OoP first impressions / what will happen next? (spoiler)

[Elizabeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 62152

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sueeeyqbong" <sue at s...> wrote:
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> .--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "grlndgz" <grlndgz at e...> 
wrote:
> * Speaking of which - what a let down Dumbledore's been to Harry, 
and 
> what a complete change from D's absolute control and confidence of 
> the previous books. I just can't reconcile the two Dumbledores at 
all 
> and am a bit mystified by this. I know it's meant to signal the 
end 
> of childhood and the loss of trust and innocence that this 
entails, 
> but something feels wrong somehow. These ARE still meant to be 
> children's books, after all, and there's only so much a child can 
> take.

me:
Perhaps it's not that Dumbldore's becoming dotty, but that Harry 
used to be blinded by his admiration by his admiration for 
Dumbledore and did not see faults until now.  Dumbledore himself 
admits that he's been making mistakes all along.

Also, I think that JKR has said several times that they were never 
meant to be children's books.  It's just that the first one had an 
11-year-old boy as the main character, so the publishers marketed it 
to young children.  Anyway, if she keeps at the rate she's going, a 
kid who started the series when he was 11 might not finish reading 
it til he's 18, in which case the more mature themes wouldn't 
matter.  ;)