It is derivative in the extreme. I'm allowed to be bored by mediocrity, sorry, it doesn't take anything away from you if you enjoyed it. Quite ironic the implied peer pressure implicit in your reply - I must like it or I am so stupid as to confuse it with a knockoff.
I also am not a fan of Harry Potter. These are the sort of books that are wildly popular amongst people who otherwise don't read anything at all. So I suppose it is better than nothing.
I must like it or I am so stupid as to confuse it with a knockoff
The thing is, your response to the novel is out of whack to the point that it becomes a legitimate (if snarky) question – especially given that you made multiple mistakes in the title!
I think it would be fair to say that the novel is as close as it comes to being objectively not "hot garbage" – multi-award winning, widely-praised, multiple adaptations, massive cultural impact and so on. You're not obliged to like everything—I for one have absolutely zero interest in Harry Potter—but if you're going to go out of your way to hyperbolise then don't be surprised if you get pushback on it.
> multi-award winning, widely-praised, multiple adaptations, massive cultural impact and so on
Can say the same about about Marvel movies and Fifty Shades of Grey.
> but if you're going to go out of your way to hyperbolise then don't be surprised if you get pushback on it.
I simply wrote that I think it sucks but don't support banning it.
As for surprise at screeching over tedium, who could be at this day and age. I already said I insist on your right to awful taste and screeching - just not at me. Begone to your Oprah's Book Club schlock you absolute philistines :P
Hot garbage is a big overstatement, but I'd agree that its fame has more to do with hitting a nerve than with its being a remarkably good book. I'd personally probably put it at the bottom of the Atwood novels I've read—but, at the same time, might well recommend it first to many people coming to Atwood, today. It's not bad, it's "hot" right now, and it's not a challenging read (unlike, say, Surfacing)
I also am not a fan of Harry Potter. These are the sort of books that are wildly popular amongst people who otherwise don't read anything at all. So I suppose it is better than nothing.