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Post by Angie on Aug 10, 2006 18:33:14 GMT -5
Some people criticize the Rowling for not being a good author, but I think her writing is actually very clever. And my usual response to those people is, "Could you have done such a good job?" I mean, come on; just imagine how hard it must have been to create an entire multi-dimensional world with many realistic characters and plan out each detail of the series so carefully. Other people criticize it for being blasphemy. I don't really want to get into that because I hate big debates, but I would like to point out that the series focuses on many positive themes and does not promote evil through magic. I think Rowling does a beautiful job with the characters, dialogue, suspense, message and theme, settings and description, and all those other little details that many authors cannot seem to successfully create and pull together.  |
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Post by AshVersion2 on Aug 11, 2006 14:51:35 GMT -5
Amen to that!
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Post by skittlestiger on Aug 12, 2006 23:09:02 GMT -5
yay, I'm so tired of JKR bashers! You rock Angie!
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Post by Cy Skywalker on Aug 24, 2006 18:59:50 GMT -5
Rowling's world is incredably succint. I am surprised--how much so. I did not like the sixth book--it was a soap opera, but all the others were excellent. Concerning religion, Harry Potter is fiction, not reality, and there are a lot worse out there anyway, I guess the issue is jjust that HP is so popular for children. I wrote an editorial on this once, as I was pretty riled.
(tsunade, I'm not "phanty related" either... my current sigset is pretty completely Star Wars though.)
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Post by Angie on Dec 21, 2006 12:12:55 GMT -5
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Post by AshVersion2 on Mar 10, 2007 15:53:08 GMT -5
July 21 is the magic date for The Deathly Hallows. ;D Oooooooh, it makes me shiver - the climax is coming . . . *cries*
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Post by Angie on Mar 28, 2007 17:11:40 GMT -5
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Post by AshVersion2 on Mar 29, 2007 16:25:16 GMT -5
*glomps*
It looks thinner than book 6.
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Post by Angie on Mar 29, 2007 17:04:36 GMT -5
Did you measure it up by your computer screen?  ;D It's actually longer than all the books except OOTP, according to MuggleNet. *nods* So shall we start speculating about the plot by the cover design's hints? The British children's one's sure interesting. ;D |
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Post by AshVersion2 on Mar 31, 2007 7:44:37 GMT -5
Well, I measured wrongly thrn. At least Harry's not fully abandoned his friends, that much is sure. |
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Post by Angie on Mar 31, 2007 10:35:07 GMT -5
Yeah, I knew they would insist on going with him to the end (hopefully not THE the end, of course). It makes you wonder if anyone else from Hogwarts even makes an appearance, though. . .
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Post by AshVersion2 on Mar 31, 2007 12:06:09 GMT -5
They better do! Harry should go back to school . . .
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Post by Angie on Mar 31, 2007 12:12:09 GMT -5
Just imagine a last book without Luna and Ginny and Neville and the like!  He should go back to school, but I read the description on the back of the cover, and it doesn't seem like he's going to. . . I don't even know if there IS a school anymore. |
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Post by AshVersion2 on Mar 31, 2007 12:14:51 GMT -5
No Hogwarts? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Angie on Mar 31, 2007 12:18:55 GMT -5
I know. I have a feeling this book will be FAR too depressing. |
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;D
He should go back to school, but I read the description on the back of the cover, and it doesn't seem like he's going to. . . I don't even know if there IS a school anymore.