I love Harry Potter! However, I am quite the latecomer to the world J K Rowling created. I watched the films, some in the cinema, and thought they was good but i never used to be a big reader and wasn't bothered about reading them when i could watch the films, how different could the books be, and surely they would be worse as i would have to read and not watch? How very wrong I was...
It was the summer of 2013, at work as a demolition worker i did not have much to do so could spend alot of time reading, so finished Lord of the Rings (Again, latecomer) and needed a next book. I as looking through and thought i had the time and Harry Potter was an option as i felt i should probably read it. My previous experience was my teacher in year 5 reading it to us and she had the most boring voice! I read the first book that day, and i was instantly hooked. The way it was written, how much more insightful it was than the films, everything was simply amazing. Within a week, i had read the next two, and one of my favourite bit of all the books is in Prisoner of Azkaban when you finally learn about the fidelius charm and the truth about how Voldermort found the Potters. And the beautiful friendship that the gang has. Also, my favourite spell is the partronus charm and a white stag is now a symbol i love and am disappointed the film doesn't show the stag as much!
After, I just kept reading more, and after another week I had read Goblet of Fire and painfully read Order of the Phoenix. The reason i say painfully is i like when things go well and right, and Umbridge annoyed the hell out of me as she does everyone and did not like that she was being so annoying and involved in Hogwarts, however on my second reading i found each better and easier! And it is interesting reading about the prophecy and when Dumbledore comes tells Harry everything.
Then came Half Blood Prince, and the thing i love about books in particular in comparison to movie or TV versions is the extra depth of knowledge that comes from reading them, and looking into Tom Riddles past was something i loved. And book Ginny is so much better than movie Ginny!
Finally was Deathly Hallows, and the first thing i thought was cool was finding out Shacklebolts patronus was a Lynx, a Lynx! Thats awesome! The main thing that made the book better than the film was the deeper understanding of how the Deathly Hallows works, and that at the end rather than breaking the Elder Wand, Harry puts it back in Dumbledores tomb, a nice little touch! And obviously the face off between Harry and Vodlermort is all that much better if not still overshadowed by Molly being badass!
Throughout reading and after finishing, i thought how much i had missed by not reading these wonderful books earlier, however at the age i read them (21/22) meant i could understand and appreciate them more! Afterwards i bought the Blu Ray set and made my girlfriend watch them through with me while i was there pointing out all the differences even though my girlfriend had read the books too she just does not remember much as like most people our age she read them when they came out!
This is why i love Harry Potter, essentially the amazing writing and the depth of information! But i would like to also know why you love Harry Potter or maybe you don't, why not? And just so you know, I am Ravenclaw and proud with a developing assortment of Ravenclaw merchandise which i will show in a future blog!
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