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I still like Harry Potter and how it unfolded. Ain't changin' my mind (though i do really like the Chrestomanci Quartet).
Anyway, gute Nacht everyone! |
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I was 11 when I started reading Harry Potter, and I felt like I was growing up with the characters. I liked that the writing also evolved.
I'll probably re-read the series. I'm reading a book right now called The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, but after I finish this, I probably won't be able to use the library that much. So I'll be reading my own books... I updated my Challenge Post. Now I have everything set for 2011. I did terrible last year. :gonk: |
O I still like HP,just find it a shame that kids who want to read the whole series (eleven year olds) won't be able to because it grows up very quickly.They'll have to stop at the third/fourth books before being able to read the rest because it gets darkafter that.It kind of loses it's magic.....T.T
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Well, I know plenty of younger children who have read the series all the way through and loved it to pieces. While individual scenes might contain some scary elements, I think that your average 11 year old could handle it all and understand that it's fiction. Of course they won't fully grasp the plot's intricacies, but they wouldn't be able to do that with the first novel either. :yes:
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If they don't fully comprehend it, they could always read it again when they're a bit more mature. I've done that with several books (not HP) and I think its fun.
Plus even if they don't understand some things, the Harry Potter books losing their magic would be impossible. <3 |
When I was a kid I read His Dark Materials without fully understanding the references to organised religion but it didn't stop me enjoying them. If I read them now I'd certainly look at them differently but I wouldn't want to go back and stop myself from reading them.
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I still have to read that! I bought the second book, but can't exactly start there. :sweat:
Someday I'll buy them all. Some day... |
I guess it would be up to parental discretion to decide when their kids are ready for Harry Potter, but I think most children can handle it pretty well, even if they don't understand all the plot. I was seven when I started reading the books, and one through four were out at the time. The fourth book confused me a bit, but it wasn't the dark aspects that did- it was more the beginning what with Frank and all that, then the end when all the info about Mad-Eye and Crouch came to light. I didn't fully understand the twists, but that was it. Then I believe I was ten for the fifth book, twelve for the sixth, and fourteen for the last. Those I understood just fine.
Granted, the deaths that happened in four through seven did upset me quite a bit, (oh goodness for the fifth and sixth books, I would come downstairs screeching and sobbing that so-and-so had died and I would cry to my mom for like half an hour. The things my mother said about J.K. Rowling for that!) but it wasn't as though there were the only books that ever upset me, and it wasn't like death or war or suffering were new concepts the books introduced me to. So maybe some parental guidance and/or comforting is needed, but think kids who are old enough to read Harry Potter are already old enough to be aware of mortality and death, even if they can't quite comprehend all of the darker aspects of the books. Kat- I bought those in a single volume, I really need to get to them one day! Maybe they'll be my Spring Break reading. |
Romeo & Juliet was one of the books I read when I was too young to really understand it and then read it again when I was old enough to comprehend it.
About Harry Potter, I cried a lot when Serious was killed because I liked him, and then...what happened in the sixth book (not gonna say the name just in case someone hasn't read it) that was just so sad and awful. I think we tied black ribbons around our wrists in mourning [me and some friends]. I cried almost all the way through the seventh book... |
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I finished my rereading on Friday... Luckily, I didn't cry nearly as badly as I did the first time through, back when it was released. I personally loved Harry Potter(the books) from the day that little boy was left on his Aunt's doorstep to the bitter end. I also love the little epilogue, although it seemed a little too frivolous to match the rest of the story. xD
Anybody here listen to WRock? >.> |
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The epilogue of HP was nice and rather predictable. I sort of wish it was different, but at the same time, I like how she ended it. How anyone could name a child Albus Severus though is beyond me. I don't care, yeah they were both awesome, but for a name? Ick.
I also had a lovely English teacher that challenged me. One of my favorite books is Pride & Prejudice which I first read because she said I wouldn't understand it. For that reason alone, I was determined that I would understand it. :lol: |
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I could see all kinds of paths she could go down from the way she ended HP. Not with the adults, but with the children.
Kind of reverse psychology, yeah. Only she really didn't think I could do it. I proved her wrong. ><; Its a very good book. It got me interested in classic literature. Sort of got it though my head that old dusty books can be all kinds of amazing. :heart: I'm reading a book called The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Its an old sci-fi novel. Its rather weird and I'm not all that into it, but it sort of has my attention, so I want to finish it... |
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Haven't read the 7th book yet but the scariest bit in Harry Potter so far is the bit in the cave in book five, the way that was described, scaryyyyyyy
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cookie:: Its about...well that's the thing, its kind of confusing to me. They're on the moon, like a colony. And they want to start a revolution. And they sort of speak in Russian (I think) but its all in English. And they're all polygamists (like family units) but some of them aren't. :headdesk: And there's this supercomputer who "works" for the "bad" guys, but he's good. He has like a human type intelligence. His name is Mike, and also Michelle, depending on if he's using his male or female personality. My explanation just confused me a lot more. :drool:
East:: The sixth and seventh books are scarier. The end of the sixth is really scary. Or at least to me it was. |
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Cora should chat in this thread more often....seems she only pops in on a rare occation xP
Cora was supposed to start her challenge in october....but due to.......really bad circumstances...has not read a book since october.....BUT she bought a kindle! I think I'll make a new booklist later today? Any sugestions? |
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I'm dreadful at recommendations but if you have a Kindle you should definitely take advantage of some the free ebooks available. ^^
I was looking at ereaders last night. So tempting! |
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