I have never read Harry Potter
until beginning this course. Growing up my sister and mom read it, for
different reasons. But I, like many others had seen the movies, and loved them
for the fantasy and the romance and the thrill. I never understood what they
meant about the book being intriguing in so many aspects until I began the book
myself and realized that the book makes the characters and the school and the
objects comes to life more than the movies.
J.K.
Rowling does an incredible of keeping the reader hooked from the beginning of
the book by adding on more aspects to the books complexity. The mystery and
fantasy go very well together and Rowling knew what she was doing. In this land
of magic and dark secrets that no muggle knows what can happen, it keeps you
wondering what the real motives are behind every actions and every wand flick.
My favorite things about the books are Harry learning of his parents, because
we as readers have no clue about them. So, we are unwravling the mystery and
secrets with Harry, side by side.
The last
genre I think that this book posses is a low-key horror! In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,
when the trio returns to Hogwarts (after the flying car incident) they meet Moaning Myrtle, a
young girl who was killed by the evil that in the chamber so it is really
intense for this young girl to be trapped in the place her life was taken. But
once again, what would the Harry Potter series be without all the ups, downs,
twists, and turns.
I completely agree that the books do an excellent job at portraying the characters, especially better than the movies. You really get to know the main characters like Harry, Ron, and Hermione, but also the ones that aren't nearly as important as in the movies. Like Lee Jordan, the person who speaks at the quidditch games. He cracks me up every time theres a game happening. You don't see this funniness in the movies that comes with every time they play quidditch. It's one of my favorite parts of the books. And Ginny is a completely different person in the movies and in the books. All the subtle signs you see when Ginny opened the Chamber of Secrets in the second book are all lost in the second movie.
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