Well, I myself have not read them. My DS10 loved them. He is very sensitive. He did okay with the first few Harry Potter books, but could not deal with the whole series, so stopped after about book 3 or 4. Not sure how helpful that is. He said this series has some sad things, but he loved the vocabulary and the very interesting way that the author used the words so he dealt with the sad parts okay. Maybe you should wait a bit and then try again? My DS is pretty good about judging what he is ready for - he tried them last year and said he didn't like them, then all of the sudden got interested this year.
