Are they really that bad?

Are they really that bad?

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they're good as mystery novels ngl, i'll never forget having my mind blown as a kid when they revealed tom riddle was voldemort in chamber of secrets

They're creative and innovative. The world building is godawful though and it's riddled with plot holes but no one seems to give a shit.

They were supremely comfy when I read them in middle school, and watching the movies with my Dad was top tier

They are very creative, and for children's book honestly pretty amazing but pseuds will furiously seeth at them.

They're fun and have an enjoyable atmosphere, not too heavy on plot. A solid listen on audio book if you've got nothing else to listen to while doing a menial task.

The first 3 books are honestly a lot of fun. Shes got a fun sort of childrebs book style that meshes well with the setting. The rest are unfortunately not very good. Harry really is just not a strong enough character to carry them, and the prose gets worse and worse.

Goblet of Fire is the best book though.

Harry becomes unlikable in Order of the Phoenix, the romance in Half-Blood Prince is awful to get through, and Deathly Hallows is rushed as fuck. There are cool ideas in the last 3 books but it's a mixed bag.

yes.
they are children's books for a generation in arrested development.
I wish I had a dollar for every woman my age who has harry potterphernalia. It is disney, it is mcdonalds, it is trash.

They really are, I'll never know what anyone sees in them. They are identical to any other young adult fantasy and they're not even written that well, both in prose and plot. It has to be purely marketing and the film adaption that made them so popular. Never looked into but I would bet big money that Rowling had/has some interesting 'connections', that's the only way it would ever make sense. One of the very few cases where the films are legitimately better.

I like them.

It's a quality kids book that's very comfy even as for an adult. People like to shit on Rowling but if there's anything she does well it's writing Harry Potter books

>all the people itt saying these books are good on any level

this is how I know you fucks don't actually read. everything in those books was derivative of incredibly popular fantasy.

please
its bildungsroman for plebs and normies.
its junk food with strange tidbits of usefulness.

>derivative of incredibly popular fantasy
thats their power
they arent for you

That's not a power nor does that make them good. In fact that makes them very bad as she hamfists everything in there.

go outside.

I played three sets of tennis today. Nice projecting.

and yet youre still not very observant

Loved them when I was 9. Don't want to re-read them so I can keep my fond memories.

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They’re fun mystery novels for kids (with shitty world building), that being said I only read the first four when I was young and got bored reading the 5th, which was when I discovered Tolkien and I was obsessed with that until I was 13 so the later potter books may suck. The reason their reputation is so poor is the way they’re lauded by emotionally stunted adults as important works of literature and the terrible effect this had on fiction in modern times

Again, projecting.

Good only for kids

This. The whole "they are good books" argument falls apart when you realize there are good children's books that are still good when you are an adult. Therefore they are good only for ignorant kids.

Cont.: They aren’t as bad as some people say if you consider them as children’s books (though they’re still only average to above average by those standards). However in the context they are viewed by most people (outside just the books themselves and including their place in modern culture) they are awful spirals of trash that have had a terrible impact on the attitudes of people who read

Good childrens book for children.
But in everyones life there comes a time where they just have to please read another fucking book jesus christ

They're good for early reading material in a new language

That which works and that which is good, are one and the same. Harry Potter works for some. Therefore for some it is good. For others: the opposite.

I really like them but there are a few things that bug me.
>The magic system is fucked and does whatever the author wants it to.
>Voldemort is the least threatening villain of all time and had several opportunities to kill Harry which he blew.
>The three forbidden curses really dont make any sense. Why wouldnt you use avada kedavra if your life was being threatened?
Also Harry used the cruciatus curse at the end of book 7 when he absolutely didn't need to and it's never even addressed.

Wait until you realise that Rowling isn't a real person and these stories were committee written and based on old stolen German tales.

i don't know, and i don't care to find out

She's a crypto Jew.

Read the Ancient Greek edition. It's considered the best version.

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I'm still quite sure she only wrote the first 3 books because from the 4th book onwards the prose and narration change completely for someone as lacking of development as Rowling.

>That which works and that which is good, are one and the same

If you are a simple retard that doesn't understand the concept of qualifiers. Guarantee Harry Potter is more bad than good in the vast majority of categories.

>Harry=Αρειος=Aryan

This is the actual good version

I've only read the first book but I noticed there is a dramatic shift in syntax and verbiage after chapter three. The general impression I got was she just lost interest in the concept once the characters got to hogwarts and rushed the rest of the book. I can see her having a ghost writer but I can also see her being a rather unprofessional person based on the first novel.

>Never looked into but I would bet big money that Rowling had/has some interesting 'connections'

She literally does. Her whole poor street backstory was a fucking lie. She was a writer and producer for BBC programs for years before she ever wrote these books.

They're committee written by spooks

>innovative
What they did innovate exactly?

Bought this today. Any thoughts?

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Probably insufferable rubbish. Such parodies usually are.

Expect a lot of crassness.

Don’t trust people in this thread, they’re all redditors and they need to go back.

Looking bad? Absolute grugbrain pleb filler, shit tier awful. I cringe so hard thinking about having read them. I was waiting for Harry to murder his relatives and be cool, but he turned into a total cuck.

>"Harry just couldnt read anything at breakfast"
I could tell this was written by a WAMYN because as a boy i was always FUCKING STARVING at breakfast.

True savants read book entitled. Read them all, fully satisfied.

Sorry, pic related was REAL LIT

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