Everyone has their own favorites and their own reasons for loving them.
As Harry learned the ways of the wizarding world, readers followed him every step of the way.
It was easier to get hooked than with the first book because we already knew and fantasized about Hogwarts.
(Yes, this was before I turned 11 and my letter got lost in the mail.)
InAzkaban, Rowling is making it explicitly clear that this series isnt just for children.
Harry, Hermione, and Ron start to grow up, too.
ISABELLA BIEDENHARN
THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
The single longestHarry Potterbook is arguably the series most unique.
Kudos to Rowling for making the books 890 pages pay off.
Rowling also deftly captures how, even in the midst of tragedy and terror, life goes on.
She begins to pair off our heroes with her bemusing, spot-on takes on the pangs of teenage love.
It also includes one of the most shocking plot twists in the series Dumbledores death by Snapes hand.
Unlike its predecessor volumes,Deathly Hallowsis unabashedly, consistently cinematic and provocative.
Danger has always lurked in this series, but never with such palpable, pressurized heat.
and literatures last great childrens war epic begins.
