Harry Potter Book Reviews

Harry Potter, seven of the best books written in my life time. I loved these books and I am a middle aged middle class woman and I was at my local barnes and noble at midnight for the release of the last three books. I was an active member in a number of Harry Potter chat rooms. I checked J.K. Rowlings website at least once a week to see if she had posted any updates. I was an insane Harry Potter fan. Almost two years after the release of the last book in the series I still love Harry Potter, everything about Harry Potter.

I love the world that was created by J.K. Rowling. The forbidden forest, Hogwarts, Snape and Dumbledore, Hagrid and Dobby and Kreacher, flying cars and owls that deliver mail, potions that grow bones and others that extend life. How life is made up of choices and not just fate. That kids are taught that you can overcome your biggest fears and that friends become family. I love that from the first book until the last sentence in book seven the story is one of redemption and resurrection that no one and nothin is beyond universal forgiveness. That appearances can be deceiving that those who appear to be less then perfect may be the ones who are the best and risking the most.

While these books are classified as childrens literature they speak to all ages from little ones (I would start reading these books to children as young as seven) to grandmothers and grandfathers. In fact these are some of the best books to read as a family. The story will hold everyone's interest and there are a myriad of opportunities to discuss choices and values and morals and life and death with your children as you read these books. The reality is that children are interested in the big issues. The issues of life and death of good and evil and we are the adults and as adults we have a responsibility to answer these questions for our children and Harry Potter is an easy way to start the conversation. Some people have said these books are too dark for children, they are not. Others have said that they promote evil and witchcraft nothing could be further from the truth. The ultimate underlying message in each of these seven books is love - love is what will sustain you and love is what will ultimately redeem you and that without love the reality is we as living breathing feeling beings have nothing.

Go out and buy these books you will not be sorry.