Awesome Facts for Potter Fans – The Unofficial Collection: The Encyclopedia of Secret Knowledge about the Most Famous Wizard

by Lisa Marie Bopp, Kimberly Schnur (Translator)

The many mysteries and wonders of the most famous wizard are mostly kept secret – until now. In this book, Harry Potter fans learn the most astonishing facts about the world of wizards and witches. Funny, bizarre, or simply stunning – even the biggest fan will learn something new. Whether for yourself or as a present for a friend, every Harry Potter fan would love to know more about the magical world and its residents – background information and everything there is to know about Hogwarts, Harry, and his world. Nearly 400 outstanding facts about the wizarding world make this book a must-have for every Potterhead. It will make you laugh, shake your head in disbelief, or simply leave you stunned and amazed. Order Now and Be Enchanted!

Genres: Harry Potter, Nonfiction

171 pages, Paperback

Published January 28, 2022

Reviews

[Candace · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of fun and great reminders of what made this series a treasure.

[sh_tatyana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good collection of facts!

[April Stephens · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the trivia is straight from the story, like the tidbits that Horace Slughorn's favorite food is crystalized pineapple or that Ginny is short for Ginevra. Those facts are useless to read about if you're already a Potter Fan.

Other facts have a kernel of "awesome" but don't go the whole way. Take as an example this "Short & Sweet" fact: "Jamie Waylett, who acts as Crabbe, was even fired during the seventh movie because he possessed cannabis." Lisa Marie Bopp missed out on including the full story on that! Give us some details!

Beyond that, something about the writing felt off. Was it written by AI? Was it poorly translated from German? Take a look at these facts:

The Harry Potter fanbase is significant. And it has quite the influence. Since the fifth novel, fans have even voted for the book covers in Germany.

To decide which character owned which skills or what each character wasn't good at took J. K. Rowling about five whole years.

It's not easy for every actor to show feelings convincingly on the big screen. Kissing is probably one of the leading disciplines, which is shown in the number of attempts. The actors of the Harry Potter movies also had their problems with it on set. The kiss between Ron and Hermione needed six takes; Ron and Lavender needed fifteen, and Harry and Ginny (sic) needed ten, but the kiss between Harry and Ginny (sic) took the cake with thirty attempts. 

One might think the Muggle world has little in common with the world of wizardry. Now and then, there may be an overlap, which can't be seen as a mere coincidence, such as cornflakes for breakfast. That might not be worth mentioning since everybody must have breakfast. However, when the name of the popular cornflakes are as similar as they are in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, there must be a deeper meaning. In the breakfast scenes, movie fans can spot cornflakes labeled "Cheeri-Owls" on the table--a connection to the cornflakes known as "Cheerios" in the Muggle world.

Still, hidden amongst the duds are a handful of truly interesting trivia facts that would be new knowledge even to a superfan. My favorite was the one that pointed out that Neville was the only one in the room who was not wearing his cloak in the movie scene where he can't remember what his Remembrall says he forgot. That lives up to the title "Awesome Facts."

[Brynny Weasley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would totally recommend this for Harry Potter fans! It's full of a whole bunch of interesting facts about the Harry Potter books, movies, cast, sequels, and more! I learned tons of random information, from character's original names that were changed (Hermione Puckle, now THAT sounds weird), to J.K. Rowling's real name (spoiler alert, her middle name doesn't actually start with K). Just as the name suggests, this book was full of awesome facts for Potter fans!

[Laureen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun! Some of the facts are well known and some were brand new to me. I found some errors in it and there were a few things that did not seem quite right, but it was still a lot of fun to read. i was a little surprised that there was no organization to it about topic or divided between books and movies, but it was still a lot of fun.

[Iriala · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun little book of trivia that caters to both casual and hardcore fans. Tidbits range from the books, movies, author, and actors as well as global publishing. 171 pages. Not officially affiliated with the franchise.

[Vicki · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is sort of a ragtag compilation of oddball facts and comments about Rowling, the Harry Potter canon, and the making and reception of the movies. It was a fast read, interesting and funny at times, but not particularly well done.

[Gail · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had some fun facts I hadn’t read before which surprised this Potter fan.

[Ava Voors · Rating 4 out of 5]

The facts were fascinating.

[Johana Malá · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first english book

[Barsha Rai · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is so fun to read it that I finished it in just a sitting! Some of these were already known but most of these were so fascinating to read. I just loved it!

[Adrienne · Rating 5 out of 5]

lot of really fun facts that had me pulling up the movies trying to find them LOL

[Michelle Carey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything u need to know
Books and movies

[Dennis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some fun facts about the Potter world.

[Robbyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fun to read-I knew most of these but definitely not all.
Low rating because of multiple editing errors (a few of which made it not clear what the information was supposed to be)