We don't need no education

[altariel]

katlinel has a splendid post about the Harry Potter books as boarding school stories rather than fantasy books.

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[hafren.livejournal.com]

Very early on, I thought they were Jennings with broomsticks, only she has not, IMO, got the same gift either for prose or for humour that the late Buckeridge had,

[altariel.livejournal.com]

No, they're not the most accomplished of books. I think of them as being like a bag of Quavers: you know that they're a bit cardboardy but you can't stop consuming them.