User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4187354-20110722164417

Harry Potter has been part of my life for more than ten years and it is strange to imagine life without them. I love the characters and richness of the magical world. More than anything though, I love that Harry is so brave and kind and good. The books, to me, are about friendship and courage and doing what's right even though it is impossibly hard. I often think about what the years after the Battle of Hogwarts where like for Ron, Harry and Hermione and what scars they carried with them into adulthood. Jo Rowling is masterful in her storytelling -- she imbues the books with so much light and humor in the face of such overwhelming and impossible darkness. And she ends the story by letting us know, "All was well."