It has been a very long time since I wrote about the famous “Harry Potter” series. At the time, I had a very vague idea about the original novel and its sequel. Those long-time readers will recognize that my position was that the fantasy and real worlds can and should be seperate. Many people take the opposite position and feel that we have to protect our children from such dangerous thoughts.
Recently, however, I had the opportunity to read the first book. It was a fabulous and engaging read. I don’t plan on waiting in costume at the bookstore for the moment the next book comes out; I do plan on reading each book in the series and perhaps collecting them. My bookshelves are lately a little barren, after a long-overdue clearing.
The parents who think that their children need protecting are very much over-reacting. The series is a light-hearted look into the life of a young boy thrust into a completely new world and flourishing in it. The major theme of the first installment is that of the stuggle between good and evil.
While I doubt I need to provide a basic review of the novel, I will just say that I couldn’t put it down and am looking forward to reading the next in the series, so that I can catch up to the rest of the world.
lol! I knew you would get hooked once you started reading! HP is awesome! Just don’t get bummed out on book 5. Harry is a little ticked at the world in that one. It’s a hard read but book 6 makes up for it big time!
I agree with everything you said. It frustrates me that the “Christian Right” get all worked up about Harry Potter and Hot Coffee. I’m in to Jesus, and I believe that we have much bigger battles to fight. I get sick of arrogant men ranting and raving about what they know nothing about. The only people they’re impressing are the weak minded and their wives who sport too much makeup and big hair. No wonder everybody thinks that Christianity is fake. Just about everything they see come out of it is…
While I’ve yet to read any of the HP books, mychildren are caught-up with them and we went to see HP-4 yesterady as a family… I like the story line and agree with both Rob and Matt – there’s a lo t of things worth seeing in story lines like this.
I like seeing stories of good-vs-evil. Noting of course that good doesn’t always win in the real world…