“Differences of habit, language and gender are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
- Not J.K. Rowling, I'm afraid.

I love Harry Potter as much as anyone, which is why I urge everyone who spends money on these books to also support the trans community.

To say it with the author's words: “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” Well.

Here’s a list of organisations that support trans lives (feel free to reach out and recommend more). Every penny counts:

Mermaids UK

The Trevor Project

Black Visions Collective because Black trans lives matter.

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“The truth is generally preferable to lies.”
-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

JK Rowling knows how to write highly readable text. She specializes in short, highly digestible paragraphs. The pages flow pretty quickly.

She also elevates the problems of Harry Potter from just one boy to good versus evil.

However, this book was too long. I wish that Rowling shortened the book, cutting out Rita Skeeter, Quidditch, and The Yule Ball. She could have easily sold these bits of Harry Potter as short stories.

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TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN. TRANS MEN ARE MEN. NON-BINARY PEOPLE ARE NON-BINARY.

Harry Potter changed my life and the memories I have associated with it can never be changed or tarnished no matter what its creator says or does. Her comments have caused me so much pain and disappointment and even if one day she realises how ignorant and hateful she has been it is now too late to amend the harm she has caused. Nevertheless, like Daniel Radcliffe said the relationship between a reader and a book is sacred and nothing can change that. Harry Potter is no longer hers and I will continue loving and cherishing this world and these characters forever (and yes, I will be re-reading the series and watching the movies time and time again during my lifetime).

However, I can no longer support her or her future work. Rowling is TRANSPHOBIC and supporting her in any way, shape or form supports her views and harms trans people and the LGBTQ+ community profoundly. I cannot take back the money I have given her already, but I can choose to never again spend money that will go directly in her pockets.

I want to use this space to encourage everyone to support trans authors and read more literature featuring trans characters. This page is a good place to start.

Please consider donating to a trans charity of your choice (MermaidsUK could be a place to start, because they have been directly attacked by Rowling) and click here to find about more trans organisations in the UK and what you can do to help.

If you still love Harry Potter that’s okay but stop supporting Rowling and stop putting any more money in her pockets. Let’s all actively work together to make this fandom inclusive to everyone and show trans people especially that we are a loving community who would never question their identity or experience.

Part of the reason I love Harry Potter is that it never skimps on the non-plot-related world-building. Exploding Snap, butterbeer, Qudditch World cup... My goodness, Rowling. Do you have a direct hotline to the Nine Muses? If so, can I have their number too?

I leave you with this gifset:







Expecto patronum, bitches.

I don't know why I thought I'd actually be able to review these books. I can't. I have nothing to say that hasn't already been said and really I don't think I could manage anything other than some flailing and fangirling. So here you go:

*flails*

*fangirls*

I know what you’re thinking: don’t I have anything better to do than reread a 750-page-long book on my weekend? Of course I do! I could try my hand at baking bread, cakes, muffins, or any other carb-heavy project, and then share the results on my social media—risking transforming into Thor’s big-bellied image from the last Avengers movie after consuming them incessantly, like most of my friends have done since quarantine began (it will end eventually, right?). But wait a minute—scratch that idea! If I insisted on baking, I’d only end up posing with burned or overcooked disasters.

I could also resume my at-home soccer matches with my dearest husband, but there’s not a single intact glass left in our house. Walking barefoot still stresses me out because, for all I know, there’s a tiny, threatening shard of glass hiding somewhere, just waiting for me to step on it.

And of course, after devouring Ozark, La Casa de Papel, Tiger King, and Unorthodox, I’ve struggled to find anything else that matches my taste in shows.

Sure, I’m already juggling three books, but on weekends, melancholy creeps in. That’s when I gravitate toward things that made me happy in the past—like rewatching Shaun of the Dead, The Big Lebowski, and Fight Club. The best part? Every rewatch reveals new details you missed before!

Speaking of books, the third one in my current series is my favorite. It’s special because it’s the last time my “three musketeers” retained their innocence before stepping into the dark side.

This book I’m revisiting now marks the beginning of that darkness. It’s the middle part of a long series—a pivotal installment. A major death shakes the characters to their core, and their lives are forever changed. This is one of the darkest, most action-packed, gripping, and heartbreaking books in the series.

When I first read it nearly 20 years ago, I wasn’t intimidated by its length. On the contrary, I felt lucky—finally, a Harry Potter novel that I couldn’t finish in a day! (For context: I devoured the first three books in a day each. Correction: the first book only took me half a day, thanks to the speed-reading skills I developed during college.) The book’s length felt like a gift because it meant I could spend more time immersed in Harry Potter’s world.

As I revisited the Quidditch World Cup chapters, I was in awe of J.K. Rowling’s creativity and visionary writing. It transported me back to my younger, more naïve self, reminding me of how much I’d cherished each chapter, thrilled at Harry’s victories, and been utterly shocked by the ending.

I loved it all over again and promised myself to reread it in another 20 years (hopefully not during a quarantine next time!).

I recommend revisiting books that let you time-travel to happier moments in your past. They help you face the terrors of today and find the strength to carry hope into tomorrow. That’s why J.K. Rowling remains one of my all-time favorite authors!

I remember the first time I read this……

I’d just started a real crappy job that I came to hate. I’d dropped out of university after my first year because my degree in psychology was a terrible choice, I seemed to be making more enemies than friends through life, but none of that mattered because I was reading a great series of books. I had something to look forward to every day when I really needed it.

The point is books are escapism and fantasy books particularly so. As I got my shit together, this book helped me move on and get through life as so many other books have since.

As Harry, Ron and Hermione entered their fourth year of Hogwarts, arguably their most challenging and intense year yet, I checked my mail box to see if my invite had finally arrived.

It hadn’t.

It still hasn't.

Maybe one day.

My fav Harry Potter book so far!!

I adore the family that Harry has found

I'm apparently the crankiest person on earth, because this was my least favorite Potter book yet. (AZKABAN being my favorite!) It's mostly because:

1. There is too much tournamenting for my taste.
2. I hate the house elves. :O
3. The word "quietly" is egregiously overused. It loses its effectiveness because it appears so often.
4. There are moments when Harry and Ron behave like stereotypical stupid boys (I know, I know, they're 14...doesn't mean I can't be annoyed with them.)

The book gets an extra star because the last 10 chapters were very good, though, and I loved:

1. that Hermione gets a makeover, but then matter-of-factly says it's too much trouble to straighten her hair every day.
2. the creepy thing in the blanket
3. Cedric! Poor brave boy. WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME.

Complete 5 Golden Stars

one of my favourites

all the thrills, mysteries, the competition, more lovely characters. (some more jerks too that I wanted to hit their heads at the wall)
THAT ENDING!

Now I'm writing this, after many times re-read, I exactly remembered my first reaction after finishing this book, after that horror in the end of the book, I was awestruck; "WHY THIS BOOK IS OVER!? give me more!" & then there was no book 5, you see the pain? after the biggest plot twists of the series (which I was looking forward to it so much) I had to wait!
Harry Potter series was my first in many things; my first novel, my first fantasy, my first book crush, & one of them was my first Cliffhanger!


this book is the point that the world started to getting Darker & a little out of mere-middle-grade-ish part. not that previous books were childish, but they're fun & cute & the protagonists are younger; suitable for both kids & young readers, but now things getting more serious & dark.
I love how Rowling's slowly revealing the wizarding world's secrets to us, each book has something new about the world. we have time to process the interesting new info & remember it later. (the complete opposite of info-dump) & I believe it's a talent.
& here it's about the first war & You know who's followers & rituals.
We're also about to see the Quidditch World Cup (Fudge was so funny here!) & getting more information about the magical educations around the world.

the plot; we knew something were off, but we can't exactly pinpointed it until the end when the truth revealed. Rowling knows how to reveal a plot twist in the most shocking way. (she actually proved it a few times in book 1, 2 & 3! but still surprising how brilliant it is.)

Harry's suddenly in trouble & he doesn't know how.
I like Krum.
& all the predicaments the Trio should struggle through made by Rita Skeeter, bullies & the mean students, but they didn't cower or hide, they held their head high & ignoring them.

I always loved villains in disguises, they are interesting & cunning & we can't tell until they revealed their secrets. the feel of bewildered betrayal the hero going through.

the writing style is fun as always, comparing to book one, it has improved a lot, now it's graceful & rich.
the villain's chapter was the best villain-ish/not-Harry-related POV in the whole series; intriguing & spooky.

the movie was good, but didn't do the justice toward the book, it felt so rushed & deleted many parts of the book.
I would've liked to see the Quidditch World cup Final match on the screen, the real "interesting" 3rd task & the Sphinx, the hilarious scenes by Ludo, Dobby, Winky & her story or showing the stubborn stupid refusal of that gargoyle to accept the truth & the cleavage in the society in the end.
& while fans are angry about "Dumbledore asked calmly" part that turned out the total opposite in the movie (& I totally LAUGHED at that part everytime I reach that moment in either the book or the movie), I'm MAD at how movie Harry acted out-of-character in one scene in the movie (just because increasing the thrills I suppose) when he did exactly the opposite in the book.

Harry Potter book: *ends*
Me: *listens to break-up songs and cries uncontrollably*