Negative Influences of Harry Potter

Dear J.K. Rowling,
Your Harry Potter series have been growing exponentially ever since the first book was released back in the year of 1998. Although, Harry Potter is most famous in Europe, which is the setting of the books, and The United States, the books are still very popular world-wide. As a writer, you are extremely credible. In fact, you have proven that you are credible by receiving numerous honors and awards. Although your books, Harry Potter, has influenced readers all around the world in some good ways, there are also some negative ways in which you have influenced readers.
One of the biggest issues with the Harry Potter series is that the books are way too expensive for the average intended audience to buy: Most children cannot afford the books by themselves. Even if they could, most children would much rather spend the couple hundred dollars that the books would total up to be, on toys. Your books, especially the hard-back covered, new ones are worth around $50 to $60 each, this is way too much for an average child to be able to afford. So, the adult in the family, if they are a pretty well-off family, has to buy it for them. If they are in the lower-class to lower-middle class, they probably cannot afford to buy the books. Since, financial concerns are one of the biggest issues for most families these days, this is a big setback for your books.
Around the time when the first book, Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone, was released, many children were beginning to lose interest in books. However, with the release of your Harry Potter series came the release of various products, such as light up wands, wizard robes, and many other magic-related toys. These toys were what caught the kid’s interest rather than the books themselves. Although, this did get the kids to read the books since they were so interested in the toys. However, this only proves that children are growing to be more materialistic and would much rather buy toys over books. This overall, has had a negative effect on children.
Also, more and more readers are being drawn into your Harry Potter series because it is growing immensely. Therefore, the children do not even have control over what is happening to them. The children do not have control over what they want since they just want to be like the characters in the magical word of Harry Potter and so they try and indulge in the world through the only way which they know: They buy materialistic possessions.
Even though the Harry Potter series are very successful, it turns the readers into consumers. The books are very well-written but they are surrounded by money and business-related concerns. Children lose value of the actual books and start to get surrounded by the materialistic possessions that are related to Harry Potter. Through all of these things, Harry Potter has had a negative impact on readers, everywhere.
Sincerely,
Mauli Patel