The thing with McGonagall dismissing the kids (you're gonna see more of this behaviour in the coming books) it's a part of the wizarding world: wizards are careless AS FUCK! They trust magic so much that they often forget simple logic just as you pointed out, just wait for more examples in the next books (or just remember Dumbledore's speech at the first day of school).
Possible SPOILERS for the Lily or others about Dumbledore and his associates: The trouble is, though, that that shit is never called out within the books. It would have made for some brilliant social commentary if Rowling had paid it any attention. But the careless ways that Dumbledore and most people on his side of viewpoints treat people, and particularly children, is often glorified instead. Rowling missed a lot of opportunities to make her books more than a funny little adventure story. It's a shame, especially because she does have the talent. Perhaps the blame lies a lot with the editor and publisher, but still. I really would like to see Rowling use her talents to her absolute best. It feels like she settled with a lot of things in her writings.
really what it is is that the early books are boarding school adventures where the understanding of adult characters is very different from the later books which are fantasy stories. it's an artifact of a changing conception of the world. The early books are more like Roald Dahl, the later books are more realistic.
so one of the things i probably admire the most about the Harry Potter series (especially as a grown up re-reading them) is that the books start out very kids friendly, but that the books "grow up" together with Harry. they become more serious and dark, and less naive, as he ages. it was obviously a very cool experience for me growing up alongside the series, but especially in retrospect, going back and seeing how Rowling achieved that is really awesome to me. I absolutely can't wait to see your reactions to the rest of this series!
That's exactly what I was thinking!! The books grow out of the more kid friendly feelings of the first two so quickly once we get to the Goblet of Fire and etc...It definitely doesn't remain "juvenile" and cute for the rest of the series. I can't wait to see her reactions to the rest
Possible SPOILERS for the Lily or others: The issue is that as the books "grow up" and tackle more serious issues, the earlier books have increasingly more unfortunate implications. Raising the age of the target audience halfway through isn't a bad idea for marketing purposes. But within the story, it confuses a lot of things and makes things that were funny in the earlier books become much more questionable. (And that is beside the fact that Rowling did shit-all to research the early decades of the 20th century and it's social conditions. Maybe it's the fact that I am a historian, but while I can overlook her maths mistakes, I find it fairly impossible to overlook her refusal to use google (it was around already when she wrote book 6) or even consult a proper historian.) But it definitely was the right move to ensure high sales by catering to the children that had already grown to love it. I just wish the editors and publishers had helped her to do it better. She wasn't exactly a seasoned author at the time (as in, she didn't have much experience in a wider variety of writing devices or their reception by audiences) and they should have considered her growth as a writer more than the sales.
I started to read the books when I was twenty after a friend told me I had to read them. I have to say that if I only had had the first and maybe the second book to read at the time I probably would have forgotten about them. It was the third and fourth book that really got me hooked. So I didn't grow up with the books, but I still have fond memories of reading them.
yes i've always felt that slytherins were villainized!! i took a children's literature class and wrote a paper on the themes of good and evil in harry potter & i felt slytherin was always intended to be bad to show children the evil in real life such as bullies. in that context i can understand the original intention, but i absolutely hate that jk is now like "oh no not all slytherins are bad!!" after writing 7 books where all slytherins are bad lmao i won't spoil you for cursed child if you plan on reading it, but i felt that was supposed to be the "slytherin redemption" story and even then, part of the ending disappointed me because it still villainized slytherins omg i said the same thing about jk in my review!! her skill at children's storytelling when it comes to setting up an unexpected outcome is seriously so good!!
Yes yes and yes!! I'm pretty sure i will end up reading Cursed Child after i finish the whole series, just to see for myself. Everyone seems to have such polarising opinions on it. I've been compelled to watch your reviews on the HP books but i've stopped myself bc i'm petrified (no pun intended i swear) of getting spoiled for this series later on.. I'm avoiding all things Harry Potter at the moment. I think i'll have to binge watch everyones videos about Harry Potter after i've finished them all !!''
Slytherins being villainized was so sad cuz it ended up villainizing all their traits: ambition, cunning and resourcefulness. Like what the actual fuck is wrong with wanting to do things and succeed? Or being clever and solving problems in ways other people won't think of? Or being resourceful? These are qualities I actually love in a teammate and myself, and I'm so tired of people making cleverness or slyness an irredeemably evil trait. It's like low key saying "You have to be dumb to be good" like fuck off.
emmmabooks Merlin was in Slytherin. So was Slughorn. They're both amazing. And Snape is the opposite of evil.. Yes, he was a bit of a dick sometimes..but he redeemed himself. And Draco is bae.
Merlin was in Slytherin is a strawman if I have ever heard one. He isn't a contemporary wizard and like, that doesn't make up for Slytherins getting shit on for all of Dumbledore's tenure. Slughorn was creepy as hell (in a bad touch, dodgy uncle kind of way)and besides not being contemporary , we barely know anything about Merlin!
I grew up with Harry Potter and I'm definitely a total die hard fan. Harry Potter was my childhood. However, I totally get what you're saying about not being "sucked" into the fandom the same way if you read it for the first time as an adult. The writing, especially in the first book, is totally aimed at children. However, I feel that the writing sort of changes as the story goes along and the characters grow up a bit. The last few books definitely have a writing style that you'll probably enjoy a bit more (as an adult) than the first few books. I'm so glad that you're reading them though! And I appreciate your point of view on the story!
+Jojo Jojo the later books certainly aren't children's books. They're very dark. Like with the dementors and main characters dying. However it takes a lot for me to get sucked into a story. I even find game of thrones hard to get sucked into.
I think the beauty of how she set up the story and the writing style is that the style grows up along with Harry, and so do you. This is why it's also more difficult to get into the series as an adult, because you're already grown up
But even being a writing for children, the book deals with a lot of topics that are not exactly found in childrens books, like murder, and abandonement.
Cintia Tchorbadjian and there is definitely a lot of topics and humor that kind of goes over your head when you're young, that you notice once you're older. And yes, there is a lot of dark stuff. Most of the things happening in the last few books are topics you definitely wouldn't normally find in children's books.
It's actually really interesting to listen to someone talk about Harry Potter who didn't grow up on it. It's nice to get an unbiased opinion. "Square root of a cauldron" was great
1) the writing definitely gets better and more complex as the books get darker and longer. 2) the point system just depends on how pissed the teachers are and how much they like gryffindor. 3) the situation with snape, malfoy, and slytherin generally is complicated. you'll get there.
I feel like Ron is the biggest misrepresented character in the movies ! If you read the books you prob adore him and understand him more and in the movies he is just plain dumb
thepaulacooper yes and no, Ron was clearly more developed in the books but that didn’t stop him from being general awful to Hermione, if Ron had been a girl they would have been frenemies, he was always the first person to put her down and she deserved better
nigel spencer he was also one of the first people to celebrate her intelligence and defend her (unless it was a personal relationship). Hermione was pretty careless with him too... because you know... they were kids and they're learning. Hermione acted extremely holier-than-thou in the beginning and it never truly leaves. and they get together whzn they're both better. When Ron starts to let his racism toward house elves go and Hermione stops thinking it's always others who are irrational. (I mean remember when she never felt the least bit apologetic about her cat eating Ron's rat?). While I don't think they're the love story of the year, saying one deserves better than the other when they actually work on thzir issues throughout the series is pretty terrible.
Célia Collet being careless and being outright mean because you disagree and used your smarter friends for homework help isn’t the basis of a good relationship. She didn’t feel bad because he had been nasty about her cat since the beginning and Ron failed to grasp what cats do in sight of a mouse. Hermione acts as any straight laced middle class person would have acted her behavior is text “other girl” she isn’t femme nor does she give in to her emotions yet she’s very emotional that has zero to do when it comes to this argument. Secondly he puts her down as much as he lifts her up and that’s is fucking toxic. I could go on as to why Ron is a classic example of your one time boyfriend not the man you should marry and his prejudices never went away.
nigel spencer yeah... he used to be like that. The point is that he actually grows up. Hermione defended her cat since the very begining. She let him run after Ron's rat without blinking. As someone who's supposed to be aware of how cats work she should know not to let him anywhere near the rat. Hermione has a tendency to feel lile if SHE feels something, she's in the right and forget others have feelings too (Ron shares that trait but in a lesser way). She tends to decide things for others without talking to them. The point of their relationship is that they're both wrong most of the time and they get over it over the course of the story.
Célia Collet he used a book to placate hermione into transitioning into their relationship, he doesn’t get better he continues to fight and they bring out the worst in each other
The writing is only juvenile because the POV is of a child. Fortunately, the writing improves as Harry grows older. Trust me, it’ll become more palatable by like the third book :))
I think I underestimated you when you said "I know nothing about Harry Potter", because damn you really have no idea of anything. This is so entertaining.
Don't close yourself off to becoming a diehard fan, my grandma read Harry Potter and she fucking loved it and travelled to another continent just so she could go to Harry Potter world 😂😂🙌🏼🙌🏼
I was thinking the same thing. I was remembering my first impressions on the books and I wish I could forget everything I know of Harry Potter so I could read it for the first time again.
i really love that you documented your thoughts AS you read it, it was so interesting to watch. (oh also from a slytherin, the house isn't that bad, it's qualities are things like determination, ambition, resourcefulness but yeah it is given a bad image since it tends to suit all the manipulative and conniving ppl) can't wait for you to read the rest, they get better
I reallllllyyyy loves this method of reviewing the book! The vlog mixed with your overall thoughts at the beginning make it so enjoyable to watch this review, mainly because everything you read is fresh in your mind during the vlog allowing you to be able to fully review the plot and aspects of writing! 5/5 would watch again
Dunno if she reads these, but here goes. Lily, your vids are ever so entertaining. Hearing your thoughts on any given book or series, regardless of whether I've read them myself or if they even fall into my interests thematically, is more interesting and amusing than I thought a book review could ever be. Kudos, and please keep them coming! Now, if I've somehow caught your attention, I wish to refer you to a book series I'd love for you to review sometime in the future. You're probably familiar with it, or at least aware of it. It's a trilogy called "His Dark Materials" by British author Philip Pullman, and even if you haven't read the books, you might have heard of them in regards to the controversy they sparked among Christian communities upon release, or by the ambitious but ultimately underwhelming, imo, film adaptation of the first book, "The Golden Compass", which came out in 2007-ish. On that note, keep in mind that the film, while nice, is worlds apart from the source material and Pullman's enchanting writing, so the movie alone is inadequate or just downright misleading as a basis for forming an opinion on the work as a whole. I had read this series years back and recently decided to pick it up again, after reading the first of three new companion books to the series Pullman released recently (namely "La Belle Sauvage", if you wish to look up reviews). I ended up devouring the ~1000 densely typed pages of the entire series in just under a week, and even after so many years it left me with that confounded, bittersweet feeling of emptiness that can only be somewhat assuaged by sharing it with the world. The series, I mean. Not the existential emptiness. As you can probably tell, I'm overtly partial to the series, but I'd enjoy nothing more than hearing your thoughs on it. So... yeah. Cheers!
I really loved your input and perspective when reading the film. the little clips we see as you read through the book is good af and I really like that structure I can't wait to hear your thoughts about the rest of the series idc if they end up to be like 40 minute videos each honestly
You bring up some really good points about the book that I hadn't really thought too much about before, like the house points system is clearly flawed and super inconsistent....
I adored this video! It's super fun to watch new people read harry potter and hear their perspective on it without nostalgia getting in the way. And of course you could make a review of a literal phone book interesting so that just adds to the fun. Can't wait for the next one!
The point system is kind of crazy, but I think they start out small with point deductions because the school year is just starting and they don't have a lot of points to begin with. But I believe this is the last book where points are revealed at the end of the year, at least to Harry, the other books kind of just mention who won vs how many points each house had. As far as Slytherins, you'll learn about the snake later, but they aren't all bad, they mainly don't like muggle born students like Slytherin himself with a few that go really bad.
The books get much more mature after the first 2, if that helps! At first they were targeted for children, but then they became successful so they matured for the audience. Btw, I also read them as an adult (late teen) and thought it wouldn’t hit me the same way it did for people who read them at younger ages but I was soooo wrong because it’s truly a special series. I had a long mourning period when I finished and thought I would never read anything that would live up to them again. Can’t wait to see what you say about the rest of them!
im so excited you enjoyed it !! like you said, i grew up reading it, so there are a lot of things i can let slide. but i believe that as the kids grow up, the story matures. im interested in knowing how youll see the later books! happy reading!
I just recently reread Harry Potter and I’m still trying to get over all the emotions so watching you read it for the first time is like helping me feel better but also letting me relive the series again!! I’m loving this and I really think you’re going to like how the story progresses!!
This video makes me so happy. You saying that they're cute it's actually so cute. Seeing you in so many places dressed in so many different ways is also so amusing.
As an almost life-long fan, I find it great watching videos like this because through your reactions, I get to vicariously experience the books for the first time all over again.
it's so interesting to hear the story from your perspective! I think a lot of us know the story so well at this point that we're incapable of thinking of it from angles like these. Please keep reading and vlogging the series!!!
Yes, the potions sequence of the tests at the end was not in the movie. Something interesting is that each task reflects the main theme and plot of each of the books.
Do this with all the books! I love hearing your inner thoughts as you go through the reading process. Also, as the characters in the stories grow older- the writing becomes more mature and serious. It's another very clever thing Rowling did. It's almost like the books are growing with the characters within them!
I loved the trap door scene as well! I remember we used to listen to the audio book of Philosopher's Stone in 5th grade art class. We could pick a random scene and paint it. It was such a fun task! Almost everyone painted the trap door with the three-headed dog 😄 It is written really well!
i also read he books recently and didn’t really grow up with the franchise and was so surprised by the series as it progressed! please rewatch this video once you finish reading everything! i think you’ll really change your opinion. the kids are actually not naive at ALL and they do defeat all these dark wizards without even finishing school it’s insane and they’re that good. you just have to keep reading because the last 2 books are definitely the best in terms of plot and character development and more suited for a young adult/ adult audience, i think you’ll really like them!
I don’t really like the story of Harry Potter but I am so into the lore surrounding it, and what bugs me the most is how horribly every house except for Gryffindor was portrayed.
I am SO FUCKING EXCITED to hear your reactions to the books as the story progresses. I just can't fucking wait. It is so rare nowadays to know someone who hasn't read them, hasn't really been spoiled, and is genuinely down to really get into them. YOU GOT THIS.
'What's the square root of a cauldron, how many magicians does it take to change a light bulb.' DEAD. Halarious. Really good video, love the combo of vlog clips with a sit down review.
I recently started reading the series for the first time as well and I really agree with most of your points. I've seen almost all the movies, and many times so I know all the plot twists too, but I still really enjoyed the way jk sets it up in the books. Totally agree with the learning about the wizard world!! It's so interesting, especially when you learn more about the wizard society outside of England.
There are definitely some valid points you bring up that people have talked about more in recent years, particularly regarding the stereotype of slytherins always being evil and also the way Snape acts throughout the books. I obviously can't say anything because of spoilers but it would be interesting to see what you have to say about those things once you complete the series.
Can’t wait for you to experience how much deeper and broader in themes the books get, starting in part in Prisoner of Azkaban, but really kicking off in Goblet of Fire. Strap in for some unexpected journeys.
DO MORE!!! I really wanna see your reaction as the series get more mature! Brilliant video, by the way, I am a long time Harry Potter fan and I thought it was hilarious so I really hope you keep going
the potions scene with hermione was in the ps1 video game version. i wish it also made it to the movies because it was one of my favorite scenes beneath the trapdoor.
I also looove learning about the wizarding world! I thinks that’s why I really love Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Someone's secretly a shark is by far the BEST description of Harry Potter I've ever heard.
PERFECT DESCRIPTION
"THE FANG WHO LIVED".
This isn’t relevant but Lily is so pretty??? In every shot???? No matter the lighting???? Booktube royalty.
Aw thankyou x
❤️❤️
I know right I am so jealous
*silently cackling at the things you don’t know*
Likewise. For every question Lily asks, there's an answer in the next books.
Cintia Tchorbadjian ikr xD
& i'm so exited for her to find it all out (is that wierd? 😅)
No, I'm excited too
Wow 777 likes. Perfection.
"Someone's secretly a shark" Damn you Lily, I'm in class 😂😂
You were watching a 15+ min video in class... Sorry, I have to ask: Are you also one of these people who "reads" while "watching" TV?
Well then, you shouldn't be too embarrassed about it. 😉
Xx_Hannah_xX HAHAHA
lily dragging snape for everything he has ever done: a concept
i'm so excited for the future harry potter videos!!
HAHAHA THE FANG WHO LIVED PART GOT ME SO HARD
uratwat dealwitit omg i knoow me too
I died when she said that!
I lost it😂😂🐶🖕
The thing with McGonagall dismissing the kids (you're gonna see more of this behaviour in the coming books) it's a part of the wizarding world: wizards are careless AS FUCK! They trust magic so much that they often forget simple logic just as you pointed out, just wait for more examples in the next books (or just remember Dumbledore's speech at the first day of school).
Possible SPOILERS for the Lily or others about Dumbledore and his associates:
The trouble is, though, that that shit is never called out within the books. It would have made for some brilliant social commentary if Rowling had paid it any attention. But the careless ways that Dumbledore and most people on his side of viewpoints treat people, and particularly children, is often glorified instead.
Rowling missed a lot of opportunities to make her books more than a funny little adventure story. It's a shame, especially because she does have the talent. Perhaps the blame lies a lot with the editor and publisher, but still. I really would like to see Rowling use her talents to her absolute best. It feels like she settled with a lot of things in her writings.
really what it is is that the early books are boarding school adventures where the understanding of adult characters is very different from the later books which are fantasy stories. it's an artifact of a changing conception of the world. The early books are more like Roald Dahl, the later books are more realistic.
Someone's secretly a shark! hahahahaah
Sylwia Skolarczyk 😹😹😹😹😹
I came to the comments looking for this!
I can't wait until she gets to that part lol
The funniest thing I ever heard xD
so one of the things i probably admire the most about the Harry Potter series (especially as a grown up re-reading them) is that the books start out very kids friendly, but that the books "grow up" together with Harry. they become more serious and dark, and less naive, as he ages. it was obviously a very cool experience for me growing up alongside the series, but especially in retrospect, going back and seeing how Rowling achieved that is really awesome to me. I absolutely can't wait to see your reactions to the rest of this series!
That's exactly what I was thinking!! The books grow out of the more kid friendly feelings of the first two so quickly once we get to the Goblet of Fire and etc...It definitely doesn't remain "juvenile" and cute for the rest of the series. I can't wait to see her reactions to the rest
Possible SPOILERS for the Lily or others:
The issue is that as the books "grow up" and tackle more serious issues, the earlier books have increasingly more unfortunate implications. Raising the age of the target audience halfway through isn't a bad idea for marketing purposes. But within the story, it confuses a lot of things and makes things that were funny in the earlier books become much more questionable. (And that is beside the fact that Rowling did shit-all to research the early decades of the 20th century and it's social conditions. Maybe it's the fact that I am a historian, but while I can overlook her maths mistakes, I find it fairly impossible to overlook her refusal to use google (it was around already when she wrote book 6) or even consult a proper historian.)
But it definitely was the right move to ensure high sales by catering to the children that had already grown to love it. I just wish the editors and publishers had helped her to do it better. She wasn't exactly a seasoned author at the time (as in, she didn't have much experience in a wider variety of writing devices or their reception by audiences) and they should have considered her growth as a writer more than the sales.
I started to read the books when I was twenty after a friend told me I had to read them. I have to say that if I only had had the first and maybe the second book to read at the time I probably would have forgotten about them. It was the third and fourth book that really got me hooked.
So I didn't grow up with the books, but I still have fond memories of reading them.
yes i've always felt that slytherins were villainized!! i took a children's literature class and wrote a paper on the themes of good and evil in harry potter & i felt slytherin was always intended to be bad to show children the evil in real life such as bullies. in that context i can understand the original intention, but i absolutely hate that jk is now like "oh no not all slytherins are bad!!" after writing 7 books where all slytherins are bad lmao
i won't spoil you for cursed child if you plan on reading it, but i felt that was supposed to be the "slytherin redemption" story and even then, part of the ending disappointed me because it still villainized slytherins
omg i said the same thing about jk in my review!! her skill at children's storytelling when it comes to setting up an unexpected outcome is seriously so good!!
Yes yes and yes!!
I'm pretty sure i will end up reading Cursed Child after i finish the whole series, just to see for myself. Everyone seems to have such polarising opinions on it.
I've been compelled to watch your reviews on the HP books but i've stopped myself bc i'm petrified (no pun intended i swear) of getting spoiled for this series later on.. I'm avoiding all things Harry Potter at the moment.
I think i'll have to binge watch everyones videos about Harry Potter after i've finished them all !!''
Slytherins being villainized was so sad cuz it ended up villainizing all their traits: ambition, cunning and resourcefulness. Like what the actual fuck is wrong with wanting to do things and succeed? Or being clever and solving problems in ways other people won't think of? Or being resourceful? These are qualities I actually love in a teammate and myself, and I'm so tired of people making cleverness or slyness an irredeemably evil trait. It's like low key saying "You have to be dumb to be good" like fuck off.
emmmabooks Merlin was in Slytherin.
So was Slughorn.
They're both amazing.
And Snape is the opposite of evil..
Yes, he was a bit of a dick sometimes..but he redeemed himself.
And Draco is bae.
Merlin was in Slytherin is a strawman if I have ever heard one. He isn't a contemporary wizard and like, that doesn't make up for Slytherins getting shit on for all of Dumbledore's tenure. Slughorn was creepy as hell (in a bad touch, dodgy uncle kind of way)and besides not being contemporary , we barely know anything about Merlin!
Andromeda Black's been a Slytherin as well btw
*_"the fang who lived"_*
I grew up with Harry Potter and I'm definitely a total die hard fan. Harry Potter was my childhood. However, I totally get what you're saying about not being "sucked" into the fandom the same way if you read it for the first time as an adult. The writing, especially in the first book, is totally aimed at children. However, I feel that the writing sort of changes as the story goes along and the characters grow up a bit. The last few books definitely have a writing style that you'll probably enjoy a bit more (as an adult) than the first few books. I'm so glad that you're reading them though! And I appreciate your point of view on the story!
its the same, i read them now in my 30s and i am not sucked in it at all. but i do like them
+Jojo Jojo the later books certainly aren't children's books. They're very dark. Like with the dementors and main characters dying. However it takes a lot for me to get sucked into a story. I even find game of thrones hard to get sucked into.
I think the beauty of how she set up the story and the writing style is that the style grows up along with Harry, and so do you. This is why it's also more difficult to get into the series as an adult, because you're already grown up
But even being a writing for children, the book deals with a lot of topics that are not exactly found in childrens books, like murder, and abandonement.
Cintia Tchorbadjian and there is definitely a lot of topics and humor that kind of goes over your head when you're young, that you notice once you're older. And yes, there is a lot of dark stuff. Most of the things happening in the last few books are topics you definitely wouldn't normally find in children's books.
It's actually really interesting to listen to someone talk about Harry Potter who didn't grow up on it. It's nice to get an unbiased opinion.
"Square root of a cauldron" was great
1) the writing definitely gets better and more complex as the books get darker and longer.
2) the point system just depends on how pissed the teachers are and how much they like gryffindor.
3) the situation with snape, malfoy, and slytherin generally is complicated. you'll get there.
"someone's secretly a shark" ahahahahah
your innocence is so pure and refreshing
I feel like Ron is the biggest misrepresented character in the movies ! If you read the books you prob adore him and understand him more and in the movies he is just plain dumb
thepaulacooper yes and no, Ron was clearly more developed in the books but that didn’t stop him from being general awful to Hermione, if Ron had been a girl they would have been frenemies, he was always the first person to put her down and she deserved better
nigel spencer he was also one of the first people to celebrate her intelligence and defend her (unless it was a personal relationship). Hermione was pretty careless with him too... because you know... they were kids and they're learning. Hermione acted extremely holier-than-thou in the beginning and it never truly leaves. and they get together whzn they're both better. When Ron starts to let his racism toward house elves go and Hermione stops thinking it's always others who are irrational.
(I mean remember when she never felt the least bit apologetic about her cat eating Ron's rat?).
While I don't think they're the love story of the year, saying one deserves better than the other when they actually work on thzir issues throughout the series is pretty terrible.
Célia Collet being careless and being outright mean because you disagree and used your smarter friends for homework help isn’t the basis of a good relationship. She didn’t feel bad because he had been nasty about her cat since the beginning and Ron failed to grasp what cats do in sight of a mouse. Hermione acts as any straight laced middle class person would have acted her behavior is text “other girl” she isn’t femme nor does she give in to her emotions yet she’s very emotional that has zero to do when it comes to this argument. Secondly he puts her down as much as he lifts her up and that’s is fucking toxic. I could go on as to why Ron is a classic example of your one time boyfriend not the man you should marry and his prejudices never went away.
nigel spencer yeah... he used to be like that. The point is that he actually grows up.
Hermione defended her cat since the very begining. She let him run after Ron's rat without blinking. As someone who's supposed to be aware of how cats work she should know not to let him anywhere near the rat. Hermione has a tendency to feel lile if SHE feels something, she's in the right and forget others have feelings too (Ron shares that trait but in a lesser way). She tends to decide things for others without talking to them. The point of their relationship is that they're both wrong most of the time and they get over it over the course of the story.
Célia Collet he used a book to placate hermione into transitioning into their relationship, he doesn’t get better he continues to fight and they bring out the worst in each other
"Square root of a fucking cauldron" 😂 I love this
“ghost animals” made my day
Please react to your vlogs after you read the whole series, that would be awesome :)
Thats a good idea!
I was going to say this! some of the stuff you were saying in the vlogs i was just like "omg shes going to laugh so much when she knows more later"
R P exactly!! I was laughing thinking about it 😂😂
I agree this would be an amazing series!!
I want to see your reaction to Umbridge😂
Roni R ooooooooooo fuck me UP. I didn’t even THINK about that. Can’t wait for that review.
And Professor Trelawney
haaa yes
The writing is only juvenile because the POV is of a child. Fortunately, the writing improves as Harry grows older. Trust me, it’ll become more palatable by like the third book :))
Daynalees Morales accurate
I can’t wait!
I think I underestimated you when you said "I know nothing about Harry Potter", because damn you really have no idea of anything. This is so entertaining.
NO BISH THIS IS THE FANG WHO LIVED *dead*
"Someone's secretly a shark" I snorted 😂😂
Goblet of Fire, my friend. Goblet of Fire *pat on the back*. Those who read it will know what I mean
Don't close yourself off to becoming a diehard fan, my grandma read Harry Potter and she fucking loved it and travelled to another continent just so she could go to Harry Potter world 😂😂🙌🏼🙌🏼
there she goes again, slaying my life again
LILY IS SO RAVENCLAW EVERYONE
NOT ACTUALLY THAT BAD - Jk Rowling, about Slytherin
Kill Joys the 2016 election in a nutshell, followed by the political reputation of America 2017
I wish I could read Harry Potter for the first time again!
sameeeeeee
Oh, yes, my friend. That would be so cool.
I was thinking the same thing. I was remembering my first impressions on the books and I wish I could forget everything I know of Harry Potter so I could read it for the first time again.
same :(
Samee
“This kid is cooked” idk why but I laughed so hard
crystal nguyen same😂
Slytherin and proud :)
Ravenclaw and proud
same dude! and I love it, I mean life's the real shit and slytherins rule.. also malfoy's character is awesome af...
Yessssss (That was intentional) my fellow slytherins and honestly, I too feel like Draco's character was really awesome.
Ayy, same here! SLYTHERIN PRIDE!
the ship sails CS same i'm a slytherin and love it ^^ #housepride #slytherinpride 💚🐍😌
i really love that you documented your thoughts AS you read it, it was so interesting to watch. (oh also from a slytherin, the house isn't that bad, it's qualities are things like determination, ambition, resourcefulness but yeah it is given a bad image since it tends to suit all the manipulative and conniving ppl) can't wait for you to read the rest, they get better
True. It's more about choices, not the house itself
I like these sort of book recaps. Interesting concept!
omfg yeah that forbidden forest detention nonsense has made me mad for years now lmao
You’re a legend lily
I reallllllyyyy loves this method of reviewing the book! The vlog mixed with your overall thoughts at the beginning make it so enjoyable to watch this review, mainly because everything you read is fresh in your mind during the vlog allowing you to be able to fully review the plot and aspects of writing! 5/5 would watch again
"no b*tch, this is the fang who lived"
I feel like by the third book you will be completely hooked. the first book is kinda meh anyway
Loh So agree
( -_-)
As a kid I felt differently- I was hooked from the start... The 2nd book will always be my favourite tho. XD
Dunno if she reads these, but here goes.
Lily, your vids are ever so entertaining. Hearing your thoughts on any given book or series, regardless of whether I've read them myself or if they even fall into my interests thematically, is more interesting and amusing than I thought a book review could ever be. Kudos, and please keep them coming!
Now, if I've somehow caught your attention, I wish to refer you to a book series I'd love for you to review sometime in the future. You're probably familiar with it, or at least aware of it. It's a trilogy called "His Dark Materials" by British author Philip Pullman, and even if you haven't read the books, you might have heard of them in regards to the controversy they sparked among Christian communities upon release, or by the ambitious but ultimately underwhelming, imo, film adaptation of the first book, "The Golden Compass", which came out in 2007-ish.
On that note, keep in mind that the film, while nice, is worlds apart from the source material and Pullman's enchanting writing, so the movie alone is inadequate or just downright misleading as a basis for forming an opinion on the work as a whole.
I had read this series years back and recently decided to pick it up again, after reading the first of three new companion books to the series Pullman released recently (namely "La Belle Sauvage", if you wish to look up reviews). I ended up devouring the ~1000 densely typed pages of the entire series in just under a week, and even after so many years it left me with that confounded, bittersweet feeling of emptiness that can only be somewhat assuaged by sharing it with the world.
The series, I mean. Not the existential emptiness.
As you can probably tell, I'm overtly partial to the series, but I'd enjoy nothing more than hearing your thoughs on it.
So... yeah.
Cheers!
Defalt47 I agree, they’re fucking great - loved them as a kid, and loved re-reading them recently, too.
Did you get around to reading La Belle Sauvage as well? If so, how did you like it?
" Malfoy, Harry's like little enemy " IM LITERALLY IN TEARS 😂😂🖤
"no bitc this is the fang who lived" is the greatest description ever
I really loved your input and perspective when reading the film. the little clips we see as you read through the book is good af and I really like that structure I can't wait to hear your thoughts about the rest of the series idc if they end up to be like 40 minute videos each honestly
I love watching people reading HP for the first time! Your coverage was probably the best I've seen thus far!
You bring up some really good points about the book that I hadn't really thought too much about before, like the house points system is clearly flawed and super inconsistent....
I definitely agree about the juvenile way of writing but yeah it makes sense and TRUST IT GETS SO MUCH BETTER
There are 6 books left to discover ,so your questions and confusion are cute lol.
And that Fang-who-lived part just killed me.
"Snape is so salty" 😂😂😂
“Doesn’t give a fuck about the boy who lived. Like no bitch this is about the Fang who lived” I’m dying this whole compilation was beautiful
"there's a guy with a googly eye" 😂😂😂
SNAPE is my favourite character. THE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IS EVERYTHING!
I adored this video! It's super fun to watch new people read harry potter and hear their perspective on it without nostalgia getting in the way. And of course you could make a review of a literal phone book interesting so that just adds to the fun. Can't wait for the next one!
lily: *casually refers to baby!harry as "this bitch"*
Lil Ali I love how she casually refers to many things that way
The point system is kind of crazy, but I think they start out small with point deductions because the school year is just starting and they don't have a lot of points to begin with. But I believe this is the last book where points are revealed at the end of the year, at least to Harry, the other books kind of just mention who won vs how many points each house had. As far as Slytherins, you'll learn about the snake later, but they aren't all bad, they mainly don't like muggle born students like Slytherin himself with a few that go really bad.
The books get much more mature after the first 2, if that helps! At first they were targeted for children, but then they became successful so they matured for the audience. Btw, I also read them as an adult (late teen) and thought it wouldn’t hit me the same way it did for people who read them at younger ages but I was soooo wrong because it’s truly a special series. I had a long mourning period when I finished and thought I would never read anything that would live up to them again. Can’t wait to see what you say about the rest of them!
Dude, i really loved the 'live blog' part of the video. Keep em coming!
I have ranted too many times about how slytherin is there just to create friction and move along the plot.
im so excited you enjoyed it !! like you said, i grew up reading it, so there are a lot of things i can let slide. but i believe that as the kids grow up, the story matures. im interested in knowing how youll see the later books! happy reading!
Loved the kinda vlog-journey of you reading the book so entertaining ohmygod
I just recently reread Harry Potter and I’m still trying to get over all the emotions so watching you read it for the first time is like helping me feel better but also letting me relive the series again!! I’m loving this and I really think you’re going to like how the story progresses!!
It's so fun cause we never get to see the perspective of someone "new" to Harry Potter!!
This video makes me so happy.
You saying that they're cute it's actually so cute.
Seeing you in so many places dressed in so many different ways is also so amusing.
You say everything I thought about the book! I also read it late and I wasn’t completely taken aback by it but it was cute!
As an almost life-long fan, I find it great watching videos like this because through your reactions, I get to vicariously experience the books for the first time all over again.
"Someone is secretly a shark." LILY I LOVE YOU 😂😂
it's so interesting to hear the story from your perspective! I think a lot of us know the story so well at this point that we're incapable of thinking of it from angles like these. Please keep reading and vlogging the series!!!
Absolutely LOVE your review, it was super fun to watch. Just hoping the comment sections stay clean of nosy comments in the future.
Yes, the potions sequence of the tests at the end was not in the movie. Something interesting is that each task reflects the main theme and plot of each of the books.
I can't wait to see your reaction to the other books!!
i'm getting excited for you to read the later books like ootp and hbp
"There's a person who is secretly a shark."
Do this with all the books! I love hearing your inner thoughts as you go through the reading process.
Also, as the characters in the stories grow older- the writing becomes more mature and serious. It's another very clever thing Rowling did. It's almost like the books are growing with the characters within them!
You put EVERYTHING I love about you, in one video. 😂
the effort you put in for in-depth analysis is adorable!
Also “the fang who lived”
I loved the trap door scene as well! I remember we used to listen to the audio book of Philosopher's Stone in 5th grade art class. We could pick a random scene and paint it. It was such a fun task! Almost everyone painted the trap door with the three-headed dog 😄 It is written really well!
You're my favorite person I've never met in real life.
Jordyn Rodriguez Slytherin and proud
i also read he books recently and didn’t really grow up with the franchise and was so surprised by the series as it progressed! please rewatch this video once you finish reading everything! i think you’ll really change your opinion. the kids are actually not naive at ALL and they do defeat all these dark wizards without even finishing school it’s insane and they’re that good. you just have to keep reading because the last 2 books are definitely the best in terms of plot and character development and more suited for a young adult/ adult audience, i think you’ll really like them!
I don’t really like the story of Harry Potter but I am so into the lore surrounding it, and what bugs me the most is how horribly every house except for Gryffindor was portrayed.
I am SO FUCKING EXCITED to hear your reactions to the books as the story progresses. I just can't fucking wait. It is so rare nowadays to know someone who hasn't read them, hasn't really been spoiled, and is genuinely down to really get into them. YOU GOT THIS.
'What's the square root of a cauldron, how many magicians does it take to change a light bulb.' DEAD. Halarious.
Really good video, love the combo of vlog clips with a sit down review.
This is honestly so interesting seeing someone go through this from the beginning. Love it!
What’s the square root of a cauldron....lol only Percy would know
Or Hermione.
I recently started reading the series for the first time as well and I really agree with most of your points. I've seen almost all the movies, and many times so I know all the plot twists too, but I still really enjoyed the way jk sets it up in the books. Totally agree with the learning about the wizard world!! It's so interesting, especially when you learn more about the wizard society outside of England.
Every time she wondered said anything I wanted to scream the reason why. I'm so excited for her to read the rest of the books.
There are definitely some valid points you bring up that people have talked about more in recent years, particularly regarding the stereotype of slytherins always being evil and also the way Snape acts throughout the books. I obviously can't say anything because of spoilers but it would be interesting to see what you have to say about those things once you complete the series.
Thanks for uploading :)) I have the flu and I’m off school so thanks for improving my day xx
I'm so looking forward to the rest of this 'series" :D you make it so incredibly entertaining :D
someones secretly a shark hahahahaha im pissing myself i wish
olivia heyy who is the girl in your icon ?
Christian Grey its noora from skam
Who is the shark? I don’t remember anyone turning into a shark lol
OMG I FOUND A SKAM FAN!!!
Viktor Krum. Actually he goes half shark
It's so cool and refreshing hearing the thoughts of a first time reader! Can't wait to see the whole series :)
Omg...ghost animals. I love your explanations for things. The best
Can’t wait for you to experience how much deeper and broader in themes the books get, starting in part in Prisoner of Azkaban, but really kicking off in Goblet of Fire. Strap in for some unexpected journeys.
I came here to comment "someones secretly a shark" but everyone got there before me 😂
DO MORE!!! I really wanna see your reaction as the series get more mature! Brilliant video, by the way, I am a long time Harry Potter fan and I thought it was hilarious so I really hope you keep going
what's the square root of a cauldron im SCREAMING
the potions scene with hermione was in the ps1 video game version. i wish it also made it to the movies because it was one of my favorite scenes beneath the trapdoor.
The first two books are written more childish but from book 3 to 7 the writing totally gets way better, hope you enjoy them💛x
I also looove learning about the wizarding world! I thinks that’s why I really love Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them