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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really liked it (still do), and I read the books as an adult, but before I had kids. And I am a reader who doesn't mind heavy lifting, reads the classics regularly, and reads in multiple languages. I didn't have issues with the writing, and the imaginative world captured me completely. [/quote]
Ditto.  They came out when I was in my mid-twenties - LOVED them.  The first one is written much more simplistically.  But, don't we all want to be the picked on kid who gets to go live in a castle and learn magic?[/quote]

I'm the same age but the imaginative world did not capture me as Tolkien did when I was a child. Or Narnia, or Star Wars. I guess I had been exposed to tons of imaginative worlds by then and it all felt a bit childish (like the term "muggle" FFS). But it was fantastic for kids to have as their first imaginative world and I can see why it hit its (kid) target so well. I'm still not sure why adults LOVE it. But I'm not sure why adults go to Disney without kids! And as a grownup I absolutely love the imagination of China Mieville, Ted Chiang, Paolo Bacigalupi, and tons of other fantastical authors! I just have grown-up tastes now and things like a muggle and a butter-beer are more for kids. That's OK.[/quote]

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