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Have you read Harry Potter?
This thread is to see how many of you have read Harry Potter.
Personally, it is my favourite book series! what do you think? |
I haven't read them and I don't plan too. I watched half of the first movie though. It was pretty cool, I just didn't get to sit through it.
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I read a chapter and realized that I could spend time reading better books. So I did.
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I read books 1-5...then my friend spoiled a major plot twist in book 6. I'm talking about the MAJOR ONE.
After that, I have never picked up the book. I keep hearing things like, You gotta read it! You'll never get these questions answered. I can't! My Harry Potter spirit got murdered, now I read sci fi stuff like Starcraft and Enders Game. |
I read part of the first book because everyone hyped it up so much. I was like 100 pages into it and wasn't liking it so i stopped. Now i just watch the movies.
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I only started reading them because of the amount of attention the 1st movie was getting *before* it was out. So I started reading the 4th and really liked it, so stopped, and read the 1st. I was amazed. It was the 1st book I had actually WANTED to read to the end. I then became really obsessed and read 1-4 millions of times, but I've only read the 5th 9 times and the 6th and 7th once (I stopped re-reading by then).
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I read many of the books, and saw the movies of the one's I didn't get a chance to read. Good book series, but not the best, and the ending was cliched to the max.
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Good series....read 'em all. The movies were "eh" but I loved the books =P
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Though I didn't care too much for how it all ended, I still love the series.
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As I said, I think they're a fantastic series of books, and If anyone hasn't read them, then sprint to the closest bookstore, :P
For those who only watch the movies, anyone who's read the book would tell you that the movie don't live up to the book at all, trust me! |
I have read all seven books. Overall, I think Harry Potter is extremely overrated. It is an okay series, but there are far better books out there.
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I got up to the order of the pheonix and got bored :\ thats was a few years ago now, maybe i'll try them again... ^^
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Yu are the first person I have ever heard saying that! They're Perfect! But I guess opinions vary! |
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Well I read the first three and half of the fourth but I have not finished that one or started the new ones.
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After reading the seventh book, I concluded this was no more than a book for illiterate inbred children whose related parents have the time to stand in line at Wal-Mart for 2 hours to buy a book to read to them that they'll eventually forget anyway. Yeah...
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I started to read the first book, thought "eh" then put it down.
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I have only read books one through six. Overall, I like the first four. The fifth is okay but sort of dull. I despise the sixth book, since one third of it is angsty teenage romance. Ron x Hermione and Harry x Ginny both make me want to puke. What was Rowling thinking when she decided on those couplings (especially Harry x Ginny. That came out of nowhere)?
I never did read the seventh book, since the sixth completely turned me off from the series. |
The only book of the series I ever completed was #1 because I couldnt get into it but the movies are great.
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I've read each book only once. Not interested enough to read them through again.
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I read the first two awhile back. They were pretty decent though quite overrated imo. Still, I quite enjoyed them so I can't complain ^___^
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Read each book up to 6 only once, then stopped reading the books fully , and went straight to the end, which generally told me all i needed to know anyways
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Read them and loved them all. Got me interested in reading again, and I'm thankful for that. Though the ending was slightly cliched, I believed it was fitting.
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I read them, reread them and enjoyed them all. I bought the last three books exactly when they came out, at midnight. The ending on the sixth book was a bit too unrealistic for me and the seventh book was just crazy in comparison to the realism the first few books provided us with, even if it was a book based on magic. I felt disappointed that Rowling thought she had to kill off characters to make the book a proper book, but that was her decision and nothing anyone said nor pleaded could have changed that.
Good books. My favourite would probably be The Goblet of Fire. |
I read them all in about 2 months... I'm a VERY fast reader.
They were really good! I even went to the opening of the last book, and got a cool T-Shirt. |
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But getting to the point, I've read them all at least two times, most of them three or four times. I like Harry Potter series, because they are just so easy to read. You just get hooked up and want to know what happens next. They are pretty overrated though, but since when are the best books the most popular ones? Harry Potter is popular because it's not too deep and realistic for the children, but it also isn't too childish for the adults. My first Harry Potter was The Chamber of secrets or whatever it's name is in english. ;) I got it on my 10th birthday, but I just looked at he cover and though it seemed boring. (I got some other stuff for a present that day I was more exited about) Later, when my mom started to read it aloud to me and my little brother, I got hooked right after the first chapter and read the rest on my own. After the 3rd book, Sirius became my favourite character, but I also liked Lupin. The main problem about Harry Potter for me is that I've never really loved any of the main characters. I think they're just okay. SPOILER: I cried a lot when Sirius and Lupin died. Damn you Rowling, why did you have to kill all my favourite characters? But still, I like the way the series ended. I could clearly see the final scene in my mind while reading it. I've never really liked the movies. Something just doesn't feel right about them. I almost laughed through the whole 3rd movie, because everybody looked so different than I had imagined. And the dementors can't FLY, for god's sake! The recent movies have just been confusing, because there's so much happening in them. That's just what happens when you try to make a movie of a book that is so thick. |
I've read & re-read all of them about a billion times. I love them. I remember the awsome VIP parties for those who reserved the book. I remember staying up until like 2 am to finish the last book. XD
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I've read the Harry Potter books, mostly the first three, during that really long break Rowling had between books. The series isn't my absolute favorite book series of all time, nor are they my favorite fantasy series of all time, nor even my favorite teens-are-wizards! series. The first three books will be the ones that I remember the most, since I read those over and over, and the fact that they were simple reads. The story was just a nice one to read. The seventh book was almost near-torture for me to get through. There wasn't much to keep my interest with the main trio wandering around the woods and having teenage angsty problems. And the epilogue of that book was weak and read like an average fanfiction. Even if Rowling wanted to keep the epilogue's finish for the plot, she should have at least edited it to get it up to the same standard as the rest of her writing. I've only seen the first two movies, so I can't really make that much of a comment on them. Except for the fact that they're on at least one channel on television every week. But hey, Harry Potter got more people to read than usual. So I'm not going to complain too much. |
Who hasn't? lol i have i love it
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I love Harry Potter! It is one of the best books so far I read! I like R. J. Lupin because he can turn into a werewolf.
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For all you people who think there are better books then Harry potter you are wrong! Harry potter is as good as it gets!
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Love the books, hate the fandom <3
I discovered the series before it was popular. I'm not sure I'm 100% happy it became so well-known, but on the other hand the movies would probably not be so good if it wasn't, so... |
I read the first book and watched the first movie.Then i gave up reading and watching the Harry Potter stuff.(Maybe because of the movie.LoL)I mean it was not that amazing in my opinion.Though i can not say it was really bad!
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although I hate reading, I have read some of the book before XD
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I've read the first 4, and stopped sometime through the 5th.
The movies are good, I guess. |
Yeah I've read them all. Took me less than a day to read the last one. Or just about a day.
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I think its a GREAT series. JK Rawling is great!
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I read each one in about a week. im only 12 and reading on highschool-college level. But I really don't like it even though I read it all. I'm just that much into fantasies like that
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Sadly, I have found the HP movies boring ever since Prisoner.
The entire series makes for great reading, but my favorite series is not Harry Potter. My favorite series is about wizards though. And its not Eragon (the Inheritance books). |
Yes I have read Harry Potter book one time because I was in a smart mood. I will never read another Harry Potter book not saying it is not interesting that is the thing that kept me going. But I will not read another one because it takes up to much free time and it was the longest book I ever read. It was a good book but I mean it is not in my catergories as a "noble of the year award." |
I've read all seven of them. They were alright, in my opinion. Certainly not my favourite books, and I'm not a fan of the fantasy genre in general. I can certainly give them credit for getting me back into reading, if only for a while.
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Wow! I'm amazed at the diversity of the opinions here!
I'd like to say although I haven't read every book in the whole wide world, personally, I've found the 7 Harry Potter books just fantastic 4 me! I also wanna thank J.K. Rowling SO much 4 the wonderful series! |
I read them all. Cool concept - too bad it had to be ruined by Rowling.
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I LOVELOVELOVE Harry potter. I'm reading the fourth one again, but I just have to say. Fred and George are awesome. I'd love brothers like that. :O Even if they did play pranks alot.
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Yeah I love them, read the 1st one alot for school and stuff, but I still like it.
Just recently finished the deathly hallows, but the 6th Book is probably my fave. |
I've read the first 3 and some of the fourth. I'm not a big fan, but I do like the story a lot.
I guess I prefer to watch the movies(I've seen all of the ones that are currently out), I'm so very very lazy. My favorite characters are Draco, Ron, and Luna. |
Yes, but I was so bored near the second half of the last book that I closed it and went online to get spoiled. I never touched that book again.
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Personally, THANK GOODNESS that no one spoiled it 4 me! |
I have read it and i gotta admit, It's excellent :D
But I was a bit let down on how Voldemort was killed at the end :\ |
... Well. Since I read most of the series, with the exception of 6. I really liked how detailed the books were in comparision to the movies (2nd book was the best), but halfway through book 7, I was thinking "Come ON Rowling, finish it already.". I thought the battle between Voldemort and Harry had the most cliche conclusion (Harry coming back to life? That is so Sue.) and by the time the Epilogue was read, I metaphorically died because of the predictablity and blandness... And the awful fact that Ginny married Harry in the end
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Although the end was, I admit, cliched, I really enjoyed it.
I dunno how many people really didn't like Book 7! I mean, just holding it was the best feeling EVER! and my breath was hold throughout the whole story! |
I've read 1-6, now I'm trying to get into Half Blood Prince. I like reading, but this book hasn't peaked my interest enough yet to want to be reading it 24/7.
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Mhm. -Checks only book on the desk- Mhm. Safe to say, I read Harry potter. :] |
I love them. I've read them all more than once, got the last 3 book the night they came out, been to midnight showings of the movies, and got my family and friends into them. They are one of my favorite, and I'm sad there won't be anymore.
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I've never read anything better. I love the series. I've read each book at least three times over. It's what got me back into reading. I am re-reading the Deathly Hallows at the moment. I'd say that the last three books are the strongest of the series, along with the first. The other three aren't up to par with those, but they have every right to be part of the series. They all add to the mythology and logic behind the series.
I'm also bummed they're over. But hopefully she follows her word and makes that Encyclopedia like she said she would that would explain what happened to each character after the series ended. That would be spectacular, since the epilogue at the end of D.H. was rather short and thin. |
I hate the movies so much. but the books were good. I started reading JUST after the 4th book was released.
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I read all the books around last year. Also, I don't really like the movies either. I hate it when people call themselves total Harry potter fans, but they don't even read the books. Yes, the epilogue was very unsatisfying. I'm just wondering who married Malfoy... probably Pansy.
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All 7 of them, they were good.
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LOL just remembered part of the 7th book Mrs Weasley - 'DON'T-YOU-TOUCH-MY-DAUGHTER-YOU-*****!' |
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Hehehe... I read something like that while flipping the pages of D.H. I was giggling when I read that she killed Bellatrix. |
Harry potters ok....I liked it when bellatrix died :)
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Nope. The book's too thick for me, even tough that I can read books more ticker than that, my attention span can't take it. D:
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I never read the book series if there is a movie. I am that kind of a lazy person, if there will be a movie then screw a book. The only difference is the book is usually more detailed. I get my friends to tell me the difference.
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I usually don't care at all when they leave stuff out of movies that came from books. Productions cost money, folks. Either way, for Harry Potter, the only thing that really killed me was the 4th movie. It's a tournament. I loooooved this book, best one of the series and pretty much re-created the main plot which was the Voldemort vs. Harry debacle. For them to go and leave really OMEGA key parts of the book out of the movie and pretty much make every contestant besides Harry seem like a pointless sub-plot character killed me. Fleur marries Ron's brother later, for Christ sake. I guarantee there's a good chance they leave that out of the later movies, as well as possibly leaving out some of Ron's older brothers. Lame.
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I used to be really disappointed with the cuts in movies, but then one day I said:
"They really can't make the movie 100% like the book, they've gotta cut some!" Although I'm more staisfied with the movies now, I really think they cut too much from "Order of the Phoenix", although what was left was done well, they just left out too much! It's probably Michael Goldenberg's fault, who's the new screenplay writer! Anyway, from what I heard "Half-Blood Prince" seems to ROCK!! Hope So! |
I don't think it's a money issue, rather, a time issue. The books are so long (and getting longer, up until Half-Blood Prince) that they just have to keep cutting more and more to keep it within a reasonable time frame. They simply can't leave in anything but the absolute central plot anymore, or we'll be watching 5-6 hour movies.
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Yeah Ive read all the books, And watched all the movies (Except half blood prince and deathly hallows parts 1&2 CURSE YOU WARNER BROTHERS)
But my favorite line ever: NOT MY DAUGHTER YOU ***** |
I read them all up to Goblet of Fire.
Basically until they stopped being books and started being movie scripts. |
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My friend's gonna hate me when I tell her this, but-I don't think I'm finishing this series now. It's just the same thing: Harry is at the Dursleys, something happens,he goes to Hogwarts, something freaky happens there, he solves the problem and goes home.
Hence the reason for the thicker books. |
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I repeat, I think the three last books are the better-written. Stuff gets more Sirius. |
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I really don't find them repetitive. I think that there was something interesting in all of them. And The last 3 books... were amazing. I think the seriousness starts with book 4, and it goes from there.
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Booooring. I'll be reading quality if you need me. |
I love the Harry Potter series! I'm not sure whether it is my favorite or not but loved it anyway.
My parents bought me the last book the morning it came out and I read the whole thing in a day. I liked it but it just seemed to be missing something in it. Even though it was supposed to be different, you know, not being at Hogwarts at all, it just didn't feel like Harry Potter to me. And the ending excited me a lot, but when I think back on it, I think: "The ending could've been a lot more exciting and interesting." I can't believe that people can put the books down and quit reading at the first four. Those are my favorites out of the whole series, especially the fourth one. It got really exciting at that point with the rising of Voldemort and all...... I just wish the last three books could've been the same. The movies are okay but just bleah to me at the same time. The fifth one just felt like *jump* *jump* *jump* to me. I understand they have to fit a whole book in, but they skip around and screw up things way too much in the movies (Not just in the Harry Potter ones) to where they don't come close to matching the books. If you're one of the people who just watch the movies, I suggest picking up the book for a change. I think you'll find it a lot more enjoyable and interesting. |
ive read all the books and well... kinda nice but forget the story in a few months
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Oh, don't get my started on Harry Potter.
I'm a big fan. It makes me so sad that the serie is now officially over; the waiting for a new book, the tension and the discussing of what would happen, and then finally getting to read it at midnight... I will never forget that, and it's sad it won't happen again. Perhaps there'll be other books like Beetle and the Bard, but it's not the same. I do hope there will appear an encyclopedia, though... that would be epic to say the least. My favourite book is Deathly Hallows. Though I didn't really like the Hallows sub-plot (bit confusing, I prefered the Horcruxes) it was very well-written. Especially chapter 30, oh my. Best thing I've read in my life. And yes, I've read a lot. But how Rowling portrayed Harry's fear, his desire to keep living but nontheless giving in to the unbearable difficult taks to just willingly surrender... it gave me chills and tears. My least favourite book is part one, just because it seems more childish than the other parts. CoS was definitely a lot scarier already. The books matured once the serie got older. You can't compare book one to book seven, though they're both full of magic, humour and adventure, and not to mention extremely detailed. I think that is the biggest strenght of the books: you can lose yourself in that world. Everthing, from sweets to newspapers to music to history is described and thought about. That makes it so very real and believable. And the plot, of course. The plot. How can you not respect Rowling for that? That - just to name an example - Sirius Black is already mentioned once in the first chapter of the series, ulitmately becoming one of the most important characters? That already in book two something crucial to the plot appeared? (The diary). All this makes that you can read the books over and over without getting bored: you see things in a different light, you discover new things... and of course the always present humour (Ron, I love you for it) and descriptions. I don't know how many times I've read them, but it's certainly more than six times. And I owe the Harry Potter books in four different languages, having British and American verions... yes, I kinda like buying new ones. Though I have to stop because it costs a lot of money. Cough. I also have to stop writing now because otherwise it will become a post TOO long! ;D (I'm incurable). |
Every single one. A billion times. I love these books so much. Too bad they are all over with, but I guess it was a good thing, because I found my latest addiction out...Philosophy
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Nooo, Snoaz.
I feel really bad to have to lock this thread for thread revival with such a great post being the cause of it to be locked. But rules are rules, and there's nothing I can really do about them if they're global. :< |
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