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Ok, I tried to read it last night, I really did. I got as far as him with some giant, taking him round a shop to choose a wand or something.
Christ almighty, what you are people doing reading this for? Sure, there's some imagination there but the style?
"Harry picked up his hat and tried it on, he moved it about and it fit just fine"
??????????
That's the sound of Rainman writing a story, I bet the editors put the punctuation in whilst Rowling just muuuuhed into a dictaphone with no pauses for breath
"and then the wizard said i dont like you but then harry ran down the path and he ran into a bush and it hurt him and he said owee and then wizard said there there thats ok and harry cried but used magic to make himself feel better and then they went to hogwarts" etc etc.
Read decent books unless you are a child. Or a retarded adult.
Decent books like Catch-22, Bukowski, Edward Bunker, Shakespeare.
It makes me furious that grown-ups read this drivel and think it makes them clever
I'm amazed more of you dont fall down a lot when walking.
Harry Potter? I'd like to throw them into the sea and send adults to Borders with a list of adult authors.
"Oh come on, it's just fun"
Yes, badly written fun. Try Phillip Pullman for fantasy writings, or try reading Dashiel Hammett, Elmore Leonard, ANYTHING but a poorly written children's book.
Next time you see an adult reading one, walk over and say "Has mummy or daddy left you here alone?"
"...what?"
"Would you like me to help you find them?"
"....what??"
Then knock the book from their hands, push them to the floor and walk away muttering "####ing retard"
Christ almighty, what you are people doing reading this for? Sure, there's some imagination there but the style?
"Harry picked up his hat and tried it on, he moved it about and it fit just fine"
??????????
That's the sound of Rainman writing a story, I bet the editors put the punctuation in whilst Rowling just muuuuhed into a dictaphone with no pauses for breath
"and then the wizard said i dont like you but then harry ran down the path and he ran into a bush and it hurt him and he said owee and then wizard said there there thats ok and harry cried but used magic to make himself feel better and then they went to hogwarts" etc etc.
Read decent books unless you are a child. Or a retarded adult.
Decent books like Catch-22, Bukowski, Edward Bunker, Shakespeare.
It makes me furious that grown-ups read this drivel and think it makes them clever
I'm amazed more of you dont fall down a lot when walking.
Harry Potter? I'd like to throw them into the sea and send adults to Borders with a list of adult authors.
"Oh come on, it's just fun"
Yes, badly written fun. Try Phillip Pullman for fantasy writings, or try reading Dashiel Hammett, Elmore Leonard, ANYTHING but a poorly written children's book.
Next time you see an adult reading one, walk over and say "Has mummy or daddy left you here alone?"
"...what?"
"Would you like me to help you find them?"
"....what??"
Then knock the book from their hands, push them to the floor and walk away muttering "####ing retard"
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I have read the first three HP books, and I enjoyed them in between reading 'Emma' (my favourite book) and 'Oliver Twist'. In my opinion, they are not the best books ever, but they are a easy read and are entertaining.
I also consider myself as intelligent (call me conceited if you want!)and I don't reject HP as 'badly written' and then turn with a superior expression to my copy of 'War and Peace.' I enjoy the pace and light entertainment of Harry
Potter. My friend got 10 A*s in her GCSEs and she is the biggest Harry Potter fan I know!
Anything that can persuade a 13 year old kid to pick up a brick of a book like Book 5, deserves praise, in my opinion!
I also consider myself as intelligent (call me conceited if you want!)and I don't reject HP as 'badly written' and then turn with a superior expression to my copy of 'War and Peace.' I enjoy the pace and light entertainment of Harry
Potter. My friend got 10 A*s in her GCSEs and she is the biggest Harry Potter fan I know!
Anything that can persuade a 13 year old kid to pick up a brick of a book like Book 5, deserves praise, in my opinion!
I'm not going to get involved in this, as I have an immense dislike for the Harry Potter series (badly written, unoriginal, etc...). What I will say though, is that it's better for kids to be reading something like this than nothing at all. Same goes for adults. I wish I had the attention span to finish a book, but I can't. Tried "1984" the other week, but had to stop because I couldn't be bothered. I didn't watch TV or play games instead - just stopped. If there's a book that gets you reading again, no matter your age, then good for you - don't let anyone get your goat, man :p
No, I'm not. I know he wrote it as an adult book. But it's a popular teen book. Should teens not be allowed to read it because he wrote it for adults?
So you're saying that J D Salinger wrote Catcher in The Rye as a kids/teens book?
I just want to get this straight...
I just want to get this straight...
Goatboy wrote:
> My whole point is adults reading them.
> At no point have I said kids shouldnt.
> Because they are written for kids.
> Adults. Grown Ups.
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Alright, fair enough. My mistake.
> My whole point is adults reading them.
> At no point have I said kids shouldnt.
> Because they are written for kids.
> Adults. Grown Ups.
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Alright, fair enough. My mistake.
J.K Rowling is the one who is laughing. She has made her fotune with HP and I bet she couldn't care less about her critics.
Catcher in the Rye. What an odd book, I have to admit that I didn't really get it. I enjoyed it though.
Catcher in the Rye. What an odd book, I have to admit that I didn't really get it. I enjoyed it though.
Adult fiction? Catcher is probably the most popular teen book in the world. Before HP, or course.
Stryke wrote:
> They've reawoken the nations youth to reading, much like Enid Blyton
> & Roald Dahl did. These kids will probably go onto to read more
> mature books.
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Muuuuuh.
My whole point is adults reading them.
At no point have I said kids shouldnt.
Because they are written for kids.
Adults. Grown Ups.
> They've reawoken the nations youth to reading, much like Enid Blyton
> & Roald Dahl did. These kids will probably go onto to read more
> mature books.
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Muuuuuh.
My whole point is adults reading them.
At no point have I said kids shouldnt.
Because they are written for kids.
Adults. Grown Ups.
Stryke wrote:
Does reading Catcher in the Rye make you a standard "disaffected
> teen"? No. So I don't see why reading Harry Potter makes you
> stupid.
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Because Catcher in The Rye was about a dissaffected teen, written as adult fiction by what many consider to be one of the finest novelists of the 20th century.
Harry Potter is a children's book, about a wizard boy, written with minimal skill and employing, whilst admittedly lucid, generic fantasy imagination.
Wizards? Check
Trolls? Check
Evil wizard? Check
It's like the Cliff's Teacher's Notes of J R Tolkein
Does reading Catcher in the Rye make you a standard "disaffected
> teen"? No. So I don't see why reading Harry Potter makes you
> stupid.
---
Because Catcher in The Rye was about a dissaffected teen, written as adult fiction by what many consider to be one of the finest novelists of the 20th century.
Harry Potter is a children's book, about a wizard boy, written with minimal skill and employing, whilst admittedly lucid, generic fantasy imagination.
Wizards? Check
Trolls? Check
Evil wizard? Check
It's like the Cliff's Teacher's Notes of J R Tolkein
Goatboy wrote:
> It's not a problem with you, it's a problem with a children's book
> that is being feted as incredible, fantastic, hyperbole, platitude etc
> etc
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They've reawoken the nations youth to reading, much like Enid Blyton & Roald Dahl did. These kids will probably go onto to read more mature books. My cousin has recently moved onto Gormenghast, a superbly written fantasy book, and she's an avid fan of HP.
And Pullman's the one who probably sits at his keyboard and laughs like a chimp every time he "sneakily" refers to God as senile or incompetent. Therefore he must be a genius.
> It's not a problem with you, it's a problem with a children's book
> that is being feted as incredible, fantastic, hyperbole, platitude etc
> etc
--
They've reawoken the nations youth to reading, much like Enid Blyton & Roald Dahl did. These kids will probably go onto to read more mature books. My cousin has recently moved onto Gormenghast, a superbly written fantasy book, and she's an avid fan of HP.
And Pullman's the one who probably sits at his keyboard and laughs like a chimp every time he "sneakily" refers to God as senile or incompetent. Therefore he must be a genius.
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