Who will rid us of the Potter menace?
What will we tell the children when the little tikes open up their copy of The New York Times hoping to scan Michiko Kakutani's review of Falling Man, but instead find that the powerful critic fails to give a "spoiler alert" tag at the start of today's column?LONDON (Reuters) - The New York Times published a review of the final Harry Potter book on Thursday before it went on sale, drawing a stinging response from author J.K. Rowling.
The review, by Michiko Kakutani, appeared in the newspaper's online version overnight, ahead of the official release of the eagerly awaited "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" at 0001 British Summer Time on Saturday or 2301 GMT on Friday night.
Rowling, who has amassed a personal fortune from her popular tales of the boy wizard, responded in a terse statement.
"I am staggered that some American newspapers have decided to publish purported spoilers in the form of reviews in complete disregard of the wishes of literally millions of readers, particularly children," she said.
"I am incredibly grateful to all those newspapers, booksellers and others who have chosen not to attempt to spoil Harry's last adventure for fans," the 41-year-old added.
It's a hard world for the little things.
And for 41-year old multi-millionaire authors.
Labels: Harry Potter is evil, Michico Kakutani
posted by John at 11:55 AM
1 Comments:
If the reviewer gave away the plot he should be shot! (metaphorically of course) I hate reviews that merely summarize the plot and don't discuss the merits of the writing and underlying ideas.
BTW in my opinion, the Harry Potter series is fantastically imaginative and a great adventure story for kids of all ages.
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