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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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Stryke wrote:
> Harry Potter's class, by the way. Just thought I'd add that. Let's be
> having an IQ test or something then.
Well if we go by IQ tests, I think I'm a genius by the BBC's one. And I'll read Harry Potter.
> Harry Potter's class, by the way. Just thought I'd add that. Let's be
> having an IQ test or something then.
Well if we go by IQ tests, I think I'm a genius by the BBC's one. And I'll read Harry Potter.
No Unbeliever, hating Harry Potter has been and always will be the "cool" thing to do.
You can say "it's an isolated one-off" as much as you like, but it doesn't stop the fact that you have formulated an ill informed opinion and then shouted it from the rooftops.
You can say "it's an isolated one-off" as much as you like, but it doesn't stop the fact that you have formulated an ill informed opinion and then shouted it from the rooftops.
Mr Snuggly wrote:
> Sorry.
That's okay, I didn't hear you :)
Off subject but on this computer there are no notables, regulars or staff. I just skimmed down the page to pick out the wee colour and then noticed everyone is an identical blue.
> Sorry.
That's okay, I didn't hear you :)
Off subject but on this computer there are no notables, regulars or staff. I just skimmed down the page to pick out the wee colour and then noticed everyone is an identical blue.
I can understand that kids may like to enjoy it.
But I dunno, I just don't see why it's become so popular - Yes i've only read one of the books.
Does'nt interest me.
But I dunno, I just don't see why it's become so popular - Yes i've only read one of the books.
Does'nt interest me.
No, I lent him the Pullman book.
Rosalind wrote:
> Are you sending me my book back any time soon?
Please tell me you didn't lend him the Potter book.
> Are you sending me my book back any time soon?
Please tell me you didn't lend him the Potter book.
Wrong. I've hated them when they first came out, when they were first supposedly "cool".
And I'll always hate them. Why? Because I hate Potter and the stigma associated with it.
If it takes a substandard fantasy book for people to start reading, there's no hope for them anyway.
Yes, I know I've never read them - as I said before, this is an isolated exception where I refuse to read Potter. In this case ignorance is bliss.
And I'll always hate them. Why? Because I hate Potter and the stigma associated with it.
If it takes a substandard fantasy book for people to start reading, there's no hope for them anyway.
Yes, I know I've never read them - as I said before, this is an isolated exception where I refuse to read Potter. In this case ignorance is bliss.
Harry Potter's class, by the way. Just thought I'd add that. Let's be having an IQ test or something then.
You know I'm not stupid, which kind of blows your theory out of the water.
Are you sending me my book back any time soon?
Are you sending me my book back any time soon?
Stephen Hawkin has a doctorate, and he can't even tie his shoelaces.
I bet he loves those books.
I bet he loves those books.
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