Harry Potter has over the years developed a complicated legacy. JK Rowling has drawn controversy thanks to her transphobic statements, but the original works...

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Was Harry Potter Ever Good?

No

Video discusses flaws of the Harry Potter works by J.K. Rowling with comparisons to how other fictional YA novels/tv shows handled problematic topics.

  • Formerlyfarman [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    5·
    7 months ago

    Ya books have always been a thing. George mcdonald was writing the stuff in the mid 19th century.

    It pisses me off when people say harry potter made kids begin to read. Thats the advertising for the series but its bullshit. Because ya literature has always been there and because harry poter readers never read another book.

    • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      It pisses me off when people say harry potter made kids begin to read

      Yeah, that always felt like some bs advertising shit. “Wow, kids have never read before! Why did no one ever think to write books for kids until just now!” Absolute Reading Rainbow erasure geordi-no

      • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        Why did no one ever think to write books for kids until just now!

        I can imagine standing inside my middle school’s actually-rather-huge library with books for kids of all ages and hearing somebody seeing Harry Potter for the first time and saying this lol.