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Goblet of Fire was the best.
 
Yeah, Goblet of Fire's basically the turning point of the series, both in terms of plot and in terms of character development. It's not my favorite book in the series, but it's pretty damn good.
 
Pokémon Trainer Red said:
I never read the books. I've only seen the movies.
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I want to have a book discussion here. Not movies, really. The books were way better than the movies.
 
Discord said:
I want to have a book discussion here. Not movies, really. The books are way better than the movies.
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Fixed. They don't stop being better, after all.
 
I personally thought the literary elements in Prisoner of Azkaban and Half-Blood Prince were the best executed, but I greatly enjoyed all of them.
 
Magus said:
I personally thought the literary elements in Prisoner of Azkaban and Half-Blood Prince were the best executed, but I greatly enjoyed all of them.
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I would say I liked the prisoner of azkaban the least because it was about as magical as twilight - that is, it was more to do with werewolves and animagi and dementors than actual wizardry, which is my personal preference from the series.

And chamber of secrets gave me nightmares, but that was because of the movie so I guess it doesn't count.

My favourite would be four, five or seven.
 
Marioguy1 said:
Magus said:
I personally thought the literary elements in Prisoner of Azkaban and Half-Blood Prince were the best executed, but I greatly enjoyed all of them.
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I would say I liked the prisoner of azkaban the least because it was about as magical as twilight - that is, it was more to do with werewolves and animagi and dementors than actual wizardry, which is my personal preference from the series.

And chamber of secrets gave me nightmares, but that was because of the movie so I guess it doesn't count.
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Ouch. I liked it because it depicts an often unseen aspect of the Wizarding World, plus it sets up a nice backstory for Sirius so we care about him when he gets killed by Bellatrix. Chamber of Secrets is my favorite of the series, if only because of the plot, and I think HBP was well-written...can't say the same for Deathly Hallows (not that the writing is terrible...it just gets incredibly convoluted once it introduces that whole "Elder Wand" thing (and Voldemort's death sucks)).
 
Yeah. The first book's major flaw was that it was introductory and Rowling was still kind of new to writing.
Book two didn't really have much to do with the series, just setting up for elements in other books, IIRC.
Third book was all over the place but nice because:
1. A lot of new stuff, like Buckbeak :D and
2. WE WON THE QUIDDITCH CUP
And I'm too lazy to evaluate the other books. Basically, the sixth just needed more action and then it would have been great.
 
Mario4Ever said:
Marioguy1 said:
Magus said:
I personally thought the literary elements in Prisoner of Azkaban and Half-Blood Prince were the best executed, but I greatly enjoyed all of them.
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I would say I liked the prisoner of azkaban the least because it was about as magical as twilight - that is, it was more to do with werewolves and animagi and dementors than actual wizardry, which is my personal preference from the series.

And chamber of secrets gave me nightmares, but that was because of the movie so I guess it doesn't count.
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Ouch. I liked it because it depicts an often unseen aspect of the Wizarding World, plus it sets up a nice backstory for Sirius so we care about him when he gets killed by Bellatrix. Chamber of Secrets is my favorite of the series, if only because of the plot, and I think HBP was well-written...can't say the same for Deathly Hallows (not that the writing is terrible...it just gets incredibly convoluted once it introduces that whole "Elder Wand" thing (and Voldemort's death sucks)).
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I wasn't particularly impressed with PoA's plot either, but the way she chose to develop it was very well-done imo. In terms of plot itself, I prefer Order of the Phoenix or Goblet of Fire.