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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

~ 10:15 PM ~

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: What's behind its success?

Well we all know what nutty craze the latest Harry Potter book has caused, millions of people across the world queuing up for it. Everyone is trying so hard to get the book in one form or another. Children here and there squealing, "Mummy! I want the book!"

Why indeed can a simple common non-living thing as a book can cause such a disturbance in the bookworm community?
I know a hell lot of people will give me answers like "Because Rowling's writing style rocks!" or "It's the greatest series ever written!"
Are u sure?

I know that Rowling is really damn famous and her books are really interesting. I have read many books and I am sure that there ARE much more interesting books in the world.
It doesn’t really mean that if you are famous, means you are the greatest.
There's no one in the world that is the solid best at anything.
No, I am NOT saying the series or Rowling herself suck. Harry Potter is really interesting, it is one of the best BUT it is NOT the best of the best.

What I believe is that Rowling is able to write a book that appeal to the majority. I believe that to become famous, what you do or your works have to be liked or preferred by the majority.
Majority likes your stuff. You get fame. That's it.
It's the same everywhere, be it Singapore Idol or Blogskin.com
Being famous does not necessarily mean that you are the greatest.

(To me,)There are much more interesting books that are much better than Harry Potter.
Examples:
"Burned" by Ellen Hopkins, her style is rather unique. She write in verses (like poems) and the descriptions on people's emotion are VERY VIVID. Although we will all cringe on the themes she wrote on.
"Eragon" and "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini, I wont be surprise if another craze will start when the 3rd book comes.
The first 2 books of the "Maximum Ride" series by James Patterson, What a pity that (to me) the 3rd book's ending isn’t nice at all, still the first 2 books will get you glued to them, action plus a whole load of humor. Enjoyed them ALOT.
"Hex" trilogy by Rhiannon Lassiter. xD My favourite books haven’t changed for 3 yrs! Well, if your brain is full of weird stuff and have a love of technology/futuristic related themes in books. YOU WILL LOVE THIS TRILOGY. I would say that unlike Harry Potter, this series made me read it over and over and over again without getting bored of it!

Of course, there's no best book in the list.
There's only THE ONE YOU THINK IS THE BEST.
Nothing is perfect.

The movie also helps promote books if you haven’t realized. It helps people imagine the scenes in the book.
The Harry Potter movie DOES serve that purpose. Yeah, many of you people considered it waste of money but just look at all the little kids reaction to it. Yes, they are KIDS, but kids can influence the parents wallet sometimes cant we? *evil grin*
But of course, the fact remains that you do need talent and skill to get yourself there. So, kudos to Rowling for getting so much attention.

In the meantime, if you can't get Deathly Hallows, try the books I have listed. You can go skip around and do some eBook downloading (not encouraged), on the downside, you can’t be solid sure that your copy is not a fake and reading off the screen suck (yeah, so why the hell are we here?! eh...)

Me? I haven't got the book yet; I will wait till prices drop. If my memory is correct Order of Phoenix last December was around $12.

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