I think one could argue that the HP books got kids to read more but I don't know to what extent that's true, and that's still easily counteracted by all the harm she has done with the profits of her book sales. In terms of actually "contributions to literature", IIRC even most of her fans agree that everything after the third book is pretty shit.
I think one could argue that the HP books got kids to read more but I don't know to what extent that's true
What got kids into it was the international PR campaign for the Harry Potter series. This shit was marketed hard back in the day, and "Harry Potter gets kids to read books again!" was a core selling point in that.
I enjoyed them, they were the first big books I read.
They did send me on the path of reading books, and it's not a one person thing, it's a very common story for people around 30.
So she did have an impact, whether it's because of ads or quality is a different story.
I would definitely not say she deserve a fucking statue though. The world of harry potter is not consistent, and any critical thinking ruins it completely (a reason why i couldn't watch the movies is that I got older). It's not very good, but it was nice to read as a kid.
I’ll admit it, they were fun books to read back when I was a young shithead. I’d wait for their release with bated breath.
I mean, yeah, dumb as fuck in retrospect especially considering all the insane things she’s said but they were the definition of easy read page turners for kids, like Boxcar children.
Wish I could say I was weaving through House of Leaves at the age of 10 but it’s not my fault, blame my parents
I really want to see a House of Leaves movie or TV series, but I don't know that it'd work. Part of that book's experience is the fourth wall breaks and how the text itself becomes another puzzle. It's almost like a graphic novel (literally) with how the words turn into images or how they're organized on the page. I think the closest I've seen to anyone else doing this is Vonnegut and comic books have played with fonts/typography for as long as they've been around.
You would have a hard time re-creating this effect visually. I think they could try doing something fuckery like Bandersnatch on Netflix that was an interactive movie. Like watching House of Leaves messes with your TV.
I think the whole “it got kids to read” marketing point was just based on sales data. People have been bemoaning each generation reading less and seeing Harry Potter’s numbers at the time probably gave the impression that it “saved” literature.
I still stand that the first three books were good and the series could have held up better if it maintained the same level of quality. Goblet of Fire is where it all goes to shit. Every single complaint about the series that I’ve seen from Cho Chang to the elves liking slavery is from Goblet of Fire and every book after that.
If one were to argue such, I would say it was a very poor argument. There were plenty of other, quality fantasy series out that were targeting the same age group at the time her books were being written. The genre was slightly novel and it was just pushed on kids at school as the new shiny series.
I think one could argue that the HP books got kids to read more but I don't know to what extent that's true, and that's still easily counteracted by all the harm she has done with the profits of her book sales. In terms of actually "contributions to literature", IIRC even most of her fans agree that everything after the third book is pretty shit.
What got kids into it was the international PR campaign for the Harry Potter series. This shit was marketed hard back in the day, and "Harry Potter gets kids to read books again!" was a core selling point in that.
I enjoyed them, they were the first big books I read. They did send me on the path of reading books, and it's not a one person thing, it's a very common story for people around 30.
So she did have an impact, whether it's because of ads or quality is a different story.
I would definitely not say she deserve a fucking statue though. The world of harry potter is not consistent, and any critical thinking ruins it completely (a reason why i couldn't watch the movies is that I got older). It's not very good, but it was nice to read as a kid.
And yeah, the other issues.
I’ll admit it, they were fun books to read back when I was a young shithead. I’d wait for their release with bated breath.
I mean, yeah, dumb as fuck in retrospect especially considering all the insane things she’s said but they were the definition of easy read page turners for kids, like Boxcar children.
Wish I could say I was weaving through House of Leaves at the age of 10 but it’s not my fault, blame my parents
I really want to see a House of Leaves movie or TV series, but I don't know that it'd work. Part of that book's experience is the fourth wall breaks and how the text itself becomes another puzzle. It's almost like a graphic novel (literally) with how the words turn into images or how they're organized on the page. I think the closest I've seen to anyone else doing this is Vonnegut and comic books have played with fonts/typography for as long as they've been around.
You would have a hard time re-creating this effect visually. I think they could try doing something fuckery like Bandersnatch on Netflix that was an interactive movie. Like watching House of Leaves messes with your TV.
That would be reallh interesting. Or maybe a point and click video game would be a good format
I think the whole “it got kids to read” marketing point was just based on sales data. People have been bemoaning each generation reading less and seeing Harry Potter’s numbers at the time probably gave the impression that it “saved” literature.
I still stand that the first three books were good and the series could have held up better if it maintained the same level of quality. Goblet of Fire is where it all goes to shit. Every single complaint about the series that I’ve seen from Cho Chang to the elves liking slavery is from Goblet of Fire and every book after that.
Third one is the one with the time travel, which creates a bunch of plotholes
If one were to argue such, I would say it was a very poor argument. There were plenty of other, quality fantasy series out that were targeting the same age group at the time her books were being written. The genre was slightly novel and it was just pushed on kids at school as the new shiny series.