[HPforGrownups] Semi-Colons & John Grisham

[Monika Huebner]

No: HPFGUIDX 1969

On Sat, 23 Sep 2000 06:09:28 -0000, CMC wrote:

>yet I  think anyone who compares Rowling with the 
>aforementioned authors can only agree that she has created by far the 
>more morally complex and ambiguous universe, as compared to the 
>simplistic good guys/bad guys of The Firm (The protagonists in 
>Grisham are forever evading their adult responsiblities, and the 
>author clearly expects us to accordingly applaud them when they 
>finally escape them - when has Harry given into doubt, and refused 
>the duties Destiny has thrust upon him?)

I have to agree with you. After reading four books by Grisham (haven't
tried Patricia Cornwell or Tom Clancy so far) I got intensely bored.
Grisham's books all follow a repetitive pattern, there is always a
young, dynamic lawyer (of course goodlooking) fighting to get started
in his profession. Once you've read one Grisham, it seems you have
read them all. "A Time to Kill" nearly put me to sleep and I shouldn't
have finished it because it was a complete waste of time. I don't
think there would be anything to discuss that could keep a list like
the present one alive. Rowling's writing might not be very "literary"
in an academic sense, but it is vivid and keeps you interested from
the first to the last page. It's been a *very* long time since I have
read a book twice in only three months, and that has happenend with
all four HP books, even if I think the first is the weakest in the
series. And I think that Rowling's characters are much more complex; I
can't remember ever getting attached to one of Grisham's characters.

Monika


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