I'm going to go against everything already said here and risk a hell of a lot of credibility by saying I like the HP books. There are better books, but there always will be.
I started liking HP before anyone had ever heard of him and his book was just another one lost in a sea of other novels (HP only got famous after the second novel). Anyway, I bought the first HP book and when I mentioned it to friends all I got was blank expressions. Of course, when the other books came out HP fever struck the school but I didn't take part in all the dressing up and raving about how good it was.
I still regard myself as somebody who quietly enjoys the books before they were hugely famous, and not one of the hangers on on the tidal wave on fame. I have only seen the first film (I was dragged there against my will!) and haven't been to any signings or conventions, nor have I ever bought any merchandise but I have bought every book (except the first) on the very first day it came out and I will do the same with the next one. Thank you for bothering to read my post which I wrote just after getting up and so rambles a bit.
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