Defend OOTP against my horribly Muggle mind! (no howler)

[evangelina839]

No: HPFGUIDX 76442

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "feetmadeofclay" <feetmadeofclay at y...> 
wrote:
> Well I choose books many ways.  Sometimes at random.  I bought a book 
> the other day because it was on sale and I liked the cover - NO 
> KIDDING.  Turned out to be a beautifully written book that I wouldn't 
> have otherwise have read.  
> 
> So I think it is unfair to just say it has to be one or the other. 
> Wouldn't writers in any area want marry a good story (whatever that 
> means) with great language.  Afterall it is a written form so 
> shouldn't the way you tell the story be important too.

That's not what I meant, that one has to rule out the other. Did it really come out that 
way? I have chosen books by their subject, only to find that they were so poorly 
written that I couldn't enjoy them (one in particular... crappiest book I've ever read...), 
and I have also read books that I couldn't relate to at all, but still found loads of 
memorable phrases, expressions... etc. A good combination is of course the ideal, 
and quite frankly, I think Rowling belongs in that category.

> Of course Rowling doesn't have to be Joyce (whom I have not read 
> because I am still waiting until I grow up.)

Dito. :) Judging by the extracts I read in school he'll be quite interesting.

I wouldn't want her to 
> be. But I personally found her prose lacked hampered my interest. 

Golly also asked me.....
> If I may ask you - What impressed you about the smiling sky?  What 
> does that mean to you.  I would love to know.  

I'm not sure really; it was just something that caught my eye. Maybe it was the mental 
image of a sky smiling. I love the sky and I love smiles, so it's possible that combining 
the two is just an easy way to charm me. :) That was however just the first thing that 
came into my head at the time - there are other passages that I like more.

evangelina