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there are so many little side plots it's kinda jam packed?? obv snapes worst memory is the goat, also the actual action at the end is cool. the department of mysteries is everything!! however the cho stuff did get tiring, the house elf stuff is literally wild like i can't believe she actually wrote that (i mean i can fuck rowling but come on man that was racist even for the time!). i have to say that i find hagrid increasingly annoying. that feels weird lol. umbridge obv great villain but like does she need to be compared to a feminine toad every 2 seconds? this book could do with editing imo.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Transphobia
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Transphobia
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting
Minor: Ableism, Death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Classism
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, War
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I loved these books growing up. It really helped feed my love of fantasy and link it back to coming of age in a way I hadn't enjoyed previously. It had some problematic elements and wasn't the best written, but it inspired and was somewhat a relic of its time. Unfortunately its become more apparent that the author was simply going with the times and making mistakes after she doubled down on rhetoric that harms children. I love who these books helped me become, but I've also grown beyond them.
In any case I don't believe in an 100% death-of-the-author stance and this series simply does not deserve so high a rating as I once had given it. This is due in some part to the sheer hypocrisy of its positive messaging. Like it or not, the still-living author has sullied what was once good about this series. But I do draw some positivity and hope from all this that other works will deliver on and far exceed what this series promised.
In any case I don't believe in an 100% death-of-the-author stance and this series simply does not deserve so high a rating as I once had given it. This is due in some part to the sheer hypocrisy of its positive messaging. Like it or not, the still-living author has sullied what was once good about this series. But I do draw some positivity and hope from all this that other works will deliver on and far exceed what this series promised.
Content Warnings
Minor: Transphobia