whats wrong with you people.
its almost imposlible to write a book about magic without seeming to rip off one thing or another. could you write a magic book that did not contain any of the races that LOTR has? hell no.
the general public have a predetermined opinion of the magic world (or those who think about it do). it has to have elves, it has to have trolls, it has to have a realy evil superpowered bad guy, and so forth.
the books are good no matter what you say.
the merchendizing is a bit evil, but what can you expect from a person with JKR's backround. to go from wellfare to being offered millions for putting the face of a person you immagined on a coke bottle, i dont think ANY of you would have had the stomach to refuse. i know i wouldnt be able to say no. she will probably regret it some time later, when she's used to the money, but Harry is screwed for ever.
the movies definetly do not live up to the books, and anyone who judges the books by the movies is a lazy moron.
as far as the length of the books, well ye, its getting longer and longer, but i dont see that as a bad thing.
so what if its a kids book, its devided into chapters, just immagine that every chapter is a book and it will be like a whole lot of small books.
but atleast it makes it worthwile to reread at some point (i reread the whole series before picking up the 'new' book) because there is much that you didnt notice the first time around.
the only think i dislike is that its so dam long between the books, before teh movies started she was doing more then 1 book in a year (not quite 2 a year but close to it) now its like 2 years for every book. teh wait is annoying and the movies only remind you that the book is not even being printed yet.
. But before that i was shocked at it. It was so predictable and boring and not funny at all.
Does one have to raise your medication, and split you away from another loved one? 
It can't get much worse than that. He's on almost every news broadcast.....
