How do you feel about Harry Potter? - I mean the actual character

[Super Sad Smile]

I think the books are ok. They've got a lot of ideas but you can't make a world out of them. I genuinely like the first 3 and parts of the 5th but the characters are really dull except for the Weasleys and Dumbledore. I skipped past all the relationship drama. Really annoying this is the holy grail of literature to a lot of people, but it is what it is at this point.

 

[Grub]

You made it way farther than I did, friend... I didn't even manage to finish the first book.

Wheel of Time taught me that any fantasy novel where each individual installment is more than 600-700 pages is probably not worth reading. And also that fantasy fans will like just any garbage.

I used to know a guy who looked down on the fantasy genre because it had low standards. People kept thinking he was just a snob, but nowadays... I tend to see where he's coming from. Pretty much, any fantasist who isn't Tolkien is just kinda bleh. Even a lot of the classic fantasy authors like Robert E. Howard or Andre Norton have very much a "just hacking out any old shit" quality to them.... though I do kinda-sorta like Howard's work. (Andre Norton, the only book of hers I recall liking much was Quag Keep, which ironically tends to be considered one of her lesser works. Part of me just kinda likes the conceit of a world where everything inexplicably runs on actual tabletop RPG mechanics and the characters just have to accept it as fact).

The worst was the book that was over 1000 pages but spanned a time period of like 20 days or something like that. I think book 6 or 7 or something.

There's a lot of garbage fantasy books out there. It's tough to find good fantasy books old or new. I went through a phase for a while only reading short stories after

 

[Cherry Eyed Hamster]

I was enjoying the first three books alright, it was when with the fourth book istg she dedicated the first 150 pages describing a lameass Quiddich gathering I had to throw in the towel for the series. I seriously don’t get the appeal of Fantasy epic series’ in general.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

A Series of Unfortunate Events is better because it's written by a man.

As far as feminist women writting about wizard schools. Earthsea is better too.