Due to the appeal of the books among an adult audience, Bloomsbury commissioned a second line of editions in an 'adult' style. It’s good to know Rowling got to a point where she hated her writing, yet she still battled on and got it done. The final three books "showcase richer roles and more powerful females": for instance, the series' "most matriarchal character", Molly Weasley, engages substantially in the final battle of Deathly Hallows, while other women are shown as leaders. When Voldemort attempted to kill Harry, his curse rebounded, seemingly killing Voldemort, and Harry survived with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead. The stories are told from a third person limited point of view with very few exceptions (such as the opening chapters of Philosopher's Stone, Goblet of Fire and Deathly Hallows and the first two chapters of Half-Blood Prince).

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The portrayal of women in Harry Potter has been described as complex and varied, but nonetheless conforming to stereotypical and patriarchal depictions of gender. In the fourth book, Dumbledore speaks of a "choice between what is right and what is easy"; Rowling views this as a key theme, "because that .

The United States editions were adapted into American English to make them more understandable to a young American audience. I’m also the founder and president of the international children’s charity Lumos, which fights for every child’s right to a family by transforming care systems around the world, so that they are raised in a safe, loving home, supported by family to help them thrive. The films have in turn spawned eight video games and have led to the licensing of more than 400 additional Harry Potter products. A few years later in 1990, after moving to London, I was sitting on a delayed train back home from Manchester when suddenly I had the idea of a boy wizard who went to wizarding school. Other aspects borrowed from French Arthurian romances include the use of owls as messengers, werewolves as characters, and white deer.The Silkworm—the second book in the series, which centred on the detective Cormoran Strike, a down-on-his-luck war veteran—was released in 2014. He meets a half-giant named Hagrid who invites him to attend the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Since the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, on 26 June 1997, the books have found immense popularity, positive reviews, and commercial success worldwide. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts I and II is a play which serves as a sequel to the books, beginning nineteen years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Michael Rosen, a novelist and poet, held the opinion that the books were not suited for children, as they would be unable to grasp the complex themes.