Acording to the author of the books, they are meant for children of the same age as Harry. So, the first book should be for kids around 11, the second for kids 12 years old and so on. Where parents make their mistake is when they let very young kids view the movies and read the books. I have heard of parents letting 5 year old kids read the first book, or the parents will read the books to them. Now, by the time these kids are 9, would you want them to read book 4?? Not me. However, how can you justify to them that they are too young for this one when they have already read the first 3? However, there would probably be no problem for a 14 year old to read book 4.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Harry Potter movies and books - Re: sarah > Hmmmm. > > Certainly the later books of the Harry potter series are not exactly aimed > at children (I noticed a certain rather grafic part of the Voldemort > rebirth > enchantment was missing from the 4th film). In fact that's one of the > interesting things about the series, that the first two (perhaps three), > books are deffinately children's books, but the last three (particularly > the > last two), aren't! > > In fact, over here the times newspaper ran a contest when Order of the > Phenix came out, for children to submit book reviews, and the winner would > get to read the book at midnight when it came out, right a review and have > it published. > > the 8 year old girl who won the competition absolutely hated Order of the > Phenix. she complained that long points of the book were spent outside > hogwarts, and that there weren't any monsters. > > In fact, in a recent cover to cover audio book catalogue I recieved had > the > following sections: > > > > Children's fiction, adult fiction, and Harry potter fiction! > > > As to the films, I'm afraid I really didn't think too much to the first > two, > sinse there tone was far too light happy and nice and didn't have the > realism in the books. > > I enjoyed the third and fourth much more, sinse they were darker and far > more gothic, but even so I did notice that a few of the nastier moments > were > cut, and quite a bit of the plot was stated in a less than subtle way. > > while the films are fun, and a nice way to bring people to the series, I > don't think they could be any substitute to JK rowling's writing. > > Btw, also as reguards the films, how could hollywood confuse philosopher's > and sorcerer's? I'm a philosopher, and haven't done anything resembling > sorcery yet (though maybe that'll come when I actually finish my Phd). ;D. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
