By the encouragement of my girlfriend, which came in the form of, \u201cif you\u2019re not going to read them, I\u2019ll read them to you,\u201d I started listening to the first Harry Potter book. Soon, the listening-reading was consuming and conversation in the car took a backseat (pun intended) to what the next page held. Before long – only a few pages after Harry left the Dursley\u2019s house for Hogwarts for the first time – I was thoroughly hooked. I was engrossed by a book series I had written off as childish and not worth my time.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve always prided myself as being relatively open and creative, but the simple fact that I was able to overlook the magic that millions of others found in the Harry Potter series gives me reason to question both of those assumptions. In Potter-head terms, I\u2019m more of a Hermine than a Luna, and while each has their strengths, I\u2019d rather be considered the later – open and willing to imagine.<\/p>\n
The Harry Potter books became exceptionally better around book four, at which point they went from being an amusing series of books targeted for children to something with a message that carried some weight. The seventh book, which I finished less than two hours ago, brought the series to a resolute finish. It played out without being too tedious or predictable. It made me tear up more than once, and maintained the message found throughout the books – that love is an unbelievable force.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d recommend the books to anyone willing to clean off the cobwebs (if necessary) and indulge their imagination in the world of magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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