We can sit here all day splitting hairs over the optics and how the legady of things has held up or not, but calling the books that inspired a vast majority of a generation to get back into literacy and reading sh*t feels a bit insane to me. I was around 10 when the first book came out - I vividly remember Rosie O'Donnell having the author on her show and singing it's praises which only continued when the book came out in the US.
I loved the boioks and despite everything she has done to tarnish her own image, I hold the memories of the books [and the films] for the magic it allowed me to feel as a kid.
Everyone's entitled to feel how they want about the books/ that woman and her as a person, but there's no denying the signficiant impact [in a good way] those books had on a generation.
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.
Updated On: 8/26/26 at 01:54 PM