Hello Book Lovers!!!
I've finished The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter. A Treasury of Myths, Legends and Fascinating Facts by David Colbert and I'm pretty impressed by how much historical background the Harry Potter series actually has.
This book gives you in depth detail of the backgrounds of the character names, magical places, mythical creatures, and many other elements involved in J. K. Rowling's series. Each chapter is a different topic and the chapter topics have been printed in alphabetical order so if you wanted to recap on some knowledge about a specific area of the Wizarding World, it's easy to find that chapter in this book.
As well as that, throughout the book it doesn't just mention the Harry Potter world, but worlds in which some of these magical elements have came from and where J. K. Rowling got some of her ideas. We get to delve into Greek Mythology and Latin terminology which have both had a major part to play in the creation of the Wizarding World.
This was a good read and I found a lot of the points really interesting. There we so many things I found out about the Harry Potter series that I didn't already know and I see myself a pretty knowledgeable person when it comes to this world. However I've now learnt more and I'm super happy about that.
One thing I sometimes found was that it took a long time to get to the point being made. Instead of talking about a specific point and then concluding it, sometimes I felt like the facts were going a bit off track. This meant that there were times where I got a little bored.
Overall however I loved learning more about the Harry Potter series and I can't wait to give it a reread hopefully this year.
Rating /5
3
Let me know what you think of the Harry Potter series, and which book in the series is your favourite? Comment below with you answers if you so wish to.
Happy Reading!!!
xHannahx
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