JKR the non-conformist

[asandhp]

No: HPFGUIDX 57648

This subject has been veered to a debate over whether the Good/Evil 
treatment is original. I never thought it was, except to the extent 
that JKR manages to pit good vs evil as the overall plot, fantasy 
style, while still having very ambiguously good/evil characters, 
realistic novel style.
 
However, she does lots of non-conventional stuff in other areas. The 
ones I mentioned are her type of protagonist, who is neither hero nor 
anti-hero; her opening; her mood-setting; and her take on adolescence 
(much more natural and un-angsty than has been popular). I could add 
the way her story can't be categorized as either comedy, tragedy, 
tragicomedy, or dark comedy. It's very funny, and somewhat tragic, 
but ultimately very hopeful. It's also too real (while being complete 
fantasy) to be either comedy or tragedy.
 
I hope you guys get what I'm after. I'd love a long list of these.
 
Thanks,
 
The Admiring Skeptic