Obligatory JK Rowling is a bad person. Don’t support her or the Harry Potter series.
I always like to include the addendum that she’s also a bad writer. It’s great when people are excited to read, but success is not an indicator of quality.
She’s not a bad writer. She’s slightly above average.
Before she was outed, her pseudonym Robert Galbraith had sold 8500 English language copies across all formats (hardback, eBook, library and audiobook) and received two offers from television production companies.
For a “first time” author those are reasonable numbers.
She’s a terrible writer. She has no original or clever ideas, her imagery is boring and vague, and her characters are one dimensional at most. The Robert Galbraith book that I read was really bad, too, and the television offer came after she revealed that it was hers. Fucking Cormoran Strike? What the fuck kind of hacky bullshit name is that? She’s a dipshit, which is nothing compared to the fact that she’s a hateful bigot.
and as always, if people do enjoy the stories, get the books or movies second hand. don’t let her earn a cent from it
