Conversations with J.K. Rowling

Rating:
Summary: Too Short, Should Have Been Longer
Review: As a teen fan of J.K. Rowling I was pretty unimpressed with this book. From first sight I was surprised at how thin this book was and the huge print.( Kinda like a book for a seven-year-old) Then was disappointed me even more was that the initial interview was only about 2/3 of the book. Some of the facts in the interview was interesting but much to me was already known. It seemed to me throughout the entire interview J.K. was controling every little detail she let out. That is her character though. She never really ever revealed any of her plot line in her writing either.

The rest of the book was a complete overview of the Harry Potter series. This to me was a waste of time for I have read the books like 3 times each. And reader bewarned...if you haven't read all the Harry Potter books, this section holds a lot of spoilers which might ruin your experience.

All and all this book disappointed me very much. I hope someday J.K. decides to write a book about herself because billions of people are very interested in her life.

Rating:
Summary: This was okay, I guess......
Review: I was kind of dissapointed with this biography, since I had wanted to read more about her life instead of the books which I have already read. I liked the interviews from O magazine, Newsweek and Larry King but felt that we didn't need to read the things about the books, since if they are looking for info about J.K. they probably already read the books. So it was okay, not the best.

Rating:
Summary: it was just like a big interview
Review: If I could spend an afternoon with any famous person in the world, it would be J.K. Rowling. I find her writing to be exquisite and (from what I have learned) her life story to be inspiring.

Unfortunately, in my opinion, Conversations with J.K. Rowling isn't a proper biography. It read more like a short, weak high school report. You'll likely spend about ten minutes reading quick, but interesting answers from J.K. Rowling and another ten minutes of *yawn* time. As are all Harry Potter fans, I am eager for books 6 and 7, but I am also awaiting her autobiography. I want all the details straight from J.K. Rowling.

Rating:
Summary: That's it? No, seriously... that's really it?
Review: If I could spend an afternoon with any famous person in the world, it would be J.K. Rowling. I find her writing to be exquisite and (from what I have learned) her life story to be inspiring.

Unfortunately, in my opinion, Conversations with J.K. Rowling isn't a proper biography. It read more like a short, weak high school report. You'll likely spend about ten minutes reading quick, but interesting answers from J.K. Rowling and another ten minutes of *yawn* time. As are all Harry Potter fans, I am eager for books 6 and 7, but I am also awaiting her autobiography. I want all the details straight from J.K. Rowling.

Rating:
Summary: Kinda disappointed
Review: The first impression I got of this book is how thin it is. That wasn't the biggest one though. Let's just say when I opened it up I found the print to be HUGE. Another thing that disappointed me was from pg. 58 and on it was just an overview of the first 4 Harry Potter books. As a teen fan of Harry Potter and having read them many times I found it quite boring to have about 30 pages of just overview of things I already know. For a new fan of Harry Potter who hasn't read all the books it includes plenty of spoiler so I recommend you read the books first before you actrully read this interview book.

This book was split into three parts. The first part was called "An interview with J.K. Rowling. As enphasized on the cover this the first and only Authorized Biography of J.K. Rowling and I have found the little tidbids of information J.K. reveals to be disappointing. However that is the nature of J.K.'s character has she never reveals much about her story plotlines either. This first section of the book goes from pg. 11 to 57. It is split into four parts:
1)My family and my childhood
2)My school days
3)My career
4)My career as a writer
These few pages were mostly all that was worth reading for me.

Part Two of this book was called "J.K. Rowling books" It was split into two parts:
1)An overview
2)The fourth book
I recommend again not to read this part if you haven't read all the books yet because it does give out a lot of important storylines and spoiler. Of course it was boring for me because I've read the books many times

Part three of the book was just a bibiography and had a page of summery of the first 4 books. All and all this book only had 50 pages of HUGE print worth reading and I finished it in 40 minutes. As an teen fan of J.K. Rowling's I hope she writes a biography that tells more about her life than this after she finishes her seven Harry Potter books.

Rating:
Summary: Dissapointing
Review: This book clearly was not what I expected. Though the book is the only "authorized" biography of Rowling, it's a dissapointing book. For starters, the print is huge and not to mention the book starts on page 11! The biographal part was really the only part where fans wanting to learn about Rowling can find information about her. Plus, is in a question-and-answer format, so it dosn't really tell full-out about Rowling. The rest of the book basically is about the Harry Potter series, and it tells about the four books that have been released so far. (Come on hurry up book 5, I'll be waiting for you on June 21!) Anyway, the book is basically more about Harry Potter than J.K. Rowling. And, like one reviewer said, you could go to the bookstore and read it in less than 20 minutes. Don't waste your money on this one, just wait until a decent biography of Rowling comes out.

Rating:
Summary: For Her Youngest and Newest Readers Only
Review: While it is good that Rowling has "authorized" at least one version of her biography, I'm afraid this little book will only satisfy her youngest and newest readers. Older fans (either in age or in time appreciating her books) will want more information than this book provides.

With the more "adult" covers of the HARRY POTTER books now appearing in bookstores and the popularity of the films bringing more readers of all ages to the books, Rowling might want to consider "authorizing" a more in-depth but fair treatment of her life story.

So far, she has attempted to control the details of her public biography as she does the great secret of the plotlines of the remaining books to appear in the series. In time, though, I think she'll realize that this is just not possible. Harry has given her to the world, just as she has given Harry to the world. Interested writers and scholars are going to write about her, no matter what, for many years to come.

A full-fledged autobiography of her story would definitely be her next big hit after HARRY POTTER 7 is out. It would be much more satisfying for the "older fan" than these little interview books. I also think it would be an important and lasting book, told from the person's point of view who has lived this incredible journey that she's been on at the turn of the 21st Century. I hope she will think about writing it!

In the meantime, people should buy this book, if only to have a Rowling interview in book form rather than pieced together on scraps of print-out paper from the internet. It makes a nice accompanying gift with HARRY POTTER 1 for an up and coming Harry fan as well.