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Harry Potter is 20 years old.
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MrOogieBoogie
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Are these books enjoyable to read for the first time as an adult?
I'm an avid reader of sci-fi/fantasy but I'm afraid the books will read too childish for me. I can tolerate something like The Hobbit.
I'm an avid reader of sci-fi/fantasy but I'm afraid the books will read too childish for me. I can tolerate something like The Hobbit.
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
Yes, you can definitely enjoy them as an adult, especially if you can handle The Hobbit.
Iva Demilcol
Member
They can't do this because (spoiler last books
)they have to kill almost all of them at once at the end !
entremet
Member
Film will always be secondary.
Yep I was 7 and didnt understand it though lol
NipplesAndToes23
Member
20 years already? But I thought this came out in 98. That's when when my teacher read it to us in school.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
1997 in the UK, 1998 in the US.
I wanna say my 4tg grade teacher wanted to read it to us, but s girl in the class said her mom didn't want her reading it. At the time I didn't really care because it was an unknown thing at the time
I started reading the series at 20 (about 15 years ago), and enjoyed the books. Plenty of people who were 40+ did as well.
The caveat is that the first 2 books are fully children's books. The series starts to gain more complexity and depth with the third book, eventually settling into the young adult category most place it in.
The first two books can be read in a few hours each though, so you can just power through them.
BLAUcopter
Gold Member
I'm with you man.
Wafflecakes
Member
Words cannot express how much this series changed my life. Turned me from a kid who would stare are pages in class pretending to read in 4th grade... to a kid with a college reading level tackling Robert Jordan books by 7th grade.
GOAT.
GOAT.
Wafflecakes
Member
Same, but without the secretly.
My letter is 18 years late... it is lost in the mail... maybe tomorrow...
Wafflecakes
Member
Leave them there and read the books!
Aaron Strife
Banned
The One and Done
Member
EXPECTO PATRONUM!
TheVampire
Banned
The One and Done;241597452 said:
Avada kedavra!!
Jesus. I devoured the books as a child. Good times. Still have them carefully sorted and lined up in my shelf.
I don't think I have watched the most recent 3 or 4 movies however. Maybe I should do a movie marathon to celebrate the anniversary.
I also loved the first few video games, pretty fond memories of them! They went to the shitter with the Azkaban or Phoenix game though iirc.
I don't think I have watched the most recent 3 or 4 movies however. Maybe I should do a movie marathon to celebrate the anniversary.
I also loved the first few video games, pretty fond memories of them! They went to the shitter with the Azkaban or Phoenix game though iirc.
Yeah flying around Hogwarts in Chamber of Secrets was fun
I'd love modern Harry Potter games (and not Lego).
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Gosh damn, you young. That ain't growing up. You were still a child by the time it ended and might not have been born when it released.
fierrotlepou
Member
Same here. Phew indeed.
Mortimer Brewster
Member
20 is nothing, The Hobbit turns 80 this fall.
It's Harry Potter weekend on Freeform channel by the way, for those of you in here who said you missed out on many of the movies. They'll have a marathon. Freeform's versions put the deleted scenes seamlessly back in to stretch out the viewing time which makes the movies like extended editions.
I remember first hearing about it from the Rosie O'donnell show, at the time Rosie was importing the books from the UK or something for her kids to read, because they weren't in the US yet.
I remember Rosie telling the audience about JK Rowling's story and how poor she was when the book was written. Rosie had her on the talk show, and gave JK Rowling a computer or something. It was for JK to write with. Which is kind of funny to think about now with how wealthy JK Rowling is.
So those are my first memories of ever hearing ANYTHING about Harry Potter.
I remember Rosie telling the audience about JK Rowling's story and how poor she was when the book was written. Rosie had her on the talk show, and gave JK Rowling a computer or something. It was for JK to write with. Which is kind of funny to think about now with how wealthy JK Rowling is.
So those are my first memories of ever hearing ANYTHING about Harry Potter.
Harothewanderer
Member
I'm twenty years old.
:'(
:'(
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I was 10 as well! One month away form turning 11.
Went to the midnight release which was on the same day I finished primary school and the Summer Holiday began, so I got my red and silver school tie and used permanent marker to make it red and gold like Gryffindor's.
Beren the Empty-Handed
Member
Ah yes, the series responsible for untold numbers of girls and boys crying that they didn't get letters from magical schools. My teacher also read us the first book back in grade school.
WHERE'S MY LETTER?!
Netflix, make it happen.
demosthenes
Member
I've wanted Netflix to do this for a while. Would be fantastic.
+1 to the Persona x Harry Potter game.