[HPforGrownups] Re: OoP/ No Hidden Person/ lack of plot...(spoilers)

[Rebecca Stephens]

No: HPFGUIDX 62487


--- megalynn44 <megalynn44 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Stefanie R" <ohmigod_ at h...> wrote:
> While all the other books are subtly tied together
> in that you 
> don`t realize until the end the hints that she has
> laid out and they 
> make a puzzle with very few loopholes. Whereas in
> ootp she sets about 
> delving into the themes of the books to date, and
> all the unanswered 
> questions of the entire series rather than having an
> engaging story 
> in the present at the same time. 
> 
> Now Me:
> 
> Your entire post was exactly what I was thinking. I
> am hoping on my 
> second read through I will change my mind, but the
> one thing I always 
> look forward too is finding out who the person with
> the secret is. 
> The hidden, unsuspected person who is more than what
> they seem. I was 
> ready to add to my list of Quirrel, Ginny,
> Scabbers/Wormtail, and 
> Moody/Crouch. and I got no one. Everyone was what
> they seemed. 
> Instead of a puzzle there was a timeline, and my
> head wasn't about to 
> burst after the pile of information loaded onto me
> in the last few 
> chapters.
>

Well, the mystery has never been my favorite part, but
I wasn't sure I liked OoTP at first.  After the first
reading I was just undecided.  I didn't know what to
think.  Couldn't decide whether I liked it or not.

Upon rereading it's gotten better.  The more I reread,
the better it gets.  I haven't reread the book in its
entirety but I have read most sections at least twice
and some as many as four or five times.  And the book
just keeps getting better.

I think I just needed to let it sink in that it really
is Harry Potter.  For so long only four books were
canon (and I read them all back-to-back) that this one
didn't seem real at first.  And it was so different.

There are quite a few loose threads.  And I think
there will be for book 6 as well (anyone know when
it's coming out, BTW?).  Seems like the last three
books will be closer to one story than three.

Anyway, I hope you like it better upon rereading.


Rebecca

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