A review by lindsayw
The Psychology of Harry Potter: An Unauthorized Examination of the Boy Who Lived by Neil Mulholland
3.0
In the interest of fully disclosing what a nerd I am, I should mention that I've already read the Harry Potter and Philosophy book. Since I minored in psych, I thought this one would be more interesting and accessible for me, because while the philosophy one was interesting, I have no background in it at all. As it turned out, I actually liked this one a little less.
In fairness, I didn't actually read the whole book. As is always the case with books like this, some chapters were better than others, and I didn't feel like investing in all of the chapters that didn't interest me that much. The ones on Attachment Styles and Self-Harm were particularly interesting, and I actually enjoyed the one on career counseling too, which was surprising. However, I couldn't be bothered to read the chapter on the concept of time, for instance.
So, interesting if you're really a Harry Potter nerd (as I am), but some parts were more worthwhile than others.
In fairness, I didn't actually read the whole book. As is always the case with books like this, some chapters were better than others, and I didn't feel like investing in all of the chapters that didn't interest me that much. The ones on Attachment Styles and Self-Harm were particularly interesting, and I actually enjoyed the one on career counseling too, which was surprising. However, I couldn't be bothered to read the chapter on the concept of time, for instance.
So, interesting if you're really a Harry Potter nerd (as I am), but some parts were more worthwhile than others.