Harry Potter

I've watched the films, and now I've read the books. I've been hooked. The adventures of Harry Potter and his friends Ron and Hermione have become familiar characters with whom I have fought the Dark Lord Voldermort.

Its just amazing how a writer can conjure up such detailed stories, a magnificent new vocabulary and  wonderful characters whom most of us, I think. adore. Each part of the story links with another, each minor detail aiding the journey from start to finish.

My favourite character Dobby, a house-elf, a CGI character, so real and so endearing. When he was killed by the evil Bellatrix, I cried and mourned his passing.

Dumbledore, the wise old wizard adored by all, Draco Malfoy whose character I pitied, Hagrid, the kind giant, and the three main characters, all consistently true to their characters and whom I never got tired of following.

It has been a real treat to read the series, all seven books digested one after the other. I am half way through the final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows" and I'm reading it slower than he rest, only because I don't want the story to end.

It has been a bridge to gap the teenage and the middle aged, my daughter and I having long discussions about the story, the characters and the philosophy of the tale.

What better tale is there than that of Good versus Evil. A time honoured tradition of a good story.

Wonderful stuff. Thank you JK Rowling. Thank you film makers and studio.

I forgot to mention Snape, never knowing whether he was good or evil but wanting to believe and trust in him as much as Dumbldore had done. His dry wit making him one of my favourite characters.

A wonderful story.  

Its a few days since I wrote the above .... I have now finished reading the final book and I am not as enamoured with Dumbledore, although like Harry Potter, I have forgiven him! But I feel that Snape unreservedly deserves my empathy. His life was a tortured one and he, unlike Dumbldore, put himself in a dangerous position. Rock On Snape!