Quote Originally Posted by Del Murder View Post
The first four books were pretty magical. The movies were good too. The last three books/movies took a much darker turn and I didn't like them as much. Book 5 in particular was a huge drag due to Harry & co. being utter buttholes most of the time. My favorite is Chamber of Secrets because they're all still young and I really liked the diary story.
I think I agree - the first four were great, and I liked that there was always a little mystery at the end of the book that would be revealed, and you'd be like "Ahhhhhhhh yeah" because Rowling dropped little subtle hints throughout. I did feel Half-Blood Prince called back to that format too.