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3.41 AVERAGE
If you’re looking to find out a bit more about J.K. Rowling or a little bit about the making of Harry Potter this book is a really great quick read to give you some more information into her life and how Harry Potter came to be.
I absolutely love the Harry Potter books and since this is the official autobiography I thought it was going to be great but it did fall a little short. I do understand it was intended for children but I guess I had my hope up very high. In the other hand I did get some insight on the background of Harry Potter.
This is a very minimal book about J. K. Rowling and it is now completely out of date, since it was written in 2000, before the series was finished. There are some interesting snippets and I am a fan, but I wouldn't recommend it for anyone who isn't a loyal Rowling reader.
I love reading about J.K. Rowling and her life which led me to think that this book was for me. Nope, not really.
The questions were generic, like "Did you watch much television as a child?" or "Do you enjoy the book tours?" It was fun to read some of J.K. Rowling's favorite things when she was younger but other than that, it read like a Wikipedia page minus a good portion of the details. I certainly wouldn't go to this book to find details about Rowling's life. To add insult to injury, this book targeted children, which meant that Rowling wasn't as candid about the rough patches of her life. Her tone was light as she briefly mentioned a time in her life that had been extremely dark from what I understand from her other interviews. Furthermore, from a book titled Conversations With J.K. Rowling I would have liked more than 58 of the 95 pages to be an interview with Rowling.
I think it's time for a new authorized biography of J.K. Rowling.
The questions were generic, like "Did you watch much television as a child?" or "Do you enjoy the book tours?" It was fun to read some of J.K. Rowling's favorite things when she was younger but other than that, it read like a Wikipedia page minus a good portion of the details. I certainly wouldn't go to this book to find details about Rowling's life. To add insult to injury, this book targeted children, which meant that Rowling wasn't as candid about the rough patches of her life. Her tone was light as she briefly mentioned a time in her life that had been extremely dark from what I understand from her other interviews. Furthermore, from a book titled Conversations With J.K. Rowling I would have liked more than 58 of the 95 pages to be an interview with Rowling.
I think it's time for a new authorized biography of J.K. Rowling.
It would have been a lot better if J. K. Rowling actually wrote it.
informative
relaxing
fast-paced
It was interesting. Not the best book I've read but that is also because it was such a quick read!
I laughed when I found this in my childhood bedroom - I don’t even remember getting this book! It’s an interview and review with JK Rowling from the time when the 4th book had just been published and none of the movies had come out yet. It was wild to read a review from back when the movies hadn’t been filmed and the characters had yet to be cast! I wouldn’t buy it because it’s so outdated, but there are little bits of trivia I hadn’t known before in the interview, so that was pretty neat.