User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4198163-20110725035814

The Harry Potter series has gotten me through the toughest times in my life; times when I had no friends, times when I was depressed and needed to feel like there was more out there, times when I just wanted an escape. Basically, that's what it's been for me: an escape. Reading the books totally transported me to another world. I honestly wouldn't have gotten through depression and losing all my friends without it. It gives me something to hope for, like most everyone else who reads the books. It shows you that there are ups and downs in life, that people die and it's a part of life, but that in the end good will always overcome bad. I feel like I've grown up with Harry and his friends, through the books AND the movies, and when the series and movies were all said and done with, I felt like I was saying goodbye to family, and definitely my childhood. Harry Potter is so much more to me than just a good read; it brings people together, even those who are complete opposites, it's the one thing a huge group of people in the world can connect through. I LOVE IT.