CoS Is The Least Favorite HP Book. Why?

[rbwood at Yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 27452

After reading the series, it is now obvious that books one-four were 
the build up to the big 'good vs. evil' fight that will be the 
obvious theme for the next 3 books (My prediction...book, 5, or 6 or 
both will be CLIFFHANGERS).  And I'm still scarred from when it took 
Tolkien a long time to ger Return of the King out!!

However, to make a long story a bit longer, CoS has always been my 
least fav.  I feel that the book was more to 'setup' the big V as a 
REALLY bad guy.  Technically, the book was brilliant, but when I 
finished it I did not have the sense of satisfaction that I did with S
(P)S or PoA.  And I certainly did not have the sense of 'WOW' I had 
when I closed the back cover of GoF for the first time.

Maybe it is the lack of emotion...I'll have to reread it to find out.

r



--- In HPforGrownups at y..., MMMfanfic at h... wrote:
> CoS, IMO, is the least 'emotional' book out of the whole lot.  It 
> does not have the poignancy of PoA and GoF or the joy of PS/SS.  We 
> can talk all day about the tightness of plot, the prose, the 
> characters but ultimately, I think, it's the emotional part of the 
> story we connect with.
> 
> Out of the four, PoA has the most depth (although GoF is a close-
> second) -- the tale of the Marauders, the betrayal and the loss of 
> innocence it symbolised.  And naturally, it is the most loved book.
> 
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., justanopinion2001 at h... wrote:
> > According to the HP Grownups polls, CoS is unquestionably the 
least 
> > favorite of the four books among people on this list.  Out of 400 
> > responses, only 5% picked CoS as their favorite out of the HP 
> series 
> > (58% picked PoA).  Out of 251 votes for least favorite book, CoS 
> was 
> > chosen as least favorite by 70%.
> > 
> > Let's talk about this.  What exactly is it that causes so many 
> people 
> > not to like CoS?  Is it the characterization, the ending, the 
plot, 
> > something else?  Can anyone put their finger on it?  And if you 
can 
> > identify a gripe about CoS, can you think of a way to fix it?
> > 
> > Laura (who owns 2 dog-eared copies each of PoA, GoF, PS/SS, but 
> only 
> > one practically new copy of CoS)