Grizzles on Goblet

[alexp at alltel.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 28308

What you guys aren't taking into consideration is that JKR is writing 
thesae books how SHE wants them because SHE wants too. Sure the books 
had unneccessary stuff, sure they could have been tighter and more 
concise. But JKR wrote them that way JUST so she could have fun 
writing.
Alex.
92% obsessed 
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"We had to do a report on our hero at school, and I did mine on you, 
Mr. VanderArk"

-- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Tabouli" <tabouli at u...> wrote:
> Cindy:
> > But PoA competes nicely with Book 4 for "best written" book in 
terms of the 
> outstanding character development, subtle humor, crisp dialogue, 
and 
> brilliant use of foreshadowing, not to mention the huge number of 
> plot balls JKR has in the air at one time.<
> 
> Hmmm.  Now, it's a long time since I read stats on this subject, so 
I could be wrong, but IIRC the next most popular choice for "worst HP 
book" is GoF, which is the one that gets my vote.  I think both PoA 
*and* CoS are better written than GoF.  Much as I love the Yule Ball, 
find the Harry/Ron fight interesting and revealing, and enjoy Rita 
and the Moody/Barty performance, the plot of GoF is as holey as a 
Swiss cheese in a shooting gallery.
> 
> The Triwizard Tournament tasks 2 and 3 as spectator sports?  Yeah 
right.  Even HP4GU members were having to strain their imaginations 
to justify that one.  Shutting down Quidditch for a year?  How very 
convenient for JKR.  Did we really need those blasted Blast-Ended 
Skrewts?  Thought they were a bit pointless and unfunny, myself.  150 
pages on the World Quidditch Cup?  I'll buy the defence that there 
are a lot of important issues raised in it, but JKR could have been 
*much* more economical about them (whittle those silly Veela scenes 
down for a start: all they seem to be doing is setting us up for 
Fleur, and that could be done in a couple of paragraphs).
> 
> Sofie:
> > being 'nackered' is to be extremly tired. I forget that 
> some english expressions never crossed over to America.<
> 
> I knew what this meant, but I always thought it was "knackered", 
with a K... isn't it??
> 
> Tabouli.
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