reception section not grasping mood harry potter has been extremely well received but there is an odd emphasis on negative criticism rather than positive criticism in the reception section the three sub sections all have a negative focus in fact if the series wasn't well known then it would be assumed from reading this page that the books were poorly received and little appreciated and that's not the case why are the sources so selective even generally positive reviews have only had negative comments quoted from them leading to the impression that the series was critically panned this section doesn't indicate almost any positive reviews about the books and places too much focus on negativity