I dunno, whenever I hear someone say "the writing was awful" or similar I tend to imagine them as a hipster in a black turtleneck smoking on a barstool, drinking cheap wine, and wondering why nobody wants to publish their screenplay. Then again, my chosen profession is engineering, where communicating abstract or complex ideas quickly, clearly, and efficiently is the primary purpose of writing.
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I dunno, whenever I hear someone say "the writing was awful" or similar I tend to imagine them as a hipster in a black turtleneck smoking on a barstool, drinking cheap wine, and wondering why nobody wants to publish their screenplay. Then again, my chosen profession is engineering, where communicating abstract or complex ideas quickly, clearly, and efficiently is the primary purpose of writing.
Okay I love Harry Potter. I read the books, all 7 of them, in the span of less than 2 weeks. But yeah, the writing isn't the best. I'm not gonna call it bad, but she relies way too heavily on cliche and deus ex machinas.
The writing quality in Harry Potter is, actual prose quality-wise, pretty great for someone who had never really written anything before. The plot is also pretty incredible. For people under 16, its pretty much perfect (as someone who read the entire series starting at 5 and ending at 14). Compared to Twilight and Eragon, it may as well be god tier. Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events is still the 2000s kids book series with the best writing style, however.
Also, JK Rowling's writing got much better. It's especially notable when you read the epilogue of the final novel after reading the seventh book.
The writing quality in Harry Potter is, actual prose quality-wise, pretty great for someone who had never really written anything before. The plot is also pretty incredible. For people under 16, its pretty much perfect (as someone who read the entire series starting at 5 and ending at 14). Compared to Twilight and Eragon, it may as well be god tier. Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events is still the 2000s kids book series with the best writing style, however.
Also, JK Rowling's writing got much better. It's especially notable when you read the epilogue of the final novel after reading the seventh book.
Those books made no sense
ever
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Listen Eragon is crap I don't care who the target audience is
may marathon the earlier movies in advance, but the first two are just so meh
someone come with me to the wizarding world of harry potter
And then there are the people that think Harry Potter should be part of college level literature courses.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
i am choking on all the smugness in this post
Well, if they can offer courses on the Matrix, Lady Gaga, and other stuff.
I just
I dunno
I'm going to go lie down.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
That said, again, I freakin love Harry Potter.
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Also, JK Rowling's writing got much better. It's especially notable when you read the epilogue of the final novel after reading the seventh book.
jesus fuck the voice here is obnoxious
She knows how to weave a story and make people care about her characters. It's more than I can say about Twilight.
Oh. Well, then. Carry on!
Looking forward to the finale, and the epilogue.
Those books made no sense
ever
I'm not debating.