There are too many people who treat the series that way. Like it's some classic above all classics that defines its genre. But it's really not that. I liked it, but in my opinion, it's no Lord of the Rings, and there are better YA fantasy series from this time. One of which is Fablehaven. It targets the exact same audience and has magic and all that, including a magical world hidden among the real world, but it's just a better series. Its themes are more coherent, and it's just a better crafted story overall. HP ending is especially bad. And yet most people probably don't even know what Fablehaven is. The phenomenon of Harry Potter and JK Rowling doesn't make much sense to me. It far too highly regarded.
There are too many people who treat the series that way. Like it's some classic above all classics that defines its genre. But it's really not that. I liked it, but in my opinion, it's no Lord of the Rings, and there are better YA fantasy series from this time. One of which is Fablehaven. It targets the exact same audience and has magic and all that, including a magical world hidden among the real world, but it's just a better series. Its themes are more coherent, and it's just a better crafted story overall. HP ending is especially bad. And yet most people probably don't even know what Fablehaven is. The phenomenon of Harry Potter and JK Rowling doesn't make much sense to me. It far too highly regarded.