Man, I’ve been sick for almost 2 weeks. I actually missed two days of work and had to have my Mom come and drop me off some food and drink. I must have slept for a good 50 hours in 4 days. When I wasn’t sleeping I was reading the last Harry Potter book.
I was a bit disappointed with it, but that’s not a surprise as I was never as in to them as the rest of the family. The first few books were definitely aimed at children and it was pretty easy to see what was coming. Still, they were fun and enjoyable. The middle books were my favorite, as they had some definite character growth and they slowly became darker as Potter’s world became more dangerous. The last one though just had so many Dues Ex Machina plot moments it was distracting. How many times can Harry and his pals be saved by invisible ultra-powerful benefactors…apparently, quite a few.
Overall, I had one big problem with the series, the physics and infrastructure don’t make any sense. The books focus a lot on the actual workings of what they call the “wizarding world” and by inviting us into these aspects of the world were forced to examine them and they are found lacking. Spells that are introduced in one book aren’t ever mentioned in the previous volumes. Extremely important points are forgotten from book to book and the citizens of Harry’s world are more illogical then anything you’d find in the real world. The plots raise so many questions that never have answers. Are their leaders elected? How much power does a wizard actually have? Why don’t wizards use computers? Why don’t wizards cure cancer? Does every country have wizards? Do they fall under the control of the wizarding leaders in Harry’s area?
However, they are children’s books set in a fantasy world so I’m probably an idiot for having so many questions.
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