mhm all right.  I did not take the time to read all J.K. Rowling’s interviews and side-books dealing with Harry Potter, so many this affects how I view her world building, but I do not think she did a wonderful job at all.  She did a passable one.  I enjoyed reading her stories and got swept up in Harry’s adventures, but I still think her characterizations outside the trio, a couple friends and the adults were superficial.  And while Hogwarts and the rest of Wizarding Britain were interesting, I do not think she gave a picture of its politics large

and large.  I mean, they tackled some big issues with Voldemort etc, but her explanation on some things were non-existent.  Like, I still don’t understand why Wizarding Britain had to hide themselves from Muggle Britain.  I know the novel was not written from an international standpoint, but damn.  Voldemort’s quest for power should’ve been a large threat to other countries as well, so where were they during the first war, then the second?

I know unpopular opinions time, but IDK.  I do think she did a proper job with her novels, but this paragraph is down right ludicrous.  To be that successful at world building, I should not have to get half this information from her interviews — I’ll give her credit for the side-books, though — and that is where I feel like every fan get this “quality information” about non-important characters’ friends, family, etc from.  It should be in the canon proper, not interviews and little notations on her website.

She did a passable one.  I enjoyed reading her stories and got swept up in Harry’s adventures, but I still think her characterizations outside the trio, a couple friends and the adults were superficial.  And while Hogwarts and the rest of Wizarding Britain were interesting, I do not think she gave a picture of its politics large and large.  I mean, they tackled some big issues with Voldemort etc, but her explanation on some things were non-existent.  Like, I still don’t understand why Wizarding Britain had to hide themselves from Muggle Britain.  I know the novel was not written from an international standpoint, but damn.  Voldemort’s quest for power should’ve been a large threat to other countries as well, so where were they during the first war, then the second?

I know unpopular opinions time, but IDK.  I do think she did a proper job with her novels, but this paragraph is down right ludicrous.  To be that successful at world building, I should not have to get half this information from her interviews — I’ll give her credit for the side-books, though — and that is where I feel like every fan get this “quality information” about non-important characters’ friends, family, etc from.  It should be in the canon proper, not interviews and little notations on her website.