I get blasted every time I talk about the reasons I don't like Harry Potter. Even when I emphasize these are my reasons and I'm not saying they can't like it.
Given that I only read the first four, that is all I comment on. But for me it all boils down to: I don't think it's that spectacular. The world-building is not that interesting (basically our world, with magic!). The magic system is, quite frankly, a joke. The characters are uninteresting, and, as you pointed out, unlikeable. The plot is same old, "Special chosen one fights evil and suffers prettily for it, ultimately triumphs over evil and lives HEA".
I get that for many people these books define their adolescence, and most of them love them so fervently I can't say anything negative for fear of being attacked.
But I will be so very glad when it's freaking over.
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Date: 2011-07-01 04:49 am (UTC)I get blasted every time I talk about the reasons I don't like Harry Potter. Even when I emphasize these are my reasons and I'm not saying they can't like it.
Given that I only read the first four, that is all I comment on. But for me it all boils down to: I don't think it's that spectacular. The world-building is not that interesting (basically our world, with magic!). The magic system is, quite frankly, a joke. The characters are uninteresting, and, as you pointed out, unlikeable. The plot is same old, "Special chosen one fights evil and suffers prettily for it, ultimately triumphs over evil and lives HEA".
I get that for many people these books define their adolescence, and most of them love them so fervently I can't say anything negative for fear of being attacked.
But I will be so very glad when it's freaking over.