It's not just the beauty of the setting that caused me to pick the Wizarding World. Yes, Hogwarts is majestic and mysterious; and yes, Diagon Alley is bustling and bursting at the seams with magical glory; and yes, Hogsmeade is quaint and full of character. Even the evil settings in Harry Potter have a terrifying beauty about them (I'm thinking The Cave).
But, it's not just the actual places that make Harry Potter an easy pick for this week; it's the entire world J.K. Rowling created. The Harry Potter series has its own currency, its own methods of transportation, its own magical creatures, its own sporting games, its own government, its own food and its own fashions. Rowling even created magical communities in other parts of the world outside Great Britain and has intricate family trees for almost every character. Rowling has a background story for every detail of the Wizarding World and tons of anecdotes and facts she couldn't fit into the books. It truly is an entirely different world, and it is impressively thorough.
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Now that is talent, and that is what makes the Wizarding World my favorite book setting.
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