The fandom believes all of it
Joan Smith reviews the new JK Rowling novel:
Like its predecessor, The Ink Black Heart is a doorstopper, giving Rowling space to explore the psychology of individuals who abuse women online, but it is evidence of her ingenuity as a writer that this intention only gradually becomes clear.
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“He’s convinced people I worked as a prostitute when I was broke,” Edie tells Robin. “He sent me pictures of my dead mother, claiming I told lies about her death. And the fandom believes all of it, and they attack me for stuff I’ve never done, never said, things I don’t believe.” The final sentence is not just heartfelt, it could be Rowling speaking about herself after a couple of years of persecution by individuals posting wild misrepresentations of her work and views online.
It could be many many other women, too.
I’ve never read Rowling, but this sounds like one I might pick up.
I gave up on Harry Potter before I finished the first. Maybe at 50 I wasn’t the target market, but the Cormoran Strike novels are well worth the read. Apart from the contrived first meeting of the two protagonists*, the developing relationship is interesting itself, apart from the stories.
I am certainly looking forward to this new one.
*OK, it’s fiction, everything is contrived. :-)