NeilT

Just finished the final book today (6 months behind everyone else it would appear) 'The Deathly Hallows', and despite having the usual slow middle it was a pretty good read overall and a suitable ending.

Having read all the others also, found all to be overly long and with similar plot lines, but great stories nonetheless.

My usual reading material is based around Jack Reacher (read all his) Tom Clancy et al, and always considered the Potter books for kids only, but started reading the first book after a mate recommended them.

Far better than the films.

Anyone else still wading through the books?

What to read now I wonder...?


Neil

The Snug Rhino

lost interest during the penultimate one and struggled with the last.....after I read the line "they got on like a cauldron on fire" i just skim read the thing to get it over.

why would a wizard need to alter the common "like a house on fire" saying???? makes no sense! wizards have house...the saying works fine for them too. Its like suggesting an IT geek would say "like a CPU heat sink on fire" Maybe i over thought about it but it just seemed like it was trying to hard to be wizardy!

Chip Sengravy

JK Rowling is on the back burner for me at the moment. I'm waiting with baited breath to find out who put a contract out on SDB Corleone

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

FFS read books for Grown Ups, I got caught up in the hype and read the first one, it was a mediocre kids book.

new2scoobs

How about
Amazon.co.uk: The Story of Tracy Beaker: Books: Jacqueline Wilson,Nick Sharratt

or

Amazon.co.uk: Poppy Cat World Book Day Book: Poppy Cat Loves Rainbows: Books: Lara Jones


Some people might say they are for children but I don't care what I look like on my commute into work on the train sitting there reading them.

PeteBrant

They were a pretty good read - Especially once you got past book 3.

If you want something along similar lines, but far more adult orientated (not that anyone should be ashamed of enjoying Harry Potter, anymore than they should be ashamed of enjoying "Toy Story" or such like), try the Dark Tower series by Stephen King or a Song of Fire and ice books by George R R Martin.

SiPie

PeteBrant

Bunch of judgemental ****s today, aren't we?

Chip Sengravy

What do you mean, today ?

PeteBrant

SiPie

That sounds a bit of a judgemental comment for someone to make

XRS

Try Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. Re-read them earlier this year and enjoyed them again. Lots of publicity about at the moment due to the film. First book is called Northern Lights.

SetoN

The first book got given to me as a present, before all the 'Harry Potter Mania'. Think it had just won a smarties book award

Anyway i read the first few pages. Cats turning into wizards and owls delivering mail

Not my thing. Although i found the films entertaining to watch.

Andy McNab is my best read tbh.

The Snug Rhino

Ever seen Starwars, SpiderMan, Batman, Hulk.....or do you just watch the History Chanel and home shopping network looking for slippers?

Chip Sengravy

NeilT

err - read my post - I usually read the Tom Clancy / Jack Reacher style books, the Harry Potter books are a step away from my normal tastes.

But (big but) almost every 'adult' book I've read recently (and I've read a few) has been absolutely **** - the last few just terrible - Clive Cussler - Sacred stone (just awful) and then my last ' Relentless - Simon Kernick' great start, poor middle, terrible ending, together with Chris Ryan and Andy McNabs latest - just poorly constructed.

Harry Potter, written for kids or not at least is a great story with bucketfuls of imagination

As far as a book goes, I'll read whatever I think I'll enjoy - period.

Neil

Chip Sengravy

Clive cussler has right off the boil, i imagine he now writes in the style that little britain portray barbara cartland.

NeilT

yep, read 2 Cussler books - one written a few years back based around some ship, was was pretty good, the Sacred Stone is more recent and stank.

new2scoobs

Type the phrase 'retard reads kids books' into a google image search and see what the zeitgeist says.

All other arguments are null and void.

logiclee

The first couple were only just OK but I must say I enjoyed the rest.

I'm never without a book to read whether it's factual, fiction, fantasy, biograpghy, sci-fi, thriller or anything really. I'm currently waiting for the next installment of Peter F Hamiltons Void trilogy. If you enjoyed the slightly heavy going Nights Dawn Trilogy then The Dreaming Void is worth a read.

As for the Potter books, Half Blood Prince and The Deathly Hallows were the best and I certainly wouldn't let young children read them. If they did them scene for scene on the big screen then you would be looking at a 15 rating IMO.

Just because you are an adult doesn't mean you can't enjoy fantasy books. The story is about a schoolboy who's a wizard defeating an evil enemy. You know from the start whether you are going to enjoy that surely?

JK's certainly captured the imagination of millions of readers even if the books are not a written master piece and you cant fault her for that.

Cheers
Lee

Sbradley

Try the Artemis Fowl books, written by a chap called Eoin Colfer (speeling?) for a laugh. Very clever.

SB (Likes a good read, regardless of the target age group)

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Oh come on, the first one I read was two dimensional, predictable and was very weak, I really cant see what the fuss is about, the films are pretty good with some superb cameos from some really good actors that make it come alive but although the rest of the world disagree with me, the first book was pretty poor.

vindaloo

Peter F Hamilton. I've read Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained. Quite a bit of reading before things really take off but I keep revisiting them to refresh certain bits of the plots, certain scenes.

Recently read/reading... Barb Hendee, Kevin J Anderson, Trudi Canavan, Robin Hob, Kim Harrison.


J.

The Snug Rhino

So for someone who hasn't read them they need to pick whether they take your opinion or.....err....the rest of the world!