Hm...I am not sure but I think that I have been insulted here. LOL!
Actually, I am a 5th grade teacher's assistant and there were a lot of parents worried about their kids reading these books. I had to read them to see what the big fuss was. They are definitely kids books, but also entertaining. I did enjoy them and would have had no problem letting my kids read them.
I was just commenting on the fact that the book seemed to be exactly the style of entertaining fiction that I loved around that age.
It's just that I go through different phases and like to read different types of books at different times. For a while I loved Clancy techno-thrillers, another time I loved to read Orwell and Davidson style books and at one point I loved a Peter Hoeg novel or an historical Rutherford book.
I just don't think I'd be able to enjoy a HP book at the moment. You never know though, maybe in a few years time I'll feel the urge and I'll walk into a bookstore to buy one.
Sorry again, no insult intended earlier! :-)
Alot of my enjoyment, though, is sharing them w/ my daughter, who loves them. I find the characters attractive and get the same feeling about the author.
HP is clearly lightweight compared to LOTR, but that doesn't take anything away from the enjoyment of HP, I don't think.