Happy birthday to....

[author_by_night]

prettyveela! Eat lots of cake. 

[Unknown site tag] OT, but I have a question; is it snotty of me to think, when I hear of seven year olds reading all the HP books, that few of them are likely to actually really get them? I mean, I just can't see myself letting a seven year old read OoTP. Ten, yes - they are kids books, like it or not - but seven? Then again, maybe its that they wouldn't quite see how some of the really disturbing things (the Dementor's Kiss, Harry's almost hexing Bellatrix) were so.

But still... I just think seven is way too young, and I feel a bit snotty for thinking they might not even understand, when really, what does it matter?

 

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Yeah, through I do still tihnk JKR is fine with the ten year olds reading them - she just hopes someday they'll catch the deeper meanings, if they don't already. But I think emily anna has a point, too; she probably is a bit bewildered by all the six year old fans.

But I will say even people under sixteen understood Harry's emotions - and a lot of people over didn't. (I, however, remember being through those years - it really does seem like even your family wants to ruin your life at times).