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Twilight clearly follows Potter I've had several discussions about what preceded Potter, and the answer, everyone seems to agree, is that there was no earlier success story of this kind.

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Both series have enjoyed a level of success which is utterly disproportionate to their quality, and which is also unprecedented in literary history. About 10 years ago, it seems to me, some clever people figured out a new marketing strategy, which they first applied to Potter when that came to an end, the same methods were used for Twilight. Rowling seems like a nice person - if someone's going to scoop the literary Powerball jackpot, why not her? What I very strongly object to is the way the books have been marketed. The early Potter books are cute and entertaining, and J.K. Here it is.ДЄs I said to D, it's not the books or the author. In the end, I said I would write a review summarising my objections to the series as a whole. D expressed surprise that I could call Deathly Hallows boring, when I'd given five stars to Madame Bovary and Animal Farm, both of which he considered far duller. What was wrong with it? I offered various structural criticisms: the ending is abrupt and unconvincing, the subplot with the Horcruxes has not been adequately foreshadowed in the earlier volumes, and the book as a whole is overlong and boring. (view spoiler) [I got into an argument the other day with an articulate 17 year old Harry Potter fan - let's call him D - who wanted to know why I was being so nasty in my review of Deathly Hallows. If you are a person easily offended by negative comments about Harry Potter and still decide to click it, then you have only yourself to blame. I would like to offer my apologies to these unfortunate people, who had every right to expect better service from Goodreads.Д«ut, despite the above, I have decided on mature consideration that I will attempt an experiment: I am reinstating the original review, hiding the dangerous and inflammatory content inside a spoiler tag. I would like to offer my apologies to these I had removed this review, which violates Article 2 of the Terms of Use: You agree not to post User Content that: (i) may create a risk of harm, loss, physical or mental injury, emotional distress, death, disability, disfigurement, or physical or mental illness to you, to any other person, or to any animal.Looking at the comment thread, it is abundantly clear that the review not only may, but indeed has caused emotional distress to several Potter fans. She lives in Scotland with her family.I had removed this review, which violates Article 2 of the Terms of Use: You agree not to post User Content that: (i) may create a risk of harm, loss, physical or mental injury, emotional distress, death, disability, disfigurement, or physical or mental illness to you, to any other person, or to any animal.Looking at the comment thread, it is abundantly clear that the review not only may, but indeed has caused emotional distress to several Potter fans. Rowling wanted to be a writer, and is at her happiest in a room, making things up. She supports a wide number of humanitarian causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of the childrenвЂ™s care reform charity Lumos.ДЇor as long as she can remember, J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honors for her writing, including for her detective series written under the name Robert Galbraith.

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In 2020, she returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, which she initially published for free online for children in lockdown, later donating all her book royalties to help vulnerable groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany. HarryвЂ™s story as a grown-up was later continued in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which J.K. She also wrote three short series companion volumes for charity, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which later became the inspiration for a new series of films. Rowling is the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which have sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films.