Plot in OotP

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> Now Carol says:
> 
> My biggest gripe with OOTP was not necessarily that JKR had left 
> dots unconnected but with the WAY she connected them.  

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Alla:

It is indeed amasing how differently we read the books.  I think 
that one of the reasons why quite a few readers were dissapointed is 
because OOP does not stand up "on its own" so to speak as much as 
the others did. At least in the first four books the villain is 
uncovered more or less at the end despite the fact that we still 
large mystery to uncover and larger adventure to relive.
The reader is given more or less satisfactory conclusion.

There is no satisfactory conclusion , IMO, in OOP . Harry is left 
with the huge burden, Sirius is dead or supposedly dead (as I 
believe), Dumbledore from supposedly all powerful mento turned out 
to be old man, who made many many mistakes and despite his desire to 
help Harry, hurt him in all ways possible (of course all those are 
my conclusions and mine only)

JKR stated that OOP should be read more or less as the first part of 
the final trilogy of the series and that sixth and seventh books 
will be even tighter connected together. I reserve judgment on how 
well she plotted the final trilogy, untill I read the last book. I 
don't think we know how all dots are connected yet.

As the "beginning of the end", I am VERY satisfied with OOP. I find 
Harry's transition from the boy to angry teenager very believable, I 
also think that dark atmosphere suited the book really well.