I Can't Believe It's Not An Index CCXXXIII - Jasdoif's Random Banter #233

[Fyraltari]

Harry Potter isn't a fantasy story, it's a bargain basement coming of age story with paint.

It's definitely a fantasy story, those two things aren't incompatible.

But at the same time, it's a world where bloodline and inheritance are made more-important by both sides of the core conflict – constant reminders that Harry is so much like his parents, his protection from his mother's spell making it necessary to stick with his only remaining family even though they're horrible people, he got his money from an inheritance, the Hallows thing at the end only worked because he inherited the cloak, and on and on. There was every opportunity to repudiate the whole thing about lineage being important, to say that only the villains believe that, but when it comes time to commit to what actually works in the setting... blood will out.

(and then he becomes a cop by the epilogue)

If you're going to criticize the worldbuilding don't forget the goblins and the house elves.

Coming of Age Stories (A Song of Ice and Fire)

I really don't think you can call ASOIAF a coming of age story.

Edit:

And? Would you be willing to risk life imprisonment and torture on a complete unknown? That's a bad bet.

If memory serve they only really embark on a quest to destroy the Horcruxes once the Ministry of Magic is taken over by Voldemort and they already are fugitives anyway, so...