Oh please, do get off of your high horse. So long as they are reading fluff or not, that is the most important point. I think it's great that a series of books have been able to get & keep kids attention and interested in reading. It is a habit that will last a lifetime, which will give them time to mature their reading material as well. But whatever they read, they should enjoy reading material that they like. Not what some people like you with their noses in the air expect them to like.
Do tell, what would you replace HP books with?
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Originally Posted by OtterBooks
Harry Potter bashers have gone underground, and now it's almost trendy to acknowledge the books as having some literary value. This is partly due to books like Twilight lowering the bar even further.
I'd like to stand firm and point out that they're still uninspiring fluff that "gets children reading" in the same way donuts "get children eating." No matter how Stephen King tries to spin it, Potter is weak writing.
Just in case you thought we were gone. *evil laugh*
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