Am I the only one?
Aug. 9th, 2010 03:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gurdymonkey01. Discuss how you got into Harry Potter and why you still love it.
I didn't "get into" Harry Potter and there are far more loveable things out there to my mind.
My initial encounter was on my first visit to California to see Rich and decide whether it made sense for me to move out here. I was thrust amidst a group of alleged adults who donned crappy plastic glasses, fake lightning scar tattoos, HP tee shirts and wands to attend the first run of the first HP movie. It was cute. I liked it enough to eventually borrow a copy of the book from Rich and read it. Having started reading at high school reading levels around the age HP is geared to, I thought, "OK, it's a decent kids' book." I stopped at the third book because it was just more-of-same. If the movies come on cable, I check them out because they do have occasional flashes of fun amid the slog through Way Too Much Narrative Filler, and I did think "Half Blood Prince" takes it to the next level.
I didn't "get into" Harry Potter and there are far more loveable things out there to my mind.
My initial encounter was on my first visit to California to see Rich and decide whether it made sense for me to move out here. I was thrust amidst a group of alleged adults who donned crappy plastic glasses, fake lightning scar tattoos, HP tee shirts and wands to attend the first run of the first HP movie. It was cute. I liked it enough to eventually borrow a copy of the book from Rich and read it. Having started reading at high school reading levels around the age HP is geared to, I thought, "OK, it's a decent kids' book." I stopped at the third book because it was just more-of-same. If the movies come on cable, I check them out because they do have occasional flashes of fun amid the slog through Way Too Much Narrative Filler, and I did think "Half Blood Prince" takes it to the next level.
Is it OK if I reserve "love" for Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin series instead?
