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Originally posted by TerresqueÜ
I read the first 2 books...I'm almost embarassed to say cuz they totally murder the category of fantasy.
If you wanna read about magic read the adult version of Harry Potter : Lord of the Rings.
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Actually, I'm a Harry Potter fan. Yes, i LOVE LOTR and have read the Hobbit. The books are great, and the movies are great too (refering to FOTR and TT). Harry Potter is a... simpler fantasy. They are quite well written (the first ones better than book 4, which has been criticized as out of character, noting it is fairly gruesome at a few points, and not the best young child read as the first 3 were). I don't claim for it to be the most complex and deep novel set, or even close to it. However, a truly great novel can be widely appreciated and can appeal to the masses and then some. This is what it does, and it does it well. Any book that is read by as large and diverse an age group as Harry Potter has done is quite amazing by any standards.
Any opinions on any other books that has had this type of widespread appeal? I'm thinking the various chicken soup books (although, that's hard to tell because there are really so many). It is not my favorite book or series (LOTR is, for it's complexity and sheer genius).