Any suggestions on how I can understand Harry Potter better?
you were prob. very young back then.
i don't like science fiction that much either but i absolutely LOVE harry potter.
just push past the first couple of chapters and soon the book's magic will reveal itself.
you just have to start reading it. slowly you should be able to get into it. If not that okay too. You don't have to be a Harry Potter fan like the rest of the world.
Although Harry Potter is wildly popular, it does not fit the literary interests and tastes of everyone.
Maybe, it's just not for you.
You've listed a lot of interesting books...great books, in fact.
So what if your not a fan of Harry Potter?!?
Understanding yourself and what you do and do not like is a wonderful gift to have. Is it really that important to understand Harry?
Just a thought.
You can't read something that you can't get into. Frankly, I can't stand the Lord of The Rings.
But if you are sincerely interested in Harry Potter, I would suggest checking some fansites out and such.
well, first of all, you should start reading the book again because the first chapters are a little boring, but it gets really good and you wont want to put it down when you get towards the end. its the same with most of the books in the series.
Well, I watched the first three movies, and then read the books, so I knew what was coming up. Then, you have to understand how they are written. One book equals one year spent at Hogwarts, and the things that happen during that year. Then, Harry goes back to his aunt and uncle's house during the summer. So they usually begin with him at his aunt and uncle's house, and end with him going back there. Except for the books (1, 4, and 6) where the very beginning of the book explains something that is happening. Book 1 begins when Dumbledore puts Harry on the doorstep of his aunt and uncles house when he is an infant the night his parent's died. Book 4 begins with a dream Harry is having... Then, Harry is at the house, waiting to go back to Hogwarts. Then, he goes back to Hogwarts and the rest of the story is everything that happens during the year he is there. At the beginning, you are left with a sort of confusion about what is going to happen from there, but then you keep reading to find out what does happen. Then you keep reading, and reading, and reading, until you read the last book and most everything is explained, or finished.
Personally, although I enjoyed some of the Harry Potter books, I really don't feel that they were as well-written or captivating as most of the books you named. I'd say that those are classics, whereas Harry Potter is more of a cult (albeit a huge cult) fad. If you understood those books enough to enjoy them, then it isn't a matter of understanding Harry Potter better--it's just not your type of book. If you don't enjoy Harry Potter, there's no harm in it--there is nothing so outstanding about them that everyone should like them.
how i do it is that you just have to keep reading even if it doesnt make any sense they all start some time later after the book before it so if you keep reading it should become clearer as you go on. thats how i got past all of the ones i have read
I felt the same way with Harry Potter when I first started the book. Once I got to the 3rd chapter, things started happening and I could not put the book down. J K Rowling had the story already in her head and had to lay down the groundwork for the rest of the books. She had to give an idea of where Harry came from and what he has had to live with so you can feel and grieve with Harry throughout all of the books. Please, try to read again and get past the 1st and 2nd chapters, because the books are wonderfully written and so descriptive, you can picture everything happening. They are very emotional and full of action and mystery. I am 36 years old and have read the series now 7 times. I absolutely cannot get enough of it.
You can't really make yourself like a book if you don't then you don't. End of.
Loads of people have laughed at me for not liking Ernest Hemmingway, but there's no point in me trying to read his books when I don't like them, just because lots of other people have enjoyed them.
Well, Harry Potter is not science-fiction, it is fantasy. Well, if you find it boring, you find it boring. I can't really give you tips that would help you enjoy something you don't enjoy. Normally I try to finish it to the end, if I find it so horrible that is almost torturous to read, I normally still finish it, but it's painful.
It's not that hard to understand, it is a kids book after all. I started reading the series around 3rd grade.
You just have to force yourself through the first couple chapters then it starts explaining things and gets into more action.
i dont know how to like it any better, but it might seem boring at first, but after you get through a couple chapters, it will get very interesting, or at least for me. Hopefully, you will get addicted to it, and will not get tired even afte reading it a couple times.