Harry Potter names - tribute to Roald Dahl?

[ariadnemajic]

No: HPFGUIDX 76708

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Wanda Sherratt" 
<wsherratt3338 at r...> wrote:
> <snip> His (Harry's)life is just too farcical in its blackness.  
Yes, yes, I know that things that bad and worse happen in real life, 
but this isn't real life. It isn't even just a novel; it's a fairy-
tale novel (or it was, in the earlier books) and I feel sure that 
Rowling meant her description of the Dursleys to be a black comedy, 
not a serious expose about the things that go on behind the doors of 
neat suburban houses.<snip>


Thank you for helping me solve a mystery about why I didn't like OOTP 
as much as the other books--those magical, fairy-tale qualities JKR 
sprinkled throughout the rest of the series seemed absent.  I so 
enjoyed that each book brought something magical to life, from our 
entrance to the WW, to learning about basics such as choosing a wand, 
exploring magical creatures, learning about spells, animagus, 
Qudditch Cup, etc. along with Harry. 

OOTP feels bleak to me, that's the best word I can think of.  From 
the dark House of Black, to Umbridge, to the basement of the MOM and 
Sirius's death, the story took a turn down a different road. That's 
not to say it isn't an equally important story, or that what happened 
in OOTP isn't crucial to the big picture, I just missed the quirky 
daily events that are so part of Harry's magical world.  
Ariadne