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Post by mikef6 on Sept 2, 2022 15:44:03 GMT
In 2019 Rowling got roasted on Twitter for her transphobic statements. Her latest book (“The Ink Black Heart”,” an installment in the Cormoran Strike series of mysteries written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith) is about a person who gets roasted on Twitter for a similar gaffe. So naturally, the book is getting roasted on Twitter for personal and artistic reasons. From what I’ve read about the new novel, a lot of its 1200 pages (that’s right, one thousand two hundred) is composed of fictitious mean Tweets. I have to say that, as a lifelong mystery reader, the first books in the series are also overlong but darn good mysteries and Strike is an interesting character. He is the illegitimate son of a famous rock star (his mother was a “super groupie”), lost part of a leg in Afghanistan, and carries a lot of excess weight. At the start of the series, his private detective business is failing. All the other books are also long and overwritten (like the later Harry Potters), but the character building is good and the mystery puzzles excellent. I think I will skip her latest, though.  |
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Post by Nalkarj on Sept 2, 2022 17:30:08 GMT
I think I picked up the first one in the series and didn’t get far into it. I don’t even remember why. But I will say that Rowling’s true calling seems to be as a mystery writer; one blogger with whom I used to chat put Goblet of Fire on his top 10 mysteries list, and I can completely understand why.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Sept 4, 2022 6:40:51 GMT
I am still not sure what she said that was so bad.
I mean if i am not mistaken, all she said was, "Only biologically women menstruate" as far as i know that is true.
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Post by Zos on Sept 4, 2022 11:16:00 GMT
Read the last one that was about 600 pages, can't see the point of a 1000 page detective story myself, the series is fine but hardly Earth shattering. Got the new one and will give it a go sometime. She's as entitled to her opinions as anyone else.
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Post by theravenking on Sept 4, 2022 14:51:06 GMT
I think I picked up the first one in the series and didn’t get far into it. I don’t even remember why. But I will say that Rowling’s true calling seems to be as a mystery writer; one blogger with whom I used to chat put Goblet of Fire on his top 10 mysteries list, and I can completely understand why. I love Goblet Of Fire too (a shame they botched the movie adaptation though), but could barely get through the first Cormoran Strike novel. I decided to give the series another try and read the second one, but it wasn't much to my liking either.
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Post by mikef6 on Sept 4, 2022 15:04:54 GMT
Read the last one that was about 600 pages, can't see the point of a 1000 page detective story myself, the series is fine but hardly Earth shattering. Got the new one and will give it a go sometime. She's as entitled to her opinions as anyone else. Of course she is entitled to her opinions. But she is not entitled to avoid backlash if she shares them in public. If she does that, then others are entitled to share their own opinions of her.
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Post by Zos on Sept 4, 2022 15:35:27 GMT
Read the last one that was about 600 pages, can't see the point of a 1000 page detective story myself, the series is fine but hardly Earth shattering. Got the new one and will give it a go sometime. She's as entitled to her opinions as anyone else. Of course she is entitled to her opinions. But she is not entitled to avoid backlash if she shares them in public. If she does that, then others are entitled to share their own opinions of her. Of course they can, but a very tiny minority should never be able to threaten and intimidate people into silence.
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Post by Marv on Sept 4, 2022 16:47:21 GMT
Her Harry Potter universe was magical...but I haven't felt a desire to read anything else by her.
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Post by mikef6 on Sept 4, 2022 18:25:48 GMT
Of course she is entitled to her opinions. But she is not entitled to avoid backlash if she shares them in public. If she does that, then others are entitled to share their own opinions of her. Of course they can, but a very tiny minority should never be able to threaten and intimidate people into silence. I don't think that's what's happened with Rowling. Criticism of her opinions came from all over in just about every form including carefully explaining to her why she is fundamentally wrong. She was buried in negative comments but that doesn't necessarily mean threats. Conservatives of her strip just call it treats to be able to cry victim.
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Post by stryker on Sept 5, 2022 10:05:13 GMT
Of course they can, but a very tiny minority should never be able to threaten and intimidate people into silence. I don't think that's what's happened with Rowling. Criticism of her opinions came from all over in just about every form including carefully explaining to her why she is fundamentally wrong. She was buried in negative comments but that doesn't necessarily mean threats. Conservatives of her strip just call it treats to be able to cry victim. Firstly, I don't think J.K. Rowling is a "conservative". Secondly, I agree with everything she has said on the trans issue. That twisted, hate fueled militant trans activists have threatened he life sickens me to my stomach.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 5, 2022 11:49:59 GMT
Of course they can, but a very tiny minority should never be able to threaten and intimidate people into silence. I don't think that's what's happened with Rowling. Criticism of her opinions came from all over in just about every form including carefully explaining to her why she is fundamentally wrong. She was buried in negative comments but that doesn't necessarily mean threats. Conservatives of her strip just call it treats to be able to cry victim. She is not wrong, fundamentally or otherwise. Her opinions on trans issues are perfectly sensible. |
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Post by Zos on Sept 5, 2022 14:38:55 GMT
Of course they can, but a very tiny minority should never be able to threaten and intimidate people into silence. I don't think that's what's happened with Rowling. Criticism of her opinions came from all over in just about every form including carefully explaining to her why she is fundamentally wrong. She was buried in negative comments but that doesn't necessarily mean threats. Conservatives of her strip just call it treats to be able to cry victim. She's left wing and every piece of coverage I have read has been very positive about her comments apart from a small minority of Trans activists. Not sure where you get your information from, couldn't be much wider of the mark.
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Post by Morgana on Sept 13, 2022 14:27:10 GMT
Read the last one that was about 600 pages, can't see the point of a 1000 page detective story myself, the series is fine but hardly Earth shattering. Got the new one and will give it a go sometime. She's as entitled to her opinions as anyone else. Of course she is entitled to her opinions. But she is not entitled to avoid backlash if she shares them in public. If she does that, then others are entitled to share their own opinions of her. But why is there a backlash over what she said? It was in no way transphobic. People seem to love reading hate into anything anyone says that they don't agree with.
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Post by Morgana on Sept 13, 2022 14:29:12 GMT
I haven't read any of the Striker novels but I've seen a couple of seasons of the TV show and though they weren't anything really memorable, they were okay.
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Post by luffy on Sept 13, 2022 18:02:30 GMT
I was reading The Ink Black Heart, relishing, for once, enjoying a 1000 page book, until I got to the 'tweets'. I was reading an e-book and the formatting was horrible. Nobody in her camp told her that her book was ill formatted. Everyone seems to be weirdly incompetent or yes men. I DNFed her book.
Troubled Blood, the predecessor to The Ink Black Heart, had a murderer dressed as a woman for criminal purposes. I don't agree with the backlash against Rowling, but she seems determined to fan the flames and not let the controversy die a natural death.
I gave Lethal White (book 4) by Galbraith 1 star on Goodreads but I did not DNF it. It was readable. Only it was too inane.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Sept 13, 2022 22:00:00 GMT
I am still not sure what she said that was so bad. I mean if i am not mistaken, all she said was, "Only biologically women menstruate" as far as i know that is true. She misused statistics to try and make people think trans women are raping cis women in prison. (More detail: There was a report showing that trans women were involved in a disproportionate number of sexual assaults in prison. However, the report found they were nearly always involved as the VICTIM when placed in men's prisons. Rowling removed this key context, simply saying that trans women were involved in a disproportionate amount of prison rapes, the intention being that people would assume they were the aggressors and that cis women were the victims.) She also defended some lady who was "fired for having different beliefs". In reality, the woman was never a full employee of the company (I believe she was an independent contractor), her "different beliefs" included publicly attacking trans women who were full employees online and encouraging harassment of them, and she was "fired" when the company refused to renew her contract after her old contract expired. She falsely claimed that "radicals" had doxxed her by putting pictures on social media of them outside her estate. In reality, the estate she lived on is well-known and has it's own Wikipedia page. I think tours are even given there. She was just trying to play victim. Ironically, while decrying "cancel culture", she has repeatedly blocked anyone and everyone who disagrees with her at all, including former friends. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Sept 14, 2022 9:53:40 GMT
I like the TV adaptations with Tom Burke and Holiday Grainger.
No interest pin reading the books.
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