Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists

Behind the scenes

An author writes a lot of things when writing a book and not all of it ever makes its way into a novel. What is one to do with such information that will just sit there? Turn them into a book of short stories of info snippets so fans can delve deeper into that world the novels never reveal.

Despite this still being sparse on information, I did enjoy this brief peek into Harry Potter's Wizarding World. It'll more than likely not answer your questions but ‘tis an enjoy read nonetheless.

Easy read. Gives you a nice insight on the backstories of a couple of characters. For anyone who wants a bit more info about the wizarding world

I was told that most of these can be read on Pottermore for free, however as a huge fan of J.K. Rowling I did not mind paying the $2.99 to read it all in one place.

First book I am reading while I dive into Harry Potter again. The title is a bit misleading, these are not short stories in the slightest. In this quick read, you get the following:

- Lengthy profiles / biographies on Dolores Umbridge, Horace Slughorn, and Quirinus Quirrell.
- Timeline about the Minister's for Magic
- Fun facts about Peeves
- (Not so) Fun facts about Azkaban
- Random information about Polyjuice Potion & Cauldrons

Misleading title aside, I did enjoy this quick read. Looking forward to the next piece in Pottermore Presents.

I can't put another rating because I've learned new stuff about Harry Potter, even if just a few. That's enough to make me feel the happiest. :p

This reads like an encyclopedia in a bad way. There isn't much interesting content in it. I won't be reading the other two shorts from Pottermore.

We get a lot of insight at the villains of the story and their search for power. The backstory gives this characters so much depth, and this made this short read a pleasure! But aside from that I think that $2.99 was a lot for just 70 pages

Azkaban, Ministry of Magic, Dolores Umbridge, Horacio Slughorn or Professor Quirrell - you will learn more about them in this interesting ebook by Pottermore and JKR.

¡ME HA ENCANTADO!

Aquí podemos darle un vistazo a una biografía de Dolores Umbridge, Horace Slughorn y Quirinus Quirrell junto a pensamientos de JK Rowling así como pequeños datos e historias sobre el Ministerio de Magia, los magos que ocuparon el cargo de primer ministro de magia, el origen e historia de Azkaban, y finalmente algo sobre las pociones, la materia en sí y los poltergeists como Peeves.

Es muy sencillo de leer, interesantísimo y con detalles y notas de la autora que te hace entender a ciertos personajes. Este me gustó mucho, en especial sobre la información de Horace Slughorn quién es un personaje que adoro mucho y me causa cierta ternura y lástima.

Es, como dice una imagen por ahí: No todos los Slytherin son malos.
Excepto Umbridge. Ella es una perra. ¡Centauros con ella! .

Less interesting from the three books. Again some small talks about Grindewald without saying anything interesting. The part on Quirrel is so small that it shouldn't even exist as it brings nothing to the character unfortunately. The part on Azkaban is however a bit interesting.

I enjoyed the extra info, but felt it could have been so much more. Also not wholly convinced on the style, where it's partly in the story, but then partly looking at it from the outside e.g. “in the Harry Potter books”, and with extra info from JK Rowling herself. I was kind of hoping it was going to be written by someone from the HP universe, in character. Same applies to all three of the newly released books.

Every witch or wizard with a wand has held in his or her hands more power than we will ever know. With the right spell or potion, they can fabricate love, travel through time, change physical form and even extinguish life.




In the wrong hands, power and magic can be dark, lethal, and consuming.

It's okay. I'll never understand why these posts are being called short stories, though.