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Obligatory JK Rowling is a bad person. Don’t support her or the Harry Potter series.
I always like to include the addendum that she's also a bad writer. It's great when people are excited to read, but success is not an indicator of quality.
and as always, if people do enjoy the stories, get the books or movies second hand. don't let her earn a cent from it
There's always the seven seas, it's always morally correct
I tried reading them as a kid and thought they were shit then. I realise now the biggest problems I had with it were the total absence of brick jokes (or whatever the literary equivalent is), the utter refusal to engage in foreshadowing, and the lack of character development.
Then he banged his best friend's sister.
Which is honestly pretty standard for the real world. Limited social circles and hot times blended well for millennia, why not continue the tradition at this point if both parties are willing? That's probably the most accurate character portrayal rowling ever made.
My general complaint is that there really isn't any nuance to any of the characters in the books. If you're thinking of complexity, you're probably thinking about the performances created by various excellent actors in the movies.
Also, none of the twists are executed well, as they are either deus ex rectum or they are telegraphed to the point where you don't even realize they were supposed to be twists.
There's no internal consistency within or between books. Macguffins come and go to serve the story, and every story is just repackaged public domain mythology.
Actually, the fan theory that all of it is the delusion of a mistreated orphan boy does tie several things together. The entire arc reads like the fantasies of a sad, lonely kid playing with a stick in his room by himself.
Hands down the best summary of the books
I count the lack of brick jokes and foreshadowing as a plus in any book. Also, it is a series of young adult books, you can't read too much into it. Rowling may be a shit person, but the books are the books.
Huh, now I know what to call that kind of joke. My DnD group love them.
"Harry Potter isn't as good as you thought when you read it in grade school. Hottest take"
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eh, they're not great, but not the worst thing ever. ive seen worse debut novels (id argue that the divergent series is worse, though i enjoy it far too much lmao). the series is definitely ruined because of rowling's awfulness.
I never read Divergent, but I'm sure there are worse books. And I enjoy plenty of books that aren't well written. I enjoyed reading the Harry Potter series, the same way I enjoy a fast food burger and milkshake. It always bugged me that everyone kept praising Rowling for what an amazing writer she was, but I never cared to criticize her because kids were reading and she seemed to be a genuinely decent person.
Now we know she's a hateful bigot, and her shitty writing is providing the funding for her to attempt to oppress people and generally be horrible. So no reason to keep pretending she's not a hack writer.
Do make plenty of memes pointing out the myriad plotholes and the nonsensical developments/elements! I hear she just LLLOVES that;) (the only sarcasm here is "LLLOVES").