Lord of The Rings or Harry Potter?

Duh, Harry Potter! Hello, it has MAGIC IN IT.

I don't know if you realize it, but Gandolf is a WIZARD.

Harry Potter tends to hold me better than LotR. I've read the Hobbit, and I cannot keep my attention on any of the books. HP, however, holds my attention much easier. Probably because it is contemporary, while LotR was designed for a much smarter audience...

I love LOTR, it has a great story, but Harry Potter is so much easier to read. I'd have to say HP.

I'd say LOTR, the Hobbit included. Harry Potter just doesn't grab me as much.

Erm, just so you know I don't want to get tangled in a post-war.

I really prefer Harry over LotRs.

I can agree that Rings has a much more subtle and deeper beauty than Potter, but Tolkein's style just drives me right off the edge, crashing all hopes of the LotRs making it into my "Top 20 Books" list. I can agree that it is well-written, but I just don't like it.

Ehem...er....yeah. So...peace?

I could go on and on about LOTR, but I won't, so, peace.

Baroness Ink wrote:Erm, just so you know I don't want to get tangled in a post-war.

I really prefer Harry over LotRs.

I can agree that Rings has a much more subtle and deeper beauty than Potter, but Tolkein's style just drives me right off the edge, crashing all hopes of the LotRs making it into my "Top 20 Books" list. I can agree that it is well-written, but I just don't like it.

Ehem...er....yeah. So...peace?

I agree with every word.

Although, I think it may make it into a top twenty of my favourite books, if only for the plot (which was original for its time), although it just be due to the fact that I'm shockingly lacking in literary experience - I need to read more books.

I choose Harry Potter because it's an easy read and quite entertaining. I think Tolkein built a better world, though.

I think Harry Potter.
I just love JKR's style of writing and her originality and creativity!
I didn't really understand Lord of the Rings.

I'm currently rereading LOTR. Yes, it is long winded at times, but Tolkien is a different writer than Rowling. In his time, literature was like that.

But I'd have to say that I'm even. HP's style is more towards what I like (and expect in this time period) to read, but LOTR has such a depth, such amazing...everything!

So, I'd have to say that if you handed me The Return of the King and Deathly Hallows and told me to choose, I'd take both and read them at the same time.

Has anyone here read all seven HP's, The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and all three LOTR's? Because I have and wonder who's done the same.

Very close - I've read all the HPs, all thre LOTR, The Hobbit, but only managed the very beginning of The Silmarillion. It's just so very Bible-like, and I found that difficult enough to get through (again, I only managed about the first quarter of Genesis). I think it's one of those "don't start from the beginning every time you pick it up again after a long absence" sort of book.

Yeah, the beginning is a little Bible -like, but it is Tolkien's Genesis. Once you read that though and get the to the Noldor revolt, then it really picks up.

Harry Potter all the way!

Harry Potter is like comfort food that's always kinda around. I started LOTR, but then had to put it down for a little. I should pick it up again, as it seems like the kind of book I'd like. LOTR seems to be more substantial in the long run.

Harry Potter DEFINETLY
i tried reading the first LOTR but i couldn't get past the second page
i just can't focus on the words, i just drift off.