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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8525084" data-attributes="member: 7023887">I'm here to point out that if people are feeling uncomfortable with reading/recommending Harry Potter and similar books by J.K. Rowling, and want to substitute a young-adult book series at least as good and made by a person that isn't a total douchebag, read Rick Riordan's books instead. Percy Jackson and Rick Riordan's other series are a perfect substitution for them. Diverse characters, especially in his later series, with great personalities, playing with/subverting standard fantasy tropes/clichés (The Chosen One, always-evil-monsters, and similar examples), and far less plot holes and changes to how magic works than there are in the Harry Potter series. And you can tell that he does a ton of research into real world mythologies when writing his books, and how he engages with his community shows that he's legitimately a good person (he wrote the series as a way of supporting his son that has ADHD and dyslexia, writing a series where someone like him is the main protagonist and these &quot;disorders&quot; are actually helpful).If you want to support a popular fantasy author that has books aimed at the same age group that Harry Potter was, Rick Riordan is your guy.Just . . . don't watch the movies. Those never happened. They're a prime example of what not to do when converting a book series to the big screen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8525084, member: 7023887"] I'm here to point out that if people are feeling uncomfortable with reading/recommending Harry Potter and similar books by J.K. Rowling, and want to substitute a young-adult book series at least as good and made by a person that isn't a total douchebag, read Rick Riordan's books instead. Percy Jackson and Rick Riordan's other series are a perfect substitution for them. Diverse characters, especially in his later series, with great personalities, playing with/subverting standard fantasy tropes/clichés (The Chosen One, always-evil-monsters, and similar examples), and far less plot holes and changes to how magic works than there are in the Harry Potter series. And you can tell that he does a ton of research into real world mythologies when writing his books, and how he engages with his community shows that he's legitimately a good person (he wrote the series as a way of supporting his son that has ADHD and dyslexia, writing a series where someone like him is the main protagonist and these "disorders" are actually helpful). If you want to support a popular fantasy author that has books aimed at the same age group that Harry Potter was, Rick Riordan is your guy. Just . . . don't watch the movies. Those never happened. They're a prime example of what not to do when converting a book series to the big screen. [/QUOTE]

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