Last book woes

[kchuplis]

No: HPFGUIDX 145513

pippin wrote:
> I don't think this will be as much of a problem as some readers are
> imagining provided the book is judged on its own terms. Look at
> GoF. In outline it has the same structure we might expect to find
> in HP7: four tasks preceded by a Weasley confab and followed by
> a showdown with LV, leading to a false climax, culminating in the
> genuine climax in which All is Revealed. GoF had subplots
> beyond subplots, including Rita Skeeter, the Crouch family saga,
> Ron's jealousy, Karkaroff, Snape's backstory, Bagman, the Twins,
> Krum's pursuit of Hermione, Harry's pursuit of Cho, House Elf
> liberation and more, but JKR managed to work them all in. In
> HP7 she won't be able to leave things hanging, but then she
> doesn't have to introduce any major new characters or plotlines
> either. 
 

I have had concerns regarding all that is left to do as well, until I 
realized, like you, if all the B and C storylines are left out (and 
charming as they are, at this point in time, we are ALL just concerned 
with the final showdown), a book the length of any of the last three will probably be just fine. She does it so well, that I think people are not always aware of how much extraneous matter is in the books. It painted the whole wizarding world for us in great detail. We've got that now so it isn't so necessary. 

kchuplis