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I never read the Harry Potter books or saw the movies when they were all the rage. Read Casual Vacancy last year and didn't care too much for it. I finished it even though I found it sad and depressing, so maybe that is testament to her skill. Then I decided to try an audiobook of the first Harry Potter just to see what all the fuss was about, and because I'd heard the narration was really good. I wasn't impressed with that either and not sure I would have finished it without the Jim Dale narration. (Could quidditch be any more boring?) Have read some comments that the series didn't really hit its stride until book 3 or 4, but have not been motivated to start another HP book. I haven't been able to muster any enthusiasm for The Cuckoo's Calling either, even though it is more my kind of genre. The article is certainly whiny, but I do think she is overrated.
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