I was in third grade (so, about 8) when my teacher pretty much forced the first two Harry Potter books on me. By that, I mean he made the class read them aloud. I didn't get hooked, though. Sure the books were exciting and fun, and I liked them. And I did pretend I went to Hogwarts, but that was less of me being a fan and more of me having a huge ego that, yes, I would indeed go to Hogwarts. I was always more into Star Wars.Nonetheless, I did read every single book. I loved the first six, hated the seventh (with passion). I saw all the movies in theater (which is hard when my parents thought all the films were of the devil), and I like the first three, hated the fourth, thought the fifth was an improvement, didn't care much for the sixth, and loved the seventh and eighth film. In fact, the law two films are the only ones that are better than the book in my opinion.Now I'm in college, and thence know more. I realize that J.K. Rowling didn't create a completely original world. There have been magical schools in books before Harry Potter, all her "original" character names were stolen from great authors like Thomas Hardy, and the books themselves weren't written very well. This isn't to say the story is no good: I think it is. I mean that in general, her prose isn't very good.