OOP: Give OoP a chance! (Was: I Didn't Care For OoP -- So Sue Me!)

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No: HPFGUIDX 65863

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sm_keenan" <sm_keenan at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Dicentra spectabilis" 
> <dicentra at x> wrote:
> > 
> > ...To me, this means that OoP functions differently than the 
first 
> four.
> >  Books 1-4 were self-contained stories, though they played off 
some
> > elements in previous books...  But by and large, each book ties 
> things together rather neatly by the end, the untied threads being 
> compelling but not a part of the main story arc.  It's satisfying, 
> and it's a mark of excellent craftsmanship.
> > 
> > OoP is not self-contained.  By itself, it doesn't bear all the 
same
> > markings of excellence that the first four did.  Not because JKR 
> blew it.  Not because she's lost her touch.  Not because it sux.  
OoP 
> is the way it is because books 5, 6, and 7 are three parts of one 
> whole story arc.  
> 
> Yeah, the thing that seemed to distinguish this storyline, is that 
there was no storyline. Even though I'm anxious to go wherever JK 
Rowling is taking us next, it was kind of hard after waiting so long 
to get what sort of amounts to a preface. I mean, we got the 
prophecy, but then we just got lots more questions. Yes, Percy's a 
prig, but we knew this, will he be good or bad. OK, James has flaws, 
well, he's human so no big suprise. The list of questions grows.
 The list goes on and on, and even though it's fun speculating on 
the answers, it was kind of hard finding out we're going to have to 
wait so long for them

so sue me too

Dorothy