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Is it just me who thinks the Times might have something better to do with its time and space than compare and contrast a book which the entire reading (and non-reading) world has already read (or at least skimmed to the end) with Orwell and Hitler-Stalin era fantasies?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J. K. Rowling - Books - Review - New York Times: "Many wore a lightning-flash on their foreheads: Orwell would have recoiled at seeing the symbol of Sir Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists on otherwise unblemished brows, even if the emblem was tamed by its new white-magic associations. And this was a sideshow to the circus, all across the English-speaking and even non-English world, as the countdown to the witching hour began."
Unfortunately, when I read a Times "review" anymore I tend to feel as if it's an episode in finding out how much more the reviewer knows about history and literature than I do. In other words, it doesn't even touch what I want it to touch, and has absolutely no relevance on my life.
Alas. Perhaps I am as alone in this as I could be.
Do you read the review? What does it do for you?
Labels: book, book review, Harry Potter
