This is why I only liked the earlier Harry Potter books, the setting is clearly just not built to be taken seriously… so Goblet of Fire and onward demanding as such just fails.
You hit the nail on the head. It’s sort of like Doctor Who in the sense that it asks of you, “don’t look at any of this stuff too closely, just enjoy the ride.” Unfortunately for Harry Potter the structure of the story eventually required a bit more seriousness and the world can’t provide it very well.
This is why I only liked the earlier Harry Potter books, the setting is clearly just not built to be taken seriously… so Goblet of Fire and onward demanding as such just fails.
You hit the nail on the head. It’s sort of like Doctor Who in the sense that it asks of you, “don’t look at any of this stuff too closely, just enjoy the ride.” Unfortunately for Harry Potter the structure of the story eventually required a bit more seriousness and the world can’t provide it very well.
Which is why I think the movies are better than the books.
Yeah. The series loses a lot when whimsy isn’t the driving theme.