Finished 05/11/2023
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
It sounds silly: Harry Potter using logic. It will either make me laugh or make me cringe; it should be something like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I’ll give it a chance; if it does not work by chapter 10, I’ll stop. Reviews are very mixed.
I have to say it intrigued me, I read about 200 pages and it is a very interesting take on inconsistencies in the HP world, but
- Potter talks like a philosopher, unrealistic and annoying
- Flat characters, elements only there to move things forward
- 2,300 pages are not bearable
- Nice ideas to overturn the original story, but some are too forced
I loved ideas like the Comed-Tea and how it upends Draco’s racism, I might continue in the distant future.