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Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
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bookshelves: magnificent, changed-my-life, classics, death, life-lessons, wish-i-could-be-in-the-book
Oct 13, 2015
bookshelves: magnificent, changed-my-life, classics, death, life-lessons, wish-i-could-be-in-the-book
No books have influenced me the way the Harry Potter series has. It shaped me as a child, as a teenager, as a young adult. It shaped me as an individual.
I don't know why. I don't know what magic they hold that makes me overlook every flaw they might have, I don't know why it was these books specifically. I can't explain it.
All I know is that these books came into my life and lit up my soul in a way that I never knew was possible. Years and years later, I still re-read them and sink into that world and I just feel so alive. Hogwarts is my childhood, it is my shelter, it is my home... and it is so much more.
Its influence goes beyond the page and I carry it like an amulet in my daily life. The way I perceive and question the outside world is intrinsically linked to the series: I sort the people I meet according to the Houses I think they belong in, I feel more pride at the idea of being a Gryffindor than I do for any other organization in the real world, and my fear of death has greatly dimmed - which, honestly, is an accomplishment I didn't think a book could ever achieve.
If you've never read them, I feel sorry for you. I really do. My heart actually sinks in my chest a little every time I hear that because... you're missing out on so many great things, and goddammit, just exactly what are you waiting for? What are you possibly doing with your life that could justify postponing for so many years the best reading experience you could ever possibly have!? They are the best series of the century, it's not like they're a secret! EVERYONE knows! There's a reason its impact was so phenomenal on the world!...
SIGH. I always get so worked up trying to convince people to LET the magic IN.
Anyways. So it seemed incredible and wrong that I only had a rating, and no review for these books, not when they're so important to me.
Also, if you're still not convinced of how much of a hopeless groupie I am, one time I got really drunk on red wine and I ended up sobbing (LEGIT sobbing) because I actually ached from not being at Hogwarts.
There's my 5 star rating if I've ever seen one.
I don't know why. I don't know what magic they hold that makes me overlook every flaw they might have, I don't know why it was these books specifically. I can't explain it.
All I know is that these books came into my life and lit up my soul in a way that I never knew was possible. Years and years later, I still re-read them and sink into that world and I just feel so alive. Hogwarts is my childhood, it is my shelter, it is my home... and it is so much more.
Its influence goes beyond the page and I carry it like an amulet in my daily life. The way I perceive and question the outside world is intrinsically linked to the series: I sort the people I meet according to the Houses I think they belong in, I feel more pride at the idea of being a Gryffindor than I do for any other organization in the real world, and my fear of death has greatly dimmed - which, honestly, is an accomplishment I didn't think a book could ever achieve.
If you've never read them, I feel sorry for you. I really do. My heart actually sinks in my chest a little every time I hear that because... you're missing out on so many great things, and goddammit, just exactly what are you waiting for? What are you possibly doing with your life that could justify postponing for so many years the best reading experience you could ever possibly have!? They are the best series of the century, it's not like they're a secret! EVERYONE knows! There's a reason its impact was so phenomenal on the world!...
SIGH. I always get so worked up trying to convince people to LET the magic IN.
Anyways. So it seemed incredible and wrong that I only had a rating, and no review for these books, not when they're so important to me.
Also, if you're still not convinced of how much of a hopeless groupie I am, one time I got really drunk on red wine and I ended up sobbing (LEGIT sobbing) because I actually ached from not being at Hogwarts.
There's my 5 star rating if I've ever seen one.
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October 13, 2015
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October 14, 2015
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magnificent
October 14, 2015
– Shelved as:
changed-my-life
October 14, 2015
– Shelved as:
classics
October 14, 2015
– Shelved as:
death
October 14, 2015
– Shelved as:
life-lessons
October 14, 2015
– Shelved as:
wish-i-could-be-in-the-book
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Oct 14, 2015 02:42AM
I don't like Harry Potter, but a great review nonetheless. I always believe the most personal and conversational reviews are the best :D
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Matthew wrote: "I don't like Harry Potter, but a great review nonetheless. I always believe the most personal and conversational reviews are the best :D"Thank you Matthew! I agree completely:)
This review is so beautiful, and so bloody true. I've never been able to put my love of this series into words before, and you just summed it up with your review. Thank you.
