Raiveran
New Westminster
A story about this — 28 weeks ago
Perhaps there is something wrong with me.
Yes, I know that this author is loved round the world, despite her self-professed dislike of children. Anyoen who reads her books should be able to clearly see how much she dislikes them; deaht, suffering, torture, and sadness strike every character, in every book, and it actually gets WORSE as the story wears on.
As far as I’m concerned, you’d have to be a full-blown sociopath, incapable of any human empathy for the characters of this series, not to be profoundly disturbed by the awful, hideous fate the author delivers onto her main character. If you think Dumbledore being tortured to retrieve an ultimately useless relic is fun, please avoid me. If you think you’d like to live in this world, you require psychological help. This tale is a grim medley, punctuated with hatred, bigotry, racism, abuse of pretty much every kind, neglect and murder.
Oh, but it’s all set in the wonderful world of Chaotic Neutral magic, so it’s fun all ‘round!
Comments
xx4theREUN10N
Harford County
Honestly, I think your view is actually rather childish and naive. Rowling presents true human emotion and struggle in her anguish – what does her dislike of children have to do with it anyway? Because her characters suffer, which adds actual depth and form to her stories, she would wish real children death and unhappiness? You can relate to these characters and you can feel sympathy for them – she does a fantastic job of even making the antagonists piteous and sympathetic, rather than some pathetic black and white “evil” shell. Sorry, but there is a lot of anguish, strife, death, and unhappy ending in this world. Grow up and then re-read the book for what it truly is.