Rating the Harry Potter Franchise

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Originally Posted by doctor_who

Gosh, I'd have to disagree. It's close to my favorite book. I love all the extra background. But I was a kid in the midst of Potter book mania. None of us who read the book the week it came out were unhappy with the length or pace.

In fact, as I sat there reading it in 2003 as a young high schooler after buying it at midnight in my Potter costume, I wished it were longer. Lol. Probably read it a dozen times at least.

I was the same age/intensity of fandom, too. It's not a bad book (I don't think any of them are), but I always felt like there was too much flab with the OWLs and Hermione's House Elf crusade, etc.

That's why I like the movie so much. It really pares down the novel's excesses and focuses on the meat of the story. There's a lot of good stuff in the novel, there's just... a lot of everything.