Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

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First of all, I'd like to note in here that the Harry Potter series belongs to the "Fantasy" category as much as the "Classics" one. Contrary to a popular opinion, Harry Potter is not a children's book. The fantasy elements in it make it attractive to children, yes, but it also contains many elements that wouldn't seem appropriate to them explained in any other context. For example: death, bullying, racism, etcetera.

Let's begin talking about the characterization. Every single one of the characters belonging to the series fit perfectly to the plot that the author created, and, as much as we cried with certain deaths, every single one of them also has a significant meaning and the story would've had some plot holes if they hadn't happened. Most people believe that the Harry Potter books are about magic, but they're not. The main theme is death and how different people react to it, leading them to make the choices that will change their future. Likewise, we have two completely different characters; the hero and the villain; Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort.

Harry and Voldemort's lives present themselves with many likenesses between them since the beginning of their tale, and they always seem to end up combined, some way or another. The main reason for it is that they are the opposite reactions to death: Harry accepting it, and Voldemort wishing to conquer it. Harry's actions throughout the tale and the many things that he had to go through in order to save the Wizarding World can be categorized as heroic, but they become more so when one analizes them from the point of view of a little boy who learns to love and accept death the hard way: seeing it around him.

Furthermore, many other characters can be psychologically analized over the course of the series, such as the mysterious Severus Snape. Is he a hero or a villain? Does he work for Voldemort and fools Dumbledore? Does he work for Dumbledore and fools Voldemort? Why does he hate Harry so much? Is it foolish of Dumbledore to trust him? The characters created by Rowling were greatly described and detailed, and it is hard not to become attached to them since the beginning of the story. Moreover, the differences between all of them and the fact that each of them represents a different point of view to the same nucleus makes the plot more richly filled with the tools to a great series of novels.

Concerning the plot, I find it perfectly adjusted and free of the hated plot-holes. The author thought about every single detail, giving the reader the feeling of living the adventure with Harry instead of just watching it from the outside, even though the writing was done in third person. The descriptions of the environments make them extremely real, such as the humanity of the characters that captivates everyone. The Potter series is, without a doubt, one worth reading. Even though I've said earlier that they're not books particularly made for children, doesn't mean that they cannot be enjoyed by them. On the contrary, one of the most fantastic aspects of the story is that children can feel attracted to it, teenagers can feel understood by it, and adults can learn from it. I recommend it to every single person that wants to enter in the reading universe, because, like Stephen King once said, it will some day share a space in the same bookshelf with Alice, Frodo and Aslan.

RATING: 5/5
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