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Eliezer Yudkowsky: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (Paperback, 2015, Fanfiction.net) 3 stars

In this alternative version of J.K. Rowling's famous tale, Petunia Evans marries the biochemist Michael …

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4 stars

  • This is probably the only instance of the Child Genius trope that I've ever been able to tolerate.


  • Super interested in how this story delved deeply into the problematic political, racial, feminist aspects of the HP world.


  • My biggest takeaway is probably that Harry is possibly the most rational and intelligent creature in this universe, but that this doesn't prevent him from making colossal blunders and mistakes: rationality does not equal wisdom.


  • The ending was RIDICULOUS. As in I groaned and threw the book across the room for how preposterous it was.