I read the books this year because I wanted to feel pain, basically, and I wanted to be justified in disliking Harry Potter. I was not disappointed. However, I still don't understand how the fuck the end of the book worked. It was so harebrained and convoluted and sloppy as fuck that I don't know what actually happened. Am I stupid or was it a bad ending? And what the fuck happened? How did they actually kill Voldemort?

  • gayhobbes [he/him]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    if you write a book that captures the imagination of millions of kids and doesn’t contain your ideology in it, you’ve written a good book.

    Her book is neoliberal as fuck though

    • Liberalism [he/him,they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Sure, but so is most media. The Lion King is pro absolutist monarchy, and it's still a good movie.

      • gayhobbes [he/him]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        Well yes, but that wasn't the point you were making, at least I thought. You said that what made the book good was that it captured the imagination of millions of kids and it doesn't contain your ideology. I was saying it does contain her ideology, which is why there was no real revolution or anything in it, and Voldemort lost on a technicality.