Surprises in OOP (Guardian article)

[maria_kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 58234

Davis pointed out this article to us:
> Courtesy of the Leaky Cauldron (www.the-leaky-cauldron.org) I read 
> the following Guardian article by Natasha Walter:
>
> books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,958756,00.html

"A series of minor jolts, yes - we need enough reversals and 
revelations to keep us turning the hundreds of pages. But we also 
expect everything to work out according to the well-known pattern: 
Hogwarts threatened, Harry to the rescue, Voldemort thwarted, 
Slytherins worsted. Harry Potter has already become a reassuring 
symbol of stability in a shaky world and the industry Rowling 
started is now so vast that the onus on her is not to take a leap 
into the dark, but to deliver another slice of the same lucrative 
cake."

Maria Alena:

Er, well, this is a case of pointing out the obvious. The same thing 
can be said about every detective novel there is. I do expect things 
to work out that way. The thing is, though, that we have three books 
to go, and I don't see how anyone can be sure that Voldemort will be 
twarted in OOP. I think that at this part in the series, we'll 
have "The Empire Strikes Back" dynamic.

Maria Alena