Yeah, I finished it in one night. So what about it?<\/p>\n
All told, I thought it was excellent. My amazon review will be up at some point. There are a handful of negative comments on it over at Amazon and other sites. And it’s amazing, as usual, to see how many of these negative arise from a simple inability to read declarative English sentences.<\/p>\n
Note to the negative nellies (very minor spoiler alert):<\/p>\n
1) You can’t complain that Hermione is dumbed down when she spends large parts of the book saving Harry’s butt and is right<\/em> about almost everything.<\/p>\n 2) Ron’s books is clearly about how to charm witches in the more conventional sense — manners and style. The one time he uses the book’s advice, it’s giving compliments. It’s not about mind control.<\/p>\n 3) Ginny can not be a Mary Sue in the sixth book and not be a Mary Sue in this one. Doesn’t work that way.<\/p>\n Actually, looking over the very few negative reviews, is seems like there are some big feminists chips on a few shoulders. The biggests complaints are that the women turn out to be, you know, women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yeah, I finished it in one night. So what about it? All told, I thought it was excellent. My amazon review will be up at some point. There are a handful of negative comments on it over at Amazon and other sites. And it’s amazing, as usual, to see how many of these negative arise … Continue reading Geek, I Am<\/span>