On Pottermania

Posted at 17:45:00 on Tue, July 24th 2007 by graham
in: books harry potter jk rowling

A good comment on Nathan Bransford's blog today about Harry Potter and why people read it (link ):

It's a simple thing, this Potter love. She lets you think you can actually do magic. She grabs onto you and shows you magic as an ordinary thing in the world. Personally, I was amazed at the details she conjured up to make Quidditch believable.

I liked that the hero wasn't a real hero actually... I actually thought of him as a pansy for most of the series. He's really nothing extraordinary by himself.

Whilst I don't entirely agree, it comes close to my own thoughts on the matter. I'm trying to get round to finishing a full post about it but work, as always, needs doing...

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