/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.20128253]

Are the Harry Potter books worth reading?

[Anonymous No.20128262]

>>20128253
not if you're an intelligent adult native English speaker
t.intelligent adult native English speaker

[Anonymous No.20128263]

Why would you ever waste your time reading the book version of the dullest franchise in the history of movie franchises? Seriously each episode following the boy wizard and his pals from Hogwarts Academy as they fight assorted villains has been indistinguishable from the others. Aside from the gloomy imagery, the series’ only consistency has been its lack of excitement and ineffective use of special effects, all to make magic unmagical, to make action seem inert.

Perhaps the die was cast when Rowling vetoed the idea of Spielberg directing the series; she made sure the series would never be mistaken for a work of art that meant anything to anybody, just ridiculously profitable cross-promotion for her books. The Harry Potter series might be anti-Christian (or not), but it’s certainly the anti-James Bond series in its refusal of wonder, beauty and excitement. No one wants to face that fact. Now, thankfully, they no longer have to.

>a-at least the books were good though

"No!"

The writing is dreadful; the book was terrible. As I read, I noticed that every time a character went for a walk, the author wrote instead that the character "stretched his legs."

I began marking on the back of an envelope every time that phrase was repeated. I stopped only after I had marked the envelope several dozen times. I was incredulous. Rowling's mind is so governed by cliches and dead metaphors that she has no other style of writing. Later I read a lavish, loving review of Harry Potter by the same Stephen King. He wrote something to the effect of, "If these kids are reading Harry Potter at 11 or 12, then when they get older they will go on to read Stephen King." And he was quite right. He was not being ironic. When you read "Harry Potter" you are, in fact, trained to read Stephen King.

[Anonymous No.20128264]

>>20128253
They are okay, but I didn't have enough patience to read further than third book in the series, it just wasn't my thing.
Why are you even asking other people to determine your reading material? Try reading a bit and see if it interests you.

[Anonymous No.20128758]

>>20128253
No If you are older than 25

[Anonymous No.20128776]

>>20128263
>this pasta still going strong in 2022

[Anonymous No.20128779]

>>20128263
Man I haven’t seen this pasta in ages. Takes me back to when /lit/ wasn’t entirely shit.

[Anonymous No.20128803]

Rowling has the most unalluring prose imaginable

[Anonymous No.20128852]

>>20128253
They might be too complex for you.

[Anonymous No.20128869]

>>20128253
>Are the Harry Potter books worth reading?
Not really, but there is a translation of the 1st and 2nd books into Latin, and the 1st book into Ancient Greek.