We don't need no education

[altariel]

katlinel has a splendid post about the Harry Potter books as boarding school stories rather than fantasy books.

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[avon7.livejournal.com]

It took me ages to read them because of all the hype - but the moment I did I realised that they were just classic school stories. I bet I know exactly the books JK read as a kid. I still like them, quite a lot actually, but I can't be doing with the ooh-ahh this has changed children's literature bit!

[paranoidangel]

It took me ages to read them because of all the hype - but the moment I did I realised that they were just classic school stories.

I was going to say that :)

I thought as I was reading it that the reason they were popular is all the ordinary school stuff in there that everyone can relate to to some extent.