A NEW Rowling review site. Can it be true?

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

Hi, everyone! I hope this doesn't get flagged as spam: the folks at Ferretbrain posted a link to a tumblr called Reviewing Rowling. The reviews are a bit harsh - I truly don't think Rowling's grammar is that bad - but the reviewer talks sense about Harry's lack of normal affect and Petunia and Vernon's very normal and sympathetic desire to protect their son. Here's the link:

http://reviewingrowling.tumblr.com/

Comments

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

I feel like the lack of humor in this is something of a difficult balance to strike in MST's. Because speaking as someone who's done MSTing myself, it's not always easy to keep MST's fun if you see something you don't like, and there's tradeoffs as to whether you want to focus more on fun or more on pointing out what's wrong. Too much emphasis on joking around, and you may go off on tangents and risk coming across as random; but too little focus on humor as opposed to listing problems and you risk coming off as too critical and a nitpicky brat. It's something I've been struggling with, and so far I've just been using my project stories' sensationalist aspects as a draw.