I realize JK Rowling's new novel might seem a little long at 1200 pages but a good portion of the space is taken up by fictitious mean tweets pic.twitter.com/6xaH27fUUT— Nathan J Robinson (@NathanJRobinson) August 31, 2022
Just like Hillary's book where she just included stupid Facebook and Twitter memes lmao
I love the Harry Potter books. They're not good, but after working in a public school for a decade I have learned that they teach kids two important things: to read books for fun and to despise JK Rowling. They are by far the most common thing to find a 10-year-old reading for fun, and if you wait 5 years one of the most commonly held opinions among the now 15-year-olds who read them is that JK Rowling is a traitor to the human condition.
I haven't flipped through them in forever, but it really was cool when they were coming out and everyone was reading them. Maybe it is the memories of them coming out that sticks with me more than the books? It is still a genuine shame that Rowling had to become transphobic and ruin it for basically everyone. Also when it comes to how kids react to it now, they either seem to enjoy it and hate JKR or don't care about HP and hate JKR.
JKR being awful shouldn't ruin it at all. If the kids all agree that she's awful, they really should be able to enjoy her works without worrying about what we think. My fantasy authour of choice as a kid was David Eddings, and he was much worse of a monster than JKR is. I think taking the journey of learning to hate your darling childhood authour is healthy, and so I support kids reading Harry Potter (or anything else, but seriously it's mostly Harry Potter).
I love the Harry Potter books. They're not good, but after working in a public school for a decade I have learned that they teach kids two important things: to read books for fun and to despise JK Rowling. They are by far the most common thing to find a 10-year-old reading for fun, and if you wait 5 years one of the most commonly held opinions among the now 15-year-olds who read them is that JK Rowling is a traitor to the human condition.
The kids are alright
Sometimes they really are, yes.
I haven't flipped through them in forever, but it really was cool when they were coming out and everyone was reading them. Maybe it is the memories of them coming out that sticks with me more than the books? It is still a genuine shame that Rowling had to become transphobic and ruin it for basically everyone. Also when it comes to how kids react to it now, they either seem to enjoy it and hate JKR or don't care about HP and hate JKR.
JKR being awful shouldn't ruin it at all. If the kids all agree that she's awful, they really should be able to enjoy her works without worrying about what we think. My fantasy authour of choice as a kid was David Eddings, and he was much worse of a monster than JKR is. I think taking the journey of learning to hate your darling childhood authour is healthy, and so I support kids reading Harry Potter (or anything else, but seriously it's mostly Harry Potter).
The Belgariad is very deliberately cheesy and trope-y, and it just has fun with it instead of trying to take itself too seriously.
I am greatly relieved that I found the Belgariad Cycle in a library instead of buying it.