[Jessica Jade]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> people decided to make this popular. I heard a radio interview with marketers who admitted that they didn't care if the book was all that great or not, but kids would like it and read it, just because THEY were going to MAKE it popular. I hate having things like that decided for me, and be one of the mindless masses... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I had no idea about that...the wanting to make it popular stuff...but mind you, i am certainly NOT one of the mindless masses...i like HP books because they are a ligh, fun, extremely creative, fast-paced read and thoroughly enjoyable. (As many of you have already stated.) The books are NOT overrated...and the reason i think Rowling is a genius in her own way is because of her prolific creativity...it's all the little things she comes up with, like how she names things, how the wizard world parallels our world, the whole existence of the wizarding world and more...and so what if they are children's books, that doesn't mean that everyone can't enjoy them! <P>Actually...i don't know what i'd think of HP if i read them aagain..they are good books, but ever since i read LOTR (i'm on Return of the King now), i don't knpw how much i'd still enjoy HP. At first, when i first started LOTR, i thought "These books aer soo different how can anyone compare them?" and now i know there are similarities...for example<BR>-the Ringwraiths are like the dementors...you feel cold and miserable and piercingly frightened when they are near..you can feel their dreadful presence<BR>-Yes, gandalf and dumbledore seem to have similar roles in their stories<BR>-the battle of good vs. evil<P>and more, i think, although i can't remember...i guess overall though, i could say that the two series are completely different but just coincidentally have some things in common...if you look at the big picture...they really are two totally different stories...it's not unfair to compare them, but they are not really that much alike. Although i like HP, it just doens't have the depth and maturity that LOTR has, and it's not so incredibly moving, touching, tragic...besides the fact that RIngs in an epic mythology type story and HP is not...LOTR is definitly the best! <P>Lord of the Rings is probably one of the best books i've EVER read...you can never read them enough times.