Peer pressure is a mighty force.

[rsadelle]

I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone today. Everyone's doing it. I can now go see the movie with my mother and not be confused. Plus, the good-looking lesbian I met last week told me I should. And so, in what is becoming my usual fashion, a pair of thoughts:

--I hope the movie is better than the book. J.K. Rowling spends seven chapters explaining things. I wanted to yell at her, "Show, don't tell!"

--No wonder people talk about George/Fred twincest. They're the most likable characters in the whole book, although Dumbledore is a close second.

Comments

[zillahcross.livejournal.com]

The first book is my least favorite. I almost didn't read the rest of the series, but we'd bought them all for Connor and I was glad I did.

You can tell when Rowlings realizes that she's got an adult audience that's as large as her child audience, because the books become darker, the tone changes and she starts dealing with things that are more and more mature.

[rsadelle]

My mom also said the later books are better. Perhaps I'll read them this weekend too. It'll keep me from being responsible and reading Paradise Lost.