Okay sooooo I have been lazy and busy, but mostly the later.
About two weeks ago we were talking about fantasy novels. One option was The Golden Compass. Having read that novel many years ago I got through the first page and put it down. Never use to do that until that book. There was no real intriguing character delevopment for me.
Now Happy Potter on the other hand was fun. I stopped reading after the 4th book, Goblet Of Fire. Reading up to that point I recall the amount of detail that went into setting up environment and characters. You could read two pages and it would all be from how a room looked or something Harry was about to do. It was fun. That is what I loved about it.
Sadly people tarnished the name of the series with badly made movies except for Prisoner of Azkaban, obsessed fans, and religious fundamentalists. The series was great for kids, but some parents thought it was for adults due to it having magic and wizardry.
Here is the story about boy whose parents were killed by the evil magician, Voldemort, who then goes to his aunt's house. While there he is put through hell for being different. Yet, one day it all changes when he is chosen to become a wizard at Hogwarts. Okay well if you Lord of The Rings, the Hero's Jounrey begins!
That is something I have never heard about Harry being compared too. But it's true. However, he is journey is 7 books. Which is unique. He keeps going to back to the journey because each time there are forces to keep him out.
Okay at this point I have rambled on and need to stop.
All in all Harry Potter is pure escapism, but how J.K. Rowling writes makes it that much more appealing coming from a woman's perspective versus someone like Lovecraft.
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