Harry Potter and the Crusty Sock
Was at the playground today and I saw a heavy-set man sitting alone on a bench, facing the playground, and starting the new Harry Potter.
Why didn’t he just hang a sign around his neck that said, “CHILD MOLESTER”?
We don’t have the book yet. My wife wanted to order the British version from Amazon.co.uk, because the Bloomsbury editions have awful cover art (see above), and they keep all the British slang like “punter,” and “bloody,” and “snog,” and “bugger my cunny.” My level of excitement is way under control. I enjoyed books 3 through 5, but the sixth book fell limp for me in so many ways, from the abortively handled teen romances to the nagging feeling that all the best action was happening off-camera, in Draco’s and Snape’s heads. Harry was the dullest kid in the book but the story couldn’t leave him behind.
But who cares what I think, I don’t even know how the last book ends. I know who dies at the end, though: Scholastic’s share price. Good luck finding another cash cow like that! And by the way, your mascot Clifford is fucking retarded. My kid is two and he’s already too old for it.
Wow Chris, sounds like you had a bad day. A fat guy reading Harry Potter is not a child molester, at least where I live he’s not. That was so harsh.
I read all the books and just got through the last one. It’s not the best, but better then the sixth. It is what it is, a fun story for people who don’t really read that much.
Mattt
July 26, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Ha ha, I meant it as a nice way … it was just too easy to picture the guy staring at all the kids on the playground and thinking, “My pretty little wizards … do my bidding!”
Still haven’t received the seventh book, so I have no idea
savetherobot
July 27, 2007 at 10:44 am
… what happens yet. I’m impressed by how well people are holding back the spoilers.
savetherobot
July 27, 2007 at 10:44 am
Finished it Monday, and now I’m just dying for everyone else to hurry up and read it so I can discuss, DISCUSS! But I would have gutted anyone who spoiled it for me, and I’m glad I no longer have to tread with dread around the internets.
Leigh
July 27, 2007 at 2:47 pm
I here ya Chris, it is very easy to picture a creepy dude doing that sort of thing.
in response to Leigh, i haven’t found that many spoilers on the net. But i would still tread lightly.
Matt
July 27, 2007 at 3:23 pm