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Originally Posted by carld
Quote:
Originally Posted by Xanthe:
JK Rowlings' books will never pass my doorstep.
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Because you feel they're badly written? |
I have two responses.
1) Look at the nick you're responding to!
And (2), J.K. Rowling wrote at least one truly awful book.
Hearken back to the darkness known as
Order of the Phoenix, which I considered the equivalent to literary torture. Harry was angry... sorry...
ANGRY!!!@@!#R$!! Yeah, he had reason to be, Dolores Umbridge was the most ridiculously black-and-white character in history, painted with broad strokes, and so relentless it became pure stupidity... wait Harry was
ANGRY!!!@@!#R$!! before she arrived. Ah well, so much for there being a reason.
I started reading the series after the release of
Half-Blood Prince and if I didn't have another book to move on to
immediately after OOTP to get the awful taste out of my mouth, I would have punted right there. It also helped that Rowling's writing improved phenomenally! And, of course, I consider the last book to be one of the best I've ever read.
-Pie