• Neato@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    HP is terrible in almost every respect. The only part she got really right was the ability to draw people into a fantasy world they wanted to live in. At least at first blush. There’s so much squick in there for a kids book its unreal.

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      1 year ago

      I think a large part of it is the interesting visuals (well, descriptions of them), like everything being crooked and off base in Diagon Alley, and the silly names, like Diagon Alley. For a kid or teenager, that’s pretty interesting and unique.

      I actually genuinely think she never expected to write more than one or two books. The first one feels a lot like she was going for something Terry Pratchett-esque, like a parody/comedy version of a fantasy setting. Like, a lot of the silly naming conventions started appearing less and less as the books went on.