Das Phänomen Harry Potter
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Für Harry Potter Fans, die Hintergründe lieben.
Die Autorin berichtet aus der Zeit, in der die Harry Potter Bücher geschrieben und erschienen sind. Von der Autorin J.K. Rowling, den Events, dem Medienrummel und einer eigenen Reise in dieser magischen Welt. Für alle, die sich gerne erinnern und vllt das ein oder andere Detail noch wissen möchten.
I feel really bad giving this a "negative" review. I'm incredibly happy to have grown up with the Harry Potter series and I cried a few times while reading Anelli's book, but still, I feel like it wasn't quite what it promised to be. I'd consider myself a die-hard Potterhead, so I was hoping to read a book that captures the spirit of this fandom - and, to be honest, the foreword and first chapter did bring tears to my eyes. However, this was the exception with this book. As many reviewers have said before, this is not really a history of Harry, our beloved boy wizard, but of the author Melissa Anelli, who has been working for Leaky Cauldron for several years. I'm not trying to be mean, but I really don't care what the author did during and after university, what she had for breakfast and how she didn't find a job for quite some time. I guess it's awesome she finally found a job that combined money-making and her love for Harry Potter, but again, that's not really what I picked this book up for. I don't know, it kind of made me mad. You know when you love something so much, you don't want others to enjoy it as much as you do? I'm surely not the biggest Potterhead in the world, but this book just felt so...pretentious? I have to say that it was interesting to learn more about the making of Philosopher's Stone. I feel like I've already watched all the documentaries on J.K. out there, but there were still some things that were new and exciting to me. Also, the foreword by J.K. Rowling herself was just beautiful, hence my two-star rating. On the other hand, some chapters were kinda unnecessary or exhausting, for example the one on (real life) wizard rock bands like Harry and the Potters. For me, there were just way too many names and little details to focus on. As for the writing style, it was very basic, sometimes with uber-dramatic expressions that seemed a bit cheesy and too much. Another thing that annoyed me was that the most important thing in the premise of this book was the interview(s) Anelli did with Rowling - that was barely scratched in it. Over all, this book just left me somehow disappointed and to me, felt not worthy of its title.
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Für Harry Potter Fans, die Hintergründe lieben.
Die Autorin berichtet aus der Zeit, in der die Harry Potter Bücher geschrieben und erschienen sind. Von der Autorin J.K. Rowling, den Events, dem Medienrummel und einer eigenen Reise in dieser magischen Welt. Für alle, die sich gerne erinnern und vllt das ein oder andere Detail noch wissen möchten.
I feel really bad giving this a "negative" review. I'm incredibly happy to have grown up with the Harry Potter series and I cried a few times while reading Anelli's book, but still, I feel like it wasn't quite what it promised to be. I'd consider myself a die-hard Potterhead, so I was hoping to read a book that captures the spirit of this fandom - and, to be honest, the foreword and first chapter did bring tears to my eyes. However, this was the exception with this book. As many reviewers have said before, this is not really a history of Harry, our beloved boy wizard, but of the author Melissa Anelli, who has been working for Leaky Cauldron for several years. I'm not trying to be mean, but I really don't care what the author did during and after university, what she had for breakfast and how she didn't find a job for quite some time. I guess it's awesome she finally found a job that combined money-making and her love for Harry Potter, but again, that's not really what I picked this book up for. I don't know, it kind of made me mad. You know when you love something so much, you don't want others to enjoy it as much as you do? I'm surely not the biggest Potterhead in the world, but this book just felt so...pretentious? I have to say that it was interesting to learn more about the making of Philosopher's Stone. I feel like I've already watched all the documentaries on J.K. out there, but there were still some things that were new and exciting to me. Also, the foreword by J.K. Rowling herself was just beautiful, hence my two-star rating. On the other hand, some chapters were kinda unnecessary or exhausting, for example the one on (real life) wizard rock bands like Harry and the Potters. For me, there were just way too many names and little details to focus on. As for the writing style, it was very basic, sometimes with uber-dramatic expressions that seemed a bit cheesy and too much. Another thing that annoyed me was that the most important thing in the premise of this book was the interview(s) Anelli did with Rowling - that was barely scratched in it. Over all, this book just left me somehow disappointed and to me, felt not worthy of its title.