i find it started really taking itself too seriously by the 5th or 6th book. i can excuse the goblet of fire for trying to appeal to an audience that grew up a little bit since the first three.

i think it could have worked if the writer was more competent as she transitioned it to a YA novel, but then again maybe i shouldn't have reread some of them as an adult and let it stay in nostalgia instead of reading too much into it.