Comments on: Review: Enter Title Here, Rahul Kanakia

By: Naomi

Naomi — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:08:00 +0000

Yes, Slytherins get a bum rap! My youngest daughter is a Slytherin (I say this like it’s a true meaningful fact), and it doesn’t surprise me at all. She has spent her whole life so far telling the rest of us what to do and how and when to do it. It can get a little trying, but she’s going to be okay in life I think. I was worried she’d be upset about being cast as a Slytherin, but she’s actually really proud of it (more proof that she’s a Slytherin?).

By: helen (a gallimaufry)

helen (a gallimaufry) — Sun, 26 Feb 2017 07:18:00 +0000

Although my self-image is that I’m Hufflepuff, the Sorting Hat told me I was Slytherin! I’m still slightly horrified by this. I should probably read this novel. 🙂

By: Katie @ Doing Dewey

Katie @ Doing Dewey — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 21:43:00 +0000

Interesting! I’ve been intrigued by the title of this one for awhile, but I didn’t have a good idea what it was about. The different perspectives sound like they’d add a lot of depth.

By: Alley

Alley — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 17:50:00 +0000

Iiiiinteresting. And yeah, Slytherins (stop it, spellcheck, it’s a real word) need their own story of, OK, maybe not the most likable, but not eeeeevil

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 23:39:00 +0000

I’ve been meaning to read this book since it was release. I actually do enjoy YA character that aren’t likable depending on how their character/the story is written. Thanks for sharing your review!

By: Memory

Memory — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:14:00 +0000

Ooh, I HAVE been looking for a YA with a thoroughly Slytherin heroine. I recently realized all the POV characters in my current project are extremely Slytherin and this has made me feel much happier about Slytherinness than I was in the recent past.

By: Alice

Alice — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 18:45:00 +0000

This sounds great, I love a YA with a difference. And hooray Slytherin protagonist (I too am a Raveneclaw, but I’m all for complex, horrible human beings, they’re interesting things to observe.)

By: Katy

Katy — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 05:42:00 +0000

In reply to etudesque. I agree. Especially if you're writing in a genre like YA, which has so much that's cliched, I think it's probably easy to start by being imitative and veer into outright copying without realizing it. I felt bad for Viswanathan at the time, and I feel bad for her if this novel is based on her, which it sounds like it is. Obviously the novel needed to get pulled, but I thought the public backlash against her was far too extreme for the kind of plagiarism this was. I think a lot of it was that she was young and hyper-successful and people were pleased to see her fail.

By: etudesque

etudesque — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 05:36:00 +0000

In reply to Katy. Interesting! I didn't hear about the Helen Keller one. It's cliche, but I feel like everything that could be thought up has already been thought up in one way or another, so it's not surprising when different people's work start to blend together.

By: Katy

Katy — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 05:23:00 +0000

In reply to etudesque. It made me think of that, too. But I always bought Viswanathan's explanation that she just read Meg Cabot's books so much that she internalized certain passages and thought they were her own. It's not uncommon. The same thing happened to Helen Keller when she wrote her first story at the age of eleven.