Defend OOTP against my horribly Muggle mind

[A Featheringstonehaugh]

No: HPFGUIDX 76407

Message: 3
   Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 08:32:10 -0000
   From: "subrosax99" <subrosax at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Defend OOTP against my horribly Muggle mind!

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "feetmadeofclay" 
<feetmadeofclay at y...> wrote:
> Dear Grownups... 
> I have consistently felt that while I like Harry Potter's universe, 
> OOTP is not a great or even good novel. (Trust me when I say I 
didn't 
> want to think this.) It is (in my opinion) dully written and filled 
> with hackneyed phrases.  This hampers my ability to see beyond its 
> surface. 

<multiple snipping here>

> But I enjoy the  classics and many of the newer books I read.  Some I like more than 
> others but I think overall I rarely read bad novels.  And I like 
> children's books so that is not it... Michael Bedard's stunning 
> Redwork is one of my favourite novels.  


<Oh, Please! Not to be snarky, but this post strikes me as being 
<awfully pretentious.
<Why does it pain you to say that OoP is neither a good or great novel?
I<it certainly doesn't pain me. I don't feel any compulsion to justify 
<my love of the books by claiming they are great literature. They 
<aren't, in my opinion.
<The last book I read before OoP came out was "The Magic Mountain" by 
<Thomas Mann. No question in my mind which was the better book, but 
<you wouldn't catch me on some public forum discussing the particulars 
<of that 700 page sleeping pill.
<The Harry Potter fans in my circle of friends are all persons with 
<advanced degrees and plenty of fancy book lernin'. (One of them, a 
<professor of philosophy, actually read the first book because he 
<thought it was a kid's book that had something to do with..well, 
<philosophy!)I haven't heard anyone complain about JKR's somewhat 
<clunky writing style, because no one cares, frankly. 
<I, for one, will not rise to the challenge of defending OoP. I 
<shouldn't have to and neither should anyone else. If you prefer not 
<to read "bad" books, then by all means don't. I'm sure I'm not alone 
<when I say that I eagarly await JKR's next hackneyed and dully 
<written book.
 
<Allyson


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Oh, well said, Allyson. Thank you!  
 
 
AF - (also looking forward to the next serving of HP mind candy and hoping its release doesn't conflict with my entry into the annual Philistines' Demolition Derby and Belching contest.)
   


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