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Originally Posted by phenomshel
I read all of them and enjoyed them thoroughly (as an adult) and don't think I'd call them "slop" although as someone noted above, they aren't literary masterpieces. I know people (my ex husband is one - give you a clue as to why he's my ex?) who think they're evil, satanic, pick your pejorative adjective here.
My note on it is this: they're FICTION. My opinion is that anything that gets kids interested in reading is a good thing. Think of the worlds HP could open up for a kid who hated reading up until they got hold of those books?
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Too right. For that schoollibrary I even bought books of RL Stine
, so I could get those boys to read. And yes; also Harry Potter, which was far too difficult for some of the boys, but it made them look good if they could say ' I'm reading Harry Potter'. And they worked at it, really; they were so proud; so cute to see.
