I searched nearly all the big book stores to get a copy of JK Rowling’s Fantastic Beats And Where To Find Them, but I had to return back disappointed. So I got my copy of this fantastic book from London. This is, and Quidditch Through The Ages are complementary books for the world famous HARRY POTTER series for comic relief.
In this book, JK Rowling, with her amazing and brilliant narration explains in detail about various beasts in the magical world. From funny stories to horrific ones, Rowling engrosses the reader (if he/she is a Harry Potter fan) into the the magical world.
And by the time time you get to read which animal lives where and which animals are what types, you realise that only a few more pages are left and sigh. Why! Harry Potter fans are not used to short books. The latest of the series has 672 pages(American edition) while the UK edition has 625+ pages.
In the end of the book, Rowling lists all the magical animals and classifies each of them in X, XX, XXX, XXXX, XXXXX groups. X being the most harmless and boring ones like FLOBBERWORMS, XX being the ones which can be domesticated easily like Puffskiens, XXX being the ones which can be controlled by a fairly competant wizard, like FIRE CRABS, XXXX being highly dangerous and can be controled by a highly trained wizard like DRAGONS, XXXXX being known wizard killers, uncontrollable, like ACROMANTULAS.
Again, I’ll say that if you’re a Harry Potter fan, you’ll love it, but otherwise you wont understand a word.