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 I wouldn’t buy it because it’s so outdated, but there are little bits of trivia I hadn’t known before in the interview, so that was pretty neat.

Per dare un giudizio oggettivo su questo libro devo ricordarmi la data in cui è stato pubblicato, quando ancora non era così scontato avere accesso alle interviste (cartacee o audiovisive) di un autore semplicemente digitando il suo nome sul proprio cellulare e avere un libro che ne raggruppasse qualcuna era una comodità da non sottovalutare. Il discorso vale doppio trattandosi di un'autrice straniera, fatto che potrebbe costituire una barriera linguistica per molti fan.
Tuttavia, almeno per quanto riguarda l'edizione italiana, molte pagine che ricapitolano aspetti essenziali dell'ambientazione e della trama sembrano inserite solamente per riempire pagine. Questo libro mi pare con una certa sicurezza indirizzato ad un pubblico che già conosce Harry Potter e non ha bisogno di riassunti.
Se ho dato tre stelle invece che le due che avevo immaginato all'inizio è solo perché la parte finale sulla stampa italiana (che contiene un articolo di Umberto Eco) ha fatto risalire tutto l'insieme, trattandosi di una lettura interessante di cui ancora non avevo sentito parlare.

Lo más lindo del libro es ver las influencias de la vida de Rowling en los personajes de Harry Potter ❤️

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If you're a Harry Potter fan who knows a lot about J.K. Rowling, then you won't find much new in this slim, large-type book. But younger kids (and Muggle grownups hoping for some insight into the world of Harry Potter) will learn quite a bit about this phenomenally successful series and its unassuming author.

Divided into roughly three sections, "Conversations with J.K. Rowling" begins with some fairly general questions about the author's early childhood ("Tell us about your grandparents" is where we learn that the driver and conductor of the Knight Bus were the names of her grandfathers), school days ("What did you remember about your time in school?" where one of her bully teachers inspired the character of Prof. Snape), and career ("Can you describe the process of creating the stories?" this one got me excited when she mentioned that she has whole childhood lives mapped out for all her Harry Potter characters, e.g., Sirius Black).

The book then follows with an excerpt-assisted overview of the first four Harry Potter adventures (again, only great for Muggles but just serves as oft-repeated blurbs for HP fanatics), and ends with a smattering of quotes from Rowling's interviews with Larry King, Newsweek, Oprah Winfrey's O magazine, and Entertainment Weekly.

Kids will get a kick out of many of the anecdotes, while older readers should enjoy more sophisticated insights into her books (like how she decided to write full-time when she still had a daughter to support). A very quick read, but fun for what it is.


Book Details:

Title Conversations with J.K. Rowling
Author Lindsey Fraser
Reviewed By Purplycookie

Great insight into the author's background! This is a very short copy of interviews with JK right after book four was released. Book 5 had not yet been released or any others after that. Loved this short one!

I really liked this book, it was really cool to see where she grew up and where some of her inspirations for the books came from.

Súper interessant ! Tot fan hauria de llegir-lo en haver-hi molta informació d’on Joanne es va inspirar per escriure la saga. Molt recomenable

This would be a nice book for elementary students to read if they are fans of Harry Potter. It doesn't have an overwhelming amount of information, just snippets.

This is an older book intended for a younger reader than I. It was written before the first movie came out, but gives some interesting background on J.K. Rowling's journey as a writer. Did you know that she named two Harry Potter characters after her two grandfathers, and that she won't wear brown and yellow together? It would be a fun book for parent/child fans to read together.

Para Fans de Harry y compañía.

I thought that this book was a good easy read book that tells you a lot about J.K. Rowlings life before the first four Harry Potter's, what she plans to do after the fourth Harry Potter, and everything in between. We find out that she was originally a normal person just like the rest of us. She goes through problems that we go through every day.