I just played the Harry Potter video game called Hogwarts Legacy and it feels like I’m literally living in the Wizarding World. I can roam around Hogwarts Castle, attend wizarding classes, visit Hogsmeade, etc. This game gave me a wave of nostalgia for the HP book phenomenon back then. After Harry Potter, I’ve never seen anything quite like it again. You know, back then people were really hyped about the new HP books. Fans, both kids and adults, gathered at bookstores around the world often dressed as their favorite characters. There was extensive media coverage from TV and newspapers to magazine. Fans speculated and debated potential plot twists, character fates, storyline and among many other things.
Do you remember the hype when the new Harry Potter books were released? Do you think we’ll ever see that kind of excitement again or something similar like in the next 50 years?
by Delicious_Maize9656
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I remember
There will be hype but probably won’t be the same way. You can preorder books now to arrive at your house day of release so no midnight openings ect.
I think social media has also fragmented things now. People follow influences who suggest books so what people read depends on who they follow.
There will probably be this level of hype if the Winds of Winter is ever finished
people read a lot less now so probably not, but there was a lot of hype for avengers endgame or the barbie movies etc.
In all probability not. No one can enjoy things now in peace without being hit by atleast 10 different things one should hate it from different sources.
I worked in a book shop when the final book was released and I’ve never experienced anything like it.
People slept outside and the books were delivered covered in embargo tape with security tags that we needed a code to take off that didn’t get given to us until midnight, people flooded the shop when we opened, the media were there and it didn’t stop until every single copy was sold and then people were crying.
We even had people sitting on the floor by our tills who started reading as soon as they’d paid for it and stayed there for hours.
I don’t think we’ll ever see anything like it again, the only other time I have seen anything close was when Titanic was released on video/DVD.
Personally have never cared or read Harry Potter but as far as general expectations/hype go I’d say the next book of George R.R. Martin is definitely up there. Not just for the book itself but because the show reached such a high popularity and had a (understatement) controversial finish.