Harry Potter Inside

Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1932100881
Manufacturer: Benbella Books
Average Customer Review: (From 4 total reviews)
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Great cover; bad book by NK
I bought this book, started reading it, then put it down for 6 months because it was so uninteresting.

“An Examination of the Boy who Lived”? Not really. It’s a collection of essay about psychology that mention aspects of the Harry Potter series. Maybe one or two essay actually discuss Harry’s psyche, and even there the essays are open-ended, non-conclusive, and not wholly correct.

Worst of all, it reads like a pile of essays handed in by psychology students.

If you want to read it, get it from the library so that you can return it once you realize how terrible it is.

interesting, not great by debi
I want to admit up front that I haven’t finished reading this book yet… which is because it’s a very slow, difficult read. What I HAVE read is interesting, and the titles of the (currently unread) chapters look intriguing. But this is NOT a casual read — definitely not for teen & younger readers — because of the complexity of the issues discussed. I’ve had a college-level psychology course, which helps with the comprehension, but is still not enough to allow me to understand everything they’re talking about. Still, I will plow my way through the rest of the book eventually — but am not going to finish it in 24 hours, like I did with “Deathly Hallows”!

An interesting read by Chanteur d’ombre
Not too full of psychobabble. Suitable for beginners or those with an interest in psychology, because we already “know” the characters. This book provides an intersting insight into how JKR has structured her world, and as such how we as people interact.

A good read.

A solid collection of psychology essays by shoshana
This is a nice compendium of essays associating Harry Potter with a range of topics in psychology. It stacks up well to other collections of critical essays and applications that take the Harry Potter books as their starting point.

The book is actually 326 pages and has an introduction and 22 chapters. Since the Table of Contents isn’t available above, here are the chapters:

Introduction

Neil Mulholland, Ph.D.

What Do Students Learn from Hogwarts Classes?

Robin S. Rosenberg, Ph.D.

Harry’s Curiosity

Susan Engel with Sam Levin

Intergroup Conflict in the World of Harry Potter

Kevin J. Apple and Melissa J. Beers

“Have You Got What it Takes to Train Security Trolls?”: Career Counseling for Wizards

Shoshana D. Kerewsky, Psy.D., and Lissa Joy Geiken, M.Ed.

Hogwarts Academy: Common Sense and Magic

Charles W. Kalish and Emma C. Kalish

Attachment Styles at Hogwarts: From Infancy to Adulthood

Wind Goodfriend, Ph.D.

What Harry and Fawkes Have in Common: The Transformative Power of Grief

Misty Hook

Harry Potter and the Resilience to Adversity

Richard E. Heyman and Danielle M. Provenzano

Discovering Magic

Karl S. Rosengren and Emily C. Rosengren

The Magical World of Muggles

Carol Nemeroff

Time and Time Again: Muggle’s Watch, the Wizard’s Clock

Peter A. Hancock and Michelle K. Gardner

The Social Dynamics of Power and Cooperation in the Wizarding World

Nancy Franklin

Mental Illness in the World of Wizardry

Jessica Leigh Murakami

“Dobby Had to Iron His Hands, Sir!”: Self-Inflicted Cuts, Burns, and Bruises in Harry Potter

E. David Klonsky, Ph.D., and Rebecca Laptook, M.A.

The Werewolf in the Wardrobe

Siamak Tundra Naficy

Exploring the Dark Side: Harry Potter and the Psychology of Evil

Christopher J. Patrick and Sarah K. Patrick

Harry Potter and the Word That Shall Not Be Named

Mikhail Lyubansky

Evolution, Development, and the Magic of Harry Potter

David H. Rakison and Caroline Simard

Using Psychological Treatment with Harry

Neil Mulholland, Ph.D.

Defense Against the Real Dark Arts

Patricia A. Rippetoe

Resisting Social Influence: Lessons from Harry Potter

Melanie C. Green

Harry Potter and the Magic of Transformation

Laurie J. Pahel

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