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Originally posted by Sistermadly
So I thought I'd ask the fans of the series: why do you read the books? What do you like best about them? What should an uninitiated (and skeptical) HP reader be on the lookout for?
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I really enjoyed Books 2-3. I found Book 4 to be a bit of a labour and Book 5 is okay so far. I found with Book 2 and 3, they were quite suspenseful. Also, I went to a Private School so I can relate to the idea of Hogwarts as a Boarding School, having Inter-House competitions, uniforms and stuff like that.
I do like how there are some mature themes that are addressed in the books, such as racism (Magic Folk, Muggles and "mudbloods"), good vs. evil, jealousy (Harry is wealthy but has no family, Ron has family but is not wealthy), etc.
I guess it's a matter of either you like it or you don't. You read two of them so you definitely made the effort and thus, I commend you for that.
FWIW: Everyone was raving about "Ya Ya" the book and I found it nearly impossible to get through. Same with "Memoirs of a Geisha" which took me 3 false starts before I go through it.