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Harry Potter fans force relocation of £430m undersea cable to avoid Dobby’s ‘grave’
(www.theguardian.com)
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It's, of course, a matter of taste whether or not you find them good. But let's not pretend that were not talking about one of he most popular, best-selling children's book series of all time that spawned a 30+ billion dollar franchise of movies, merch, games, and a theme park. Plenty of people found them plenty good enough to generate that big of a financial success.
And we all know that popular equals quality
Harry Potter is very well written. Like leagues beyond what you typically get for youth fiction/young adult.
You should read His Dark Materials or The Old Kingdom. Both series are much, much more thoughtfully put together. Their plotting and characterization really put HP to shame.
Not to mention Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians (younger audience) and Skyward (true YA audience).
I think Rick Riordan's series are a better comparison that HDM, which is aimed at a slightly more mature audience. Garth Nix is a great shout though, Keys to the Kingdom particularly has parallels to HP while being a much better series.