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Title: Not revolutionary, not award-winning, but cute...
Review: I wonder if the big fanfare about the Harry Potter books is due to us Americans having little experience with the light/humorous fantasy books more prevalent in the UK, both adult and juvenile. I can't help but feel Rowling was influenced greatly by other authors, possibly even the hilariously clever Terry Pratchett. I like the books, but they are not, as some have decided, revolutionary in juvenile literature. I would hope this might encourage readers to expand their vision to those like C.S. Lewis, Douglas Adams, and other British writers of fantasy. Additionally, it's a downer that Harry is repeatedly placed in bad situations where the numerous authority figures to which he's entrusted at school either don't care, can't be trusted, are unbelievably unfair. Adults love these book, yes, but are actual kids comfortable with them?
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