HBP & COS

[oiboyz]

No: HPFGUIDX 134674

 > "Sharon"
> I just re-read COS after 2 read-throughs of HPB
> and, boy, do I have a new appreciation of Book 2. 

oiboyz:
   Agreed!  I haven't re-read COS yet, but HBP definitely makes me 
want to.  I was always a little bothered by the fact that all that 
chaos at Hogwarts was caused by a simple book... "Dumbledore's been 
chased out by the mere memory of me!" gloats Voldemort.  Now we know 
that Ginny didn't just have a memory in a diary; she had a *Horcrux*, 
a piece of Voldemort's soul!  No wonder it caused such chaos.

   I admire JKR so much for having mapped out the series and planned 
it so well.  Good stories are easier to start than finish, especially 
if they're long, but in Book 6 she seems to be pulling things 
together nicely and making full use of the characters and plots of 
previous books.  She's a very *efficient* writer who doesn't waste 
details.

   Contrast Robert Jordan, who started his Wheel of Time series so 
brilliantly and then got so bogged down with too many people and 
places and plots that I actually got bored and stopped after Book 7.  
What's he on now, Book 10?  I read that he originally planned a much 
shorter series, say only four books, but now I don't know if there's 
any end in sight.  What a sad fate; it makes me appreciate JKR's 
planning and discipline all the more.