Harry Potter Frenzy

First published in 1997, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was the beginning of the most successful children's book of all time. The first installment of the franchise went on to become the fastest selling paperback in the UK, only to be recently beaten by the controversial novel, Fifty Shades of Sh*t, excuse me, Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James. For the best-selling single-volume books, approximately over 100 million copies were sold, trailing behind only two novels, The Lord of the Rings and Le Petite Prince. The succession of these books was pacy and still talked about today.

Comparisons have made between J.K Rowling's writing and other British greats such as Jane Austen and Roald Dahl - one of the greatest writers of children's stories until Harry Potter came about. The endless frenzy about these novels compel fans to gorge themselves in these books.

Now all books have been transformed into major motion pictures, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry, Ron and Herminone. Though some argue that their portrayal of the characters was not true to the book. I beg to differ, the movies were a phenomenon yet the books were other-worldly. Of course, the films exclude some information out, arguably a lot of important information. It presents the more broad and predominant aspects of the novel. Nonetheless, having less than three hours to include such in-depth allegory and other narratives is like trying to get an A in AS Level Mathematics. I personally would have favoured a TV series as oppose to films to include all the deeps elements from the stories. To witness child actors grow into adults is truly astonishing. What they need to reminisce about their childhood is not lots of pictures and photo albums, but simply re-watching all the Harry Potter films.

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