I read 1, 2, 3 and 5. They were fine. If they hadn't been so overhyped, they might have even been good.
What I never understood is how people wind up being Harry Potter fans and not fantasy / wizard genre fans. I have never heard someone say "I loved Harry Potter which led me to Ursula LeGuin and Anne McCaffrey".
It's like the hype happened because people were like "It sure was great of JK Simmons to invent this genre that nobody else has ever contributed to"
What I never understood is how people wind up being Harry Potter fans and not fantasy / wizard genre fans
Marketing, marketing, marketing. I lived in several countries as kid and during the early 2000s Harry Potter ads were everywhere - ~"amazing new book good for any age". No other series compares in the hype it got. Someone with a lot of money and power decided to back it heavily.
I read 1, 2, 3 and 5. They were fine. If they hadn't been so overhyped, they might have even been good.
What I never understood is how people wind up being Harry Potter fans and not fantasy / wizard genre fans. I have never heard someone say "I loved Harry Potter which led me to Ursula LeGuin and Anne McCaffrey".
It's like the hype happened because people were like "It sure was great of JK Simmons to invent this genre that nobody else has ever contributed to"
Marketing, marketing, marketing. I lived in several countries as kid and during the early 2000s Harry Potter ads were everywhere - ~"amazing new book good for any age". No other series compares in the hype it got. Someone with a lot of money and power decided to back it heavily.