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Like books that got very popular but you never really could get into.

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[–] akincisor@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Harry Potter. Very shallow surface level magic where nothing made sense if you thought about it.

[–] Wooster@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To add to this:

Hogwarts was well thought out and imaginative. The setting was practically a character in its own right.

But Harry Potter himself was unbelievably bland. He was nothing special, but was treated as if he were because of who he was related to or otherwise connected to.

[–] lightsecond 12 points 1 year ago

Harry is bland because he’s the reader stand-in in the wonderful world of magic.

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