who had extremely famous parents. He is also told that he is not just a wizard, but a wizard who is very well known and famous. Throughout the series, it is discovered that the wizard who killed his parents is still alive and searching for Harry. Many people of the wizarding world attempt to protect him, however; not all of them. Harry is a boy who doesn’t necessarily enjoy being the center of attention or hero of the day, but he ends up in those situations constantly.
There is much too much to try to summarize into this small blogpost because I just could not do JK Rowling justice. She does a fantastic job of tying everything together throughout the seven books and leaves no one hanging at the end. No loose ends are left. The books are a bit longer than many other books, however, I feel as though if they were any shorter, they would not be as good. The length is perfect for the great amount of detail she puts into them. There is nothing I can think of that JK Rowling could have done to make this series better. The only thought that comes to mind would be to write more books, however, as most people have noticed, when sequels and more are created, they begin to lose the momentum and quality they first recieved. As much as I would like to keep reading on about Harry’s life, I feel that Rowling stopped at the perfect point.
I feel it is necessary for everyone to both see the movies and read the books to get the full effect of this great series. Despite the fact that one character, Robert Pattinson, is shared between Harry Potter and Twilight, they are not similar in the slightest. In my opinion, Harry Potter is at least six times better. After all these years, I will miss Harry Potter and the rest of the gang.
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