Padfoot - First Review - The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Padfoot here. Considering the type of obsessive (and even compulsive) Harry Potter fan I am, you would think I would know about the release of this J.K. Rowling piece a year in advance. But since the wound of the ending of the series is still quite fresh, I guess you can say that I have been neglecting my earmuffs. I found out about this collection about a month before it was released. Alas, I picked it up and read it in about a day. Oh the power of that wonderful British woman...

The Tales of Beedle the Bard
By: J.K. Rowling

Only a year and a few months after the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Knowing that just about nothing else in the world could come close to the goosebumps you get from reading the last book, I had some low expectations. However, to a certain extent, it filled the Harry Potter void in my life, if only for one day. An introduction by Hermoine gives you the feeling that these tales are completely real. Made up of childlike fairy-tales that could be described as whimsical, and also of commentaries of each tale by Dumbledore, it was overall a lighthearted read. The two most interesting of the tales were "The Tale of the Three Brothers" and " Babbity Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump."

In conclusion (already?! There's really nothing to stay about this book except its cute), Dumbledore makes the book for me. His witty comments and wisdom beyond our years, brings back my childhood.