Rowling criticised over 'Potter' success

J.K. Rowling has been criticised over her success by a blogger at The Daily Telegraph.

According to PopStar, Toby Young asserted that the author's books are second-rate and that she doesn't deserve to be a billionaire as a consequence.

"A thoroughly undeserved honour," he claimed, before going on to attest that the series is a "bland amalgam of far more interesting work by far more imaginative writers" and that "the plots are feeble and episodic".

He did give the novelist some credit, but said that what little merit there was dried up due to "endless repetition".

Young is an author in his own right; his book is called How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.

Give the girl a break. In a free-market system authors are paid largely according to how popular they are, it has little to do with literary merit. The same is true for musicians, actors etc. There is no reason why Rowling should be singled-out for criticism other than jealousy on the part of the newspaper columnist.

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Give the girl a break. In a free-market system authors are paid largely according to how popular they are, it has little to do with literary merit. The same is true for musicians, actors etc. There is no reason why Rowling should be singled-out for criticism other than jealousy on the part of the newspaper columnist.

Couldn't have put it better myself Dutchy - she's earned it!