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• themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  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.

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  • rmuk@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    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.

    Harry Potter was the best person but everyone else was a dick. “Gosh I wish something fun would happen” said Harry. Then Magic Headteacher turned up and it turns out that Harry is famous and rich and amazing! “Come and learn to be wizard and a celebrity” said Haggis, “you are amazing and have no choice”. And he did. And his stepbrother was fat. Then Harry learned to play Quitit. Albino McVillain said “I’ve been playing my who life. You’ll never be as good as me”. And Albino was correct, Harry could only win if he was given a broomstick called a Plonko 9000. Then, Harry got a mystery package. It was a Plonko 9000 and he won. “I am a wizard!” whispered Harry, “but I will still share my chocolates because he is a good person”. And he was. “Special people are born special and that’s why they’re special,” said everyone.

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    • Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Then he banged his best friend’s sister.

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      • burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        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.

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    • Scubus@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Kid’s parents get murdered by hitler and he ends up with his north korean foster parents

      This guy completely misses all the characterization

      Completely misses on maliciously skips the entire 0lot revolving around sirius black

      Completely misses that the point is that its your choices that define you, not the circumstances of your birth

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      • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        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.

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    • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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.

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  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    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

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    • Ofiuco@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      There's always the seven seas, it's always morally correct

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  • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    She’s not a bad writer. She’s slightly above average.

    Before she was outed, her pseudonym Robert Galbraith had sold 8500 English language copies across all formats (hardback, eBook, library and audiobook) and received two offers from television production companies.

    For a “first time” author those are reasonable numbers.

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      She’s a terrible writer. She has no original or clever ideas, her imagery is boring and vague, and her characters are one dimensional at most. The Robert Galbraith book that I read was really bad, too, and the television offer came after she revealed that it was hers. Fucking Cormoran Strike? What the fuck kind of hacky bullshit name is that? She’s a dipshit, which is nothing compared to the fact that she’s a hateful bigot.

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      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’ve not read any Robert Galbraith books. I was just giving an objective measurement.

        People also say Dan Brown is a bad writer and he sells millions of books

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  • ksigley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    “Harry Potter isn’t as good as you thought when you read it in grade school. Hottest take”

    Hbomberguy

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  • JandroDelSol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    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.

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      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.

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• latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Do make plenty of memes pointing out the myriad plotholes and the nonsensical developments/elements! I hear she just LLLOVES that;)

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