i cant see what the big deal about harry potter is.....

[stitch]

i could not even finish the first book.
why is the world so caught up in it?
there are so many better books and better authors out there.
can someone explain?

[swiperfox]

No idea!! I can't bring myself to even attempt to read one!! Maybe I'm wrong....... I guess there must be something about them

[tassis]

I'm with you too.

Got bored half way through the first book and didn't finish it.

Cod agrees with us. There was a thread n this a few weeks ago.

[MrsGordonRamsay]

Read the first one, really enjoyed it, a bit like Enid Blyton on acid.

Left the second one after 2 chapters.

[stitch]

thank goodness, i thought i was the only person in the world who wasnt a fan.
and its not as if feel strongly enough to hate them, just think they are mediocre books.

[WigWamBam]

Yep - me too. I just can't see the appeal.

[swiperfox]

pmsl @ enid blyton on acid!!!

[Twiglett]

I'm a fan as far as a child's book ... simple, interesting, relevant story and sub-story lines

but for adults .. well really

[Lonelymum]

I read the first out of duty to ds1. I didn't like the second film so skipped the second book. But I have just read and third and am now half way through the fourth and I rather enjoy them I must admit. Obviously children's books and children's plots (can't understand people who buy the "adult" edition as if to pretend they are reading adult fiction) but a decent romp nonetheless. I feel very maternal towards Harry.

[SoupDragon]

Personally I can't see what the big deal is about Jane Austin or Shakespeare.

[Twiglett]

[WigWamBam]

I can't abide Jane Austen either, but there are stacks of other authors out there who you could try, and who can string a sentence together far better than Ms Rowling.

In my opinion, of course

[hunkermunker]

No, don't like them. Just find them totally unmemorable. I posted a synopsis of the things I can remember from the first four on another thread (wanted to bite my wrists open reading the fourth one - is her editor scared of her or something?!).

[SoupDragon]

And there are infintely more who are worse than JK Rowling too

It's all a question of personal taste isn't it? Life would be very dull indeed if we all liked the same stuff.

[Twiglett]

I've no room to talk .. I like Terry Pratchett

[WigWamBam]

Quite agree, SoupDragon - very boring indeed.

It'd be even more boring if we couldn't say what we thought about someone else's favourite author just in case someone got annoyed by it, though.

[ABow]

Well I unashamedly admit to loving the Harry Potter books. But I also appreciate lots of other really good authors too - both children and adult. But as Soup says it would be boring if we all liked the same thing. I loathe Eastenders and Neighbours but most of the nation think they are ace.

[hunkermunker]

Twiglett, so do I!

[SoupDragon]

No one said you couldn't say you didn't like HP though.

[piffle]

neither me but my son has re read and re read all of them and adores it...
I lie I've never actually tried to read one as the idea of a goblin or wizard sends me into paroxysms of yawndom

[Oliviab]

On the subject of goblins, don't you agree...
There's boring gobliny things like Tolkien and CS Lewis and then there's gobliny things with warmth and humour like JKR and Pratchett. I can't abide those humourless fantasies/childrens books written by old professors cloistered in academia and no real experience of kids.

[gigglinggoblin]

thought my ears were burning....

i love hp cos its easy to read, and sometimes i like books that dont require much thinking. its called relaxing. and i love all things wizardy and especially gobliny

[spidermama]

I think they're good stories (though derivative) very badly written.

[charliecat]

My dd age 7 loves them, I can see theres a good story in there but it doesnt do it for me. Seen 18 year old boys walking along with ipods and a copy of the latest book..so if it makes folk read and be proud to be reading then fair enough. But not for me.

[swedishmum]

Any kind of fantasy/science fiction leaves me bored stupid. Dd1 is like me though I have always encouraged her to read broadly. She kept getting stuck with them for group reading at school.