User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4163352-20110720121748

To me, the Harry Potter series accomplishes something that often seems virtually impossible to those who devote their lives to creating entertainment. It's deeply immersive story, related over through seven books and eight films, is highly engaging yet profound and emotionally rewarding. It's appeal is uncommonly wide, captivating children and adults throughout the world. It has the remarkable and valuable ability to make reading an appealing past time and encourage individuals to read books outside of Harry Potter. The series' success can perhaps be attributed to two qualities it possesses. Despite the the magical nature of the characters and they universe they inhabit, Harry Potter's story is all grounded by the human condition. Wizards and witches are still essentially human and must confront issues that real-life humans encounter everyday. Death, prejudice, romance, jealousy, facing fear---these topics and more are touched upon in the series but not in such a way that the audience is practically hit over the head with it. Personally, I feel the series' second quality is its most important: it enthralls one's inner child. It is one thing to captivate children (whose inner child is naturally not buried so deep within) with stories involving magic, wizards and silly sounding names like Quidditch, Dumbledore and Horcrux. It's a much more remarkable feat, though, to entrance older individuals with those exact same stories. J.K. Rowling's tales of a young wizard have the ability to make an adult feel young again and recall the the truly special journey of growing up. It is a feeling that should never be forgotten and always cherished. In closing, the Harry Potter series is a true wonder to behold, one that is most rare phenomenon that will likely never be replicated. I feel so fortunate to have experienced these stories so I must express my gratitude to J.K. Rowling for creating something unquestionably special. Thank you, Ms. Rowling.