Is Harry Potter Just For Children?

[naomi24]

'Yes', says Miriam Margolyes who played Professor Sprout in the movies.  'Adults should get over it', she says. Well, I'm a fan and I've no intention of getting over it.  For lessons in life, it beats the bible (another book I'm quite familiar with) hands down!   How about you?  Are you a fan?

[Maydup]

I read the first few books and have the set but I ran out of steam and didn't get to the end. All a bit repetitive in the end. However there is nothing wrong in adults reading good children's fiction.

Give me Worzel Gummage any day!

[ladybirder]

Thanks for BA Naomi.  She thinks she's so funny and wise. I suppose she must be popular or she wouldn't get the parts.  It beats me, it really does.

[rowanwitch]

I read them.... Having grown up on a literature diet of sword and sorcery, otherworld, and science fiction, including Tolkien, Michael Moorcock, Anne McCaffrey ( Dragonriders of pern) they compared quite well.   I agree the earlier books were more captivating but I think there was a deliberate attempt to Age match with the early fan base so the main characters avoided being seen as stuck in childhood as their fans aged into their teens.