On anti-HP-hype

[conuly]

A lot of people on my friends list today have posted about how they don't want the new HP book when it comes out. Harry Potter is derivative, a rip-off. It's badly written. It's in serious need of a good editing job. It's overhyped!

Well, yeah. I know!

I have always liked literary fluff. I still have very fond memories of the Baby-Sitters Club books, and of the Sweet Valley Twins series. I will happily read cheesy sci-fi novels with plot holes big enough to drive trucks though. (I also watch Lifetime and Disney made-for-tv movies, which really should give an indication of my taste). Yes, I read and enjoy serious works as well, but I've always felt there was a little bit of fun in reading candy. Or mocking it, whatever.

Am I the only one who sees it that way? Don't take Harry Potter so seriously. Read it, laugh, and move on with your life. Or don't read it. But don't diss those of us who happen to like badly-written books and movies.

Comments

[missfahrenheit.livejournal.com]

Re- repeating years.
Your last year is the one you're most likely to repeat afaik. There are a handful of people who were in my year who failed their A-Levels miserably and just went straigh back to FP to do the second year again. One of the people I work with is in this position (she was in my class) and is apparently now applying to do Law at uni- something she'd never have been able to achieve otherwise.

As for the Worst Witch things... I loved those as a kid, but I think they were boarding school books that happaned to be about witches and wizards, rather than books about witches and wizards that just happen to be in a boarding school.

[conuly]

1. Ah, that makes sense!
2. I miss the worst witch. Sigh.