harry potter
Sister bought me the first book for christmas (I was ~28). Hauled myself through most of it and gave up. With two pages left. Dreadful.

On the flip side I applaud JKR for singlehandedly igniting serious interest in reading for a generation of children, but that is what her books are: child literature. America has Dan Brown (his books are shit an' all), we have JKR.
(mersault, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 15:19, 9 replies)

Well, I've never even tried the books
But I watched around 10 minutes of one of the films and had to turn it off. Possibly the fastest I've switched off a movie than any other. That includes The Simpsons and Tropic Thunder..
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 15:23, closed)

There was a provisonal title
for the book that chronicles Harry's puberty:

Harry Potter And The New Way To Go To Sleep
( TheFinch is getting to grips with the complex plane on, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 15:26, closed)

Yes.
Although I liked the first few books (I think I was 10 when I read them, which would explain why they appealed... :P ) But the films, the cashing in, the hype, and Daniel Fucking Radcliff? No.
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 15:29, closed)

They're hardly groundbreaking literature
but I found them perfectly readable.

And Rowling can actually write, unlike Dan Brown.
( chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 15:34, closed)

damn you
for saying what I wanted to say but sooner and with fewer words.
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 15:35, closed)

:D
almost at the same time in fact.

Great minds and all that.
( chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 15:46, closed)

Meh, I like 'em.
I wouldn't present them as the be-all and end-all of literature, but I like em.

And as for the comparison to Dan Brown... I know different strokes for different folks, but I read the davinci code a while ago and it was the only book I've ever read that actually jolted me out of my reading-inspired-trance because it was so artlessly and clumsily written.
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 15:34, closed)

We also have...
...Terry Pratchett
(Biscuit Boy - aka - mcvpjd3, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 16:43, closed)

^THIS
in huge fucking shovelfuls.

*getting unseen academicals for my birthday*
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 20:27, closed)