JK Rowling fans have leapt to the author's defence after a review was published under the headline: "Britain's nastiest novelist.
The Harry Potter creator's fans have since condemned the review published in the New Statesman by critic Nick Hilton and branded his remarks as "misogynistic", "hateful" and "bulls**t".
In the piece, Hilton argued that Rowling's views on gender have seen her public image shift “from national treasure to liberal pariah" while at the same time, her work has become inundated with “sickening violence”.
Hilton also argued that Rowling succeeded in “alienating her largely Left-wing millennial fanbase with gender-critical politics”.
He penned that Rowling had evolved "from saint-like Labour Party-supporting children’s author to polemical political activist, seemingly obsessive about the tabloid media, Scottish nationalism and, most provocatively for her millennial readers, gender-critical feminism".
The title of the article has since been changed on the website to "JK Rowling, Britain’s gloriously nasty novelist".
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has been backed by her fans following the review
GETTYRowling has been outspoken in recent years after issuing a number of stern defences of women's spaces, resulting in swathes of trans activists condemning her viewpoint.
The Harry Potter author has also shown her support for the belief in immutable biological sex, opposing the idea of gender self-identification.
Despite calls for an apology and public displays of distancing from the author by Harry Potter's leading man Daniel Radcliffe, Rowling has stood firm.
Just late last year, Rowling said she'd rather go to prison than be compelled to call someone by their self-identified pronouns.
Following the review's publication and subsequent deactivation of Hilton's X account, Rowling's fans shared their thoughts on social media.
"Looks like nasty Nick Hilton has deleted his account," one fan relished as they shared a shrugging emoji at the end of their post.
A second fan quoted an excerpt from Hilton's piece as they said: "'But on another level, she [Rowling] was taking off a mask – and showing herself in full, nasty glory for the first time.' What a heap of smouldering bulls**t from Nick Hilton, who doesn't seem to understand how fiction works."
Another hit out: "The only thing dripping with hatred and nastiness is Nick Hilton. Whatever happened to him to make him hate so much?"
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While a fourth celebrated: "Nick Hilton, has deleted his Twitter/X account. Bye bye misogynist."
And a fifth weighed in: "Not surprised to see the vitriolic misogynistic diatribe hit piece on J.K.Rowling in the @NewStatesman Someone get a shovel to dislodge the POS that is Nick Hilton. If I ever see anything with his byline I’ll give it and what it’s in a wide berth!! #NickHilton." (sic)
It's not the first time Hilton has come under fire for his articles as he was slammed for giving a lukewarm review to ITV's ratings smash Mr Bates vs The Post Office.
Hilton mused viewers would "struggle" to get through the four-part drama which has since gone on to send ripples through the government and spark major action to be taken for the subpostmasters affected.
A spokesman for the New Statesman has defended the piece as they said, according to The Telegraph: "Our critic wrote a largely positive review of JK Rowling’s Robert Galbraith series of crime novels, in which he describes the books as 'electric – shocking and exciting in a way good crime fiction should be' and praises their 'dizzyingly immersive' fictional world.
"Far from expressing misogynistic views, he notes that, sadly, ‘being celebrated for sheer nastiness is a privilege so often reserved for male authors’. We encourage everyone to read the piece in full."
