• GreyBear [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    4 years ago

    This might be the most brain-wormed book ever written. Grievances against socialists, plastinians, trans-people and hezbollah(?). When I was a kid Harry Potter was my favorite book-series. What a disaster

  • DirtbagVegan [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 years ago

    You know, I’ve read the HP books within the last 5 years (pls no reeducation camp) and I don’t remember her writing being this awful and stilted. I guess it’s really true that hate and bigotry rots your brain.

    • crispyhexagon [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      4 years ago

      i think maybe part of it is the subject matter.

      “… find harry,” ron bellowed in hermiones ear, pressing a wand into her hand, [as] they edged out of the room again into rons own bedroom, which seemed even smaller than it really was because every inch of the walls and ceiling had been covered in magical flyers and posters, the orange of idksomewizardshit and the black and red of broomsticksportballteam predominating.

      when youre reading about wizards zippity zapping each other with big red sparkles, you tend to be a bit more forgiving of the language