When moaning myrtle drew their attention to the shabby, soakingwet book in her bathroom, harrys first instinct was to pick it up and. Murphy herself has, until now, remained silent on the matter. Here are the worst fifteen things from harry potter, and fair warning. In my view, rowlings best books were in the harry potter series. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets off to the races with a little controversy. A definitively subjective ranking of the harry potter books. The harry potter series quickly became one of the most successful film franchises ever. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. If you were only ever going to recommend or revisit one harry potter book, make it the prisoner of azkaban. Its honestly one of the best portrayals of raw adolescent angst ive ever read. With a spinoff film now hitting theaters, we look back at harrys story. To celebrate the return of harry potter, weve ranked the movies and now were taking a look at every harry potter book, ranked from worst to best.
The 8 best harry potter video games ever and 8 so bad. This knowledge leads him to discovering his godfather, a man who resembles a parent to him. Why harry potter is a terrible series wood between the. Every harry potter novel ranked from worst to best. Fans of the harry potter series were pretty dismayed by their adaptations, with various of. Harry learns hes a wizard, goes to a school full of wizards, and is filled with amazement and wonder at all the. The most recent movie in the harry potter franchise is also, unfortunately, the worst in terms of its gross revenue and in the opinion of many potter fans, the worst in general, with the movie struggling to connect with audiences the movie was a disaster domestically, but fortunately for the fantastic beasts franchise, it was a hit overseas, saving it from totally tanking, which is a good. Let me preface this by saying i know im about to enter into a cauldron full of bubbling hot water. But its all a bit dull, and more apparent than ever that rowling is writing for the film. The book has almost everything that you could ever want from a harry potter novel. In the book, harry decides that hogwarts isnt rigorous enough and transfers to the top wizarding school in asia qroutes school. German blogger christian schmidt called it the worst book he had ever read. Other times a book is so bad that people start throwing around phrases like.
Until the sixth book came out, we had lord voldemort, a villain with no depth what so ever. As every schoolage wizard knows, the fact that we fly on broomsticks is probably our worstkept secret. Ranking all the movies in the harry potter franchise by. Harry potter is the worst book ever written thearchfiend. It amazed me how the fuck i could sleep through a harry potter movie especially when the 6th installment is my second favorite, my favorite draco malfoy made his appeara. Harry was cranky as fuck for literally the entire book. All 8 harry potter movies, ranked from worst to best. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of harry potter and the chamber of secrets and what it means. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban the prisoner of azkaban is a crowd favorite, owing to its depththis book launches the darker side of the harry potter series, but also provides harry with more knowledge about his parents past. The harry potter series had plenty of characters that audiences loved despite their flaws, but it is safe to assume that when you are about 100 years old, you should be wise enough not to make.
Every harry potter book ranked from worst to best page 9. The seven harry potter books ranked from worst to best bookstr. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the uk version and 870 pages in the us version. Harry potter harry potter and the chamber of secrets. The 25 worst changes to harry potter from the books to the movies. All 9 jk rowling movie adaptations ranked from worst to. But as a slytherin and loyal rewatcher of each film in the eightpart series, for me, acknowledging its strengths and faults is a must.
The harry potter movies and the books that preceded them played a huge role in my childhood. While no fan of the potter series ever really wanted it to end, deathly. Broomsticks in the wizarding world are continuously upgraded to include new features and go faster than ever before, like harry potter s nimbus 2000. Good old voldemort would have killed harry in the first book if he didnt have help from pretty much everyone, but especially. The harry potter books, ranked from worst to best sparknotes. Or as its known colloquially, harry potter and the worst camping trip ever. As such, spoilers will be present within the article. And whether these rankings have depended on ones connections to the books, their enjoyment of plot arcs, or even reactions to the deaths of their favorite characters, our rankings may all be different. Harry reacting to siriuss death and his talk with dumbledore is hands down one of. Harry wins the wands allegiance not by physically overpowering draco like in the book, but by befriending him and accepting his help. Harry potter is the worst book ever written youtube.
Back at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry for his second year, harry hears strange whispers echo through empty corridors and then the attacks start. How would you rank your favorite books in the series. Still, without this book, there would be no books, no movies, and no harry, and for that, the book ranks above the bottom. Every harry potter book ranked according to goodreads. The worst harry potter fanfic ever is now a hilarious webseries a selfprofessed goth girl wrote herself into harry potter, and it went down in fanfiction history. Harry potter is a terrible series because the author took the first type of fantasy and forced it to be the second type. Basically, harry potter was first conceived as a childrens book, and as such fits the narnian mold perfectly. Firstly, was there ever a legitimate reason for harry to participate in this task which are specifically. Because when you decide to rank every single harry potter movie from best to. This is not to say i think the first book is bad, i love it.
When im not here on sparknotes writing about hamlet and my chemical romance, i can be found saying things like obviously wizards must. Rowlings harry potter books were a worldwide phenomenon, with the first four installments in the series selling millions of copies and helping reignite the market for young adult literature along the way but that was still no guarantee that filmgoers were going to turn out when the hogwarts gang showed up on the big screen. Below, ive come up with 5 very valid reasons why harry potter is actually the worst character in harry potter. Are you planning to revisit the harry potter book series before fantastic beasts and where to find them. Dreamed up on a train to london in 1990, honed over the next few years in various cafes and cities most notably edinburgh the philosophers stone was finally published in 1997, with an initial release of just 500 copies.
Every harry potter book, ranked from worst to best. Trying an untested spell from an unknown author wasnt the best decision he ever made, but he definitely learned a lesson from it. While the first book pulled readers in with its fantastically designed world and introduced the characters effortlessly while having the subplot of voldemort in the background, the second book is a lesser follow up. Harry potter is actually one of the worst characters of. Everyone, either consciously or subconsciously, has ranked their favorite harry potter books in order of best to worst. At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in harry potter. This was the climax, when everything came together. Harry potter cast and producers remember their favourite lines. Voldemort thinks hes become the elder wands owner through acts of power and violence, but harry becomes the wands true owner through an.
Its been 11 years since the last book was released, seven years since the last movie hit theaters, and yet the ip is as strong as it ever was. Out of the whole series, chamber of secrets unfortunately ranks at the bottom. Get ready for the most inaccurate harry potter quiz youll ever take because ive never seen the movies or read the books. Harry potter is actually one of the worst characters of all time. I feel like its wrong to even bring words like worst or bad into the context of harry potter. The seven harry potter books ranked from worst to best. A definitively subjective ranking of the harry potter books medium. Harry potter is more creative, it catches youre attention and the key point to names in a story are to identify when you say them so everybody knows who youre talking about. Azkaban there are few places as immediately recognizable and full of dread in the harry potter series as azkaban. In the united kingdom, home of harry potter author j.
Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. Harry potter is more action filled and less lovey dovey while fun to read and my favorite book and movie. This is the worst harry potter quiz youll ever take. The guardianasking a decent editor to save this book would have been like asking a doctor to help a corpse that had fallen from the top of the empire state building. Harry potter s summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in a magical flying car. We had a glimpse of his motivations in one of the final chapters of order of the phoenix, which is, in my opinion the best chapter of the whole saga, where harry destroys the office of dumbledore because sirius died but thats it. He became a secret keeper as soon as dumbledore was dead, and he is so evil that nothing, actually.
Ranking all seven harry potter books, from worst to best. Every harry potter novel ranked from worst to best metro news. Fans of jill murphys worst witch books for children have often remarked upon the similarities between them and harry potter. Seriously harry, have a glass of butterbeer or something, because you need to chill your ass out. Rowling, harry potter and the order of the phoenix by j. The harry potter films are considered masterpieces by dedicated potterheads but there are many bookbased things that never made it to the movies. Today j dives into the wizarding world of harry potter to uncover what the rarest harry potter books on earth are and what to look for if you are a collector.
But marge is like pretty much the worst aunt in history. The 25 worst changes to harry potter from the books to the. The first book, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, came out when i. My totally subjective ranking of the harry potter books, from worst. All seven harry potter books, ranked the portalist. No fantasy series ever has or ever will, i assume touch such a large amount of. Which book is the best will depend on your judgment. Harry potter and the goblet of fire finds the tortured teen wizard struggling to navigate the choppy waters of coupling in the wizard world, competing as the youngestever contestant in the. Harry potter movies ranked from worst to best collider.
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