Harry Potter – Series Review

[sg_popup id=”830″ event=”onLoad”][/sg_popup]If you like wizards and magic, Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling is the series for you. Published by Bloomsbury Press and later by Pottermore Ebooks, this is a very intriguing series.

Harry is a young boy who has a pretty average life. ‘Average’ life leaning towards bad. He has to put up with his spoiled cousin and an angry aunt and uncle who don’t treat him very well. On his eleventh birthday, Harry discovers he is a young wizard. He soon leaves for Hogwarts, a wizarding school. During the 7 years spent in Hogwarts, Harry Potter makes a lot of new friends including  Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. He must also fight the evil Dark Lord, who is so feared that no one dares to speak his name. It’s a great, if not unusual, coming of age story.

I liked this series because of the huge amount of detail in the books. J.K. Rowling has created an entire universe of her own. That by itself takes a huge amount of planning. Then she created great characters such as Hermione. Hermione is the “good girl” who gets good grades and studies hard. The main characters were good and they acted realistic, unlike many books. The characters had flaws, they got stressed, they didn’t seem like Mary-Sues (which are big flaws in writing). The whole universe itself was really immersing and original. I especially love how the story is filled with tragedy and sadness at times, but it’s also hilarious at others.

My favorite characters were Fred and George, Ron’s older brothers– who also happen to be identical twins. They use this power to play pranks on their parents, who can never tell them apart. They’re huge troublemakers and are never afraid to speak their minds. They love inventing things to grief their classmates, and they are constantly underestimated. Just look at what they did when they dropped out of school; They created their own joke shop. They made never-ending fireworks, sick-day lunchboxes (Skiving Snackboxes, which included Nosebleed Nougats and Fainting Fancies), and a lot more.

If I was the author, I wouldn’t change anything except that I would go into more detail of what happened to the young wizards and witches when they were on summer break. Each book ends at the beginning of summer, and the next starts around August since the series mostly focuses on Harry’s experience in Hogwarts.

In conclusion, I really loved this series. It was amazing and complex, and I would definitely recommend it to any fantasy-lover out there.