Jul 30 2007
Reality is Always Stranger than Fiction
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Now we all heard about the helplines and support centers that were created in anticipation of the great amount of stress and grief many readers would endure as a result of the conclusion of the popular Harry Potter series. Whether it be because the much beloved series had reached an end or the deaths of many characters, therapists and authorities alike feared what the outcome might be. I think we all laughed and rolled our eyes at what could only be perceived as an alarmist reaction yet according to this blog post a young girl in the Philippines took her life after downloading and reading, what she and her mother believed, to be the real-deal.
Prior to the book’s release many real and false copies of the book were floating around on the internet. The “book” the girl read was indeed a fake, and after it’s sad and gruesome end the young girl locked herself in her room and hung herself.
After stumbling upon that I’m really at a loss at what to say here. I want to be sympathetic to the girl and her family but I just can’t get beyond the absurdity of it. Yeah it was a good series, but folks, it’s fiction and not even real. Chill.
