Books everyone loved—but you (1 Viewer)

[Zack Lee]

so are sexually transmitted diseases

sharing is caring.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

to me the Harry Potter books are not made for adults. Their beauty is in the fact that they got a generation of kids reading again. They serve the same purpose that Tolkien books did in generations past and Madelein L Engle books did for a younger generation (including me)

The Tolkien Books are a whole other ball of wax for me. Never has there been such a mixed bag IMO. For me, the Hobbit and the LOTR at the beginning and toward the end are about as good as it gets. But in the middle of all that is suck trudging through mediocrity and boring that it really leaves a bad taste in your mouth for the whole product.

Don’t agree with the final2 volumes
And I will add that for the last 10+ years, YA has been a much more dynamic sub genre than most others

 

[Zack Lee]

Don’t agree with the final2 volumes

final two what Tokien? for me it was Two Towers and much of the middle of Fellowship.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

final two what Tokien? for me it was Two Towers and much of the middle of Fellowship.

Harry Potter

 

[Zack Lee]

Harry Potter

ah, yes. But the audience that started with those books as they came out were 9 years older by that time. Its fitting that they changed IMO

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

ah, yes. But the audience that started with those books as they came out were 9 years older by that time. Its fitting that they changed IMO

I actually think that that’s part of the genius of the books - that the writing ‘matured’ as Harry did