i personally love the books. I am so lucky to have different versions, included Jim Kay's illustrated pages (loveeee, especially given the size and my lack of ability to see without my glasses) and the minalima illustrated versions. I feel like aside from the deprivation of details the movies have, the books themselves are extremely wholesome and forgiving. The recap in each book, the attention to each character are basically sentimental love letters to their identity. I could go on forever. I must sound so dramatic and dorky. I guess that's why I'm here in the first place, a place to relentlessly and most authentically express my love for this series...