Kai's Reviews > Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles

This brief online work is one of the most brilliant pieces of satire ever written. Through the first chapters, you are godfully dazzled by the extraneous and hilarious use of adverbs and adjectives. The premise by itself is funny, but the writing elevates it to a new level. The real mastery comes in the other aspects of the way it was constructed. First, the name of the author: Grace Ann Parsons. It suits the content so well. The blurbs that start each chapter in response to comments are divine, lending further realism to the project. We see an evolution in the project as reader comments, many of whom think it to be real, are used to adapt the story and the persona of the author. Those who are faithful until the end are rewarded with a doozy of a last chapter that settles any doubt about whether this is a project from a truly deluded Christian housewife or a brilliant satirist:
"Ok, you know what, this has gone too far. I'm sure that most people can tell that I'm not being serious, but if I'm contributing to misinformation and stereotypes, I don't feel comfortable continuing this." -Voldemort
AND YET, despite all of these clear statements that it was a joke, "I am a troll," etc., people still believe it is a real project! This is perhaps the most telling aspect of the success that Grace Ann has realized: people read the first chapter and have already made up their minds. No matter what is revealed in the later chapters about it not being a real project, people fail to change their minds to adapt to this new information. So many comments on the story, reviews here on Goodreads, and rants elsewhere believe that Grace Ann is truly everything that she says she is. This elevates the story from a funny satire about hardcore Christianity into a "satire" of the readers themselves-one that has much scarier implications in the current world of news and information bubbles.