Does it seem to you that a lot of fantasy coming out of the publishing houses in the last 10 years seems an imitative shadow of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter? The publishing mantra seems to be: if they bought Harry Potter, then they will buy ____fill in the blank___.
The Charlie Bone series comes directly to mind. Sorry if you are a fan, but I found the writing weak and I didn't really like Charlie Bone. It's impossible to like a book if you don't like the main character! There is plenty of action and potential in the books, but I couldn't help but wonder how many times Jenny Nimmo read Potter before she created the Bone world. The magic school adventures Bone experienced forced me to compare it to Potter. And Charlie Bone suffered from comparison.
There are five books in the Bone series. And I dragged myself through them all.
Re-read Potter instead. Don't you think?
2 comments:
I have not read the Bone series, but I agree with you completely. I once, many years ago, tried to read "The Firm" by John Grisham and I HATED the main character. I couldn't even make it halfway through it!!
And I am re-reading the Potter series! I am trying to read it out loud to the kids now. It is nice too, because we can discuss the differences between the movie and the book (for those who have not read them yet).
This is FAULSE!!! ok????? tell me what site i read both of all the booksand there both nice and different!!!!
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