I have no opinion on queues and spotted dick, but the glimpses of real (as in Muggle) life I got in the books did not seem very brutally real - and rightly so, I don't expect bleeding edge realism in a fantasy book where I'm already suspending disbelief (massively). OTOH, it may have something to do with Harry's POV and his own cultural background, upbringing & references. So yes, I am aware that it's meant to be real, and it feels more real & familiar than the magical world, but since I am ALREADY immersed in a narrative where I have to accept parallel magic/RL realities, the 'RL' in the book is automatically different than the RL I expect outside the narrative, sitting in my armchair in the real, external world outside the book.
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blamebrampton) wrote2011-02-08 11:58 pm
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I think.