HBP & COS

[Sharon]

No: HPFGUIDX 134911

> oiboyz:
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.
> 
Oiboyz,

You've put your finger on it.  JKR is consistent in using almost 
everything she puts out there.  Just think how much use she's gotten 
from Borgin & Burke since she introduced the shop in COS.  Both 
Draco's hand of glory and the cursed opal necklace were first seen 
there and used to great effect in HPB.  One of her special talents is 
in introducing what seem to be throwaway details (if only because she 
loads each book with so much detail) that the careful reader knows 
better than to throw those details away.  My admiration for her grows 
with each reading, no matter which book I pick up.

Sharon