Plot in OotP

[carolcaracciolo]

No: HPFGUIDX 118049



> Hickengruendler:
> 
> In a few recent posts, I read the opinion by some posters, that 
OotP 
> has let Plot than the previous books. I 
> think OotP was a very well plotted book, with one incident 
> consequently leading to another.

Now Carol says:

My biggest gripe with OOTP was not necessarily that JKR had left 
dots unconnected but with the WAY she connected them.  The dialogue, 
in many spots, seemed stilted, awkward and, as Aura so aptly put 
it, "soapy."  It just didn't feel like JKR was as "in touch" with 
her characters as she was in previous novels.  Like I said in my 
previous post, the novel feels like a foggy memory.  The writing was 
not NEARLY as compelling as her previous work.  The device of "the 
near-miss" death scenes added a cheesy-ness (is that a word?) that I 
would NEVER dream of attributing to JKR.  I was left feeling 
disappointed with what I viewed as a lack of craftsmanship.  Maybe 
more time and another re-write would have helped?  Does JKR work 
with the same editor for each book?  I really hope HBP hits the high 
notes that GoF did...

Carol
Now feeling very dejected...and wanting to re-read GoF in the worst 
way!