[ SECRET POST #5745 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5745 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Comments

[tabaqui]

Reading the Wiki, I can see why Americans, in general, didn't fall on them like they did HP; they're very *British* in tone and in subject. "They...captured something of the zeitgeist of the UK during the Thatcher period," and "The second theme is depiction of the social and political situation in Britain, with particular reference to left-wing politics in the 1980s in the first three books."

Not a lot of YA readers in the early 80s had much of a clue about either of those things, and probably wouldn't be all that interested.

No, I've never read them or actually heard of them.

[(Anonymous)]

I have read them and it's a completely off-the-wall comparison, they're not alike at all

[tabaqui]

Interesting. What are they like?

[(Anonymous)]

They're very satirical and humorous. They're written in the first person and a lot of the appeal and humor is sort of drawn from his foibles and his perspective and stuff like that. I remember them being good but just not at all comparable to HP.

[(Anonymous)]

*not a lot of AMERICAN YA readers would have had a clue

British teens would have.

[tabaqui]

Sure? Was it hugely popular like HP was in the UK?
And the secret is coming from an American, so I'm imagining they're wondering why it wasn't popular in the US like HP was.