[OOP]Re: Did anyone else feel let down by OOP?

[susanbones2003]

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  "Joshua Dyal"wrote
 I also agree that this is very much more a character vs action 
> book, which is somewhat in contrast to the other books (although 
they also had developed characters, otherwise we probably wouldn't 
care so much about the books) <SNIP>
> TARA WRITES:
> I agree-<snip> My feeling is that JKR is always setting us up for 
the story as a whole, so my hope is that alot of what we learned from 
this book will translate to action in the next book. I did read an 
interview that the next 2 probably won't be as long as OoP, so there 
will be probably lots more going on.
> 
> Tara (still falling asleep thinking- I can't believe Sirius is dead)

ME:
I agree that this book was probably necessary in order to set the 
stage for things to come and thus wasn't as much of a complete and 
satisfying book in and of itself. Too many bits have been left 
hanging, too many situations are unresolved. I was flattened by this 
book, by the unrelenting pounding it delivered to my love of the 
characters and the whole concept of this world JKR has created. It 
was as if no stone could be left unturned by her. That was ruthless. 
A good storyteller must be ruthless, I suppose. At any rate, I knew 
it would be Sirius, just by how he'd changed. JKR couldn't have meant 
to foreshadow his death by the changes he demonstrated. After all, 
that would have meant Percy was a definite goner. But still, I felt 
that I was supposed to be loosening my hold on him, seeing him not as 
a brave and courageous almost-parent to Harry but a man with life 
threatening flaws (someone mentioned a "death wish..."). His rash and 
reckless desire to espcape his prison, or to egg Harry on to escape 
his, seemed somewhat trumped up. After all, isn't this the man who 
endured 12 years in Azkaban? I found this new reckless behavior very 
abrupt. I admit it's brilliant of JKR to make Harry's love for Sirius 
the way Voldemort gets him to the Dept. of Mysteries. Brilliant and 
somewhat sadistic. At any rate, it's all a jumble now. Too much to 
think about. How do we go back from here? There is no back. It's as 
if the book took us beyond some unseen line. Someone tell me, how do 
we read any of the previous 4 books again? It's as if a very amazing 
and beautiful dream has ended. The reality of this new world hard to 
face.
JenD