Reviewed by sa090 on
Had some interesting information, but definitely not what I thought I was in for.
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I love this series, after reading and finishing a lot in these past couple of years, I still can’t seem to find another who will ever take its place in my heart. So imagine my immense happiness when I learned that my view into their world is not done yet and imagine my disappointment when I learned that it’s not what I’m expecting either.
The book is not related to Harry Potter more so than its relation to magic as its own entity and while I don’t think it’s a bad thing to give any account on history if needed, I still don’t think I appreciate it as much in my beloved series. While I’m going through the subjects, I’m learning more about the witch hunts and other aspects of shamanic magic which was more interesting than I expected to be honest.
That aside however, the real treat here for me was knowing some of the thought processes J. K. Rowling had while coming up with the items or logic in the series. I didn’t expect the illustration or the deleted texts, but once again I’m really glad I got to see it. This book or short book more like, made me realize one thing more than anything else, I want a book detailing the different versions of wand lore in the Harry Potter world. For example who makes the wands the students at Illvermorney use? What are the used cores and why is there a difference to begin with? What about Mahoutokoro? The other schools???? So interesting!
In the end, I’ll say I’m in the middle when it comes to this book and probably this series of ebooks since I expected the connection to be way more magical than real facts. New information is interesting, that’s usually and hopefully a given but not when I’m expecting something somewhat different.
Final rating: 3/5
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 5 July, 2019: Finished reading
- 5 July, 2019: Reviewed