Newbie, difficulty getting into OoP

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 146649

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sherry" <ladyluck41 at y...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi all, 
> 
> Thanks to my daughter's urgings, I finally started reading the HP 
> series and I am now starting Book 5...I read 1-4 in 2 weeks as I 
> could not put them down.  I am finding, however, that I am having 
> a difficult time getting into this book...I wonder why.  Any 
> suggestions?
> 
> "ladyluck41"
>

Hickengruendler:

You will find, that you are not the only one. Many readers had 
problems getting into OotP, particularly during the chapters in 
Grimmauld Place (though I am not one of them. It's actually my 
favourite book, particularly because of the part that plays in 
Hogwarts). May I ask how far you are? If you are still at the 
Grimmauld Place chapters I advise you to go on. I thought it boring 
in the beginning as well, but a particular storyline at the end of 
book 6 makes some of those scenes more important than they appear on 
first glance. Or do you have problems reading about Umbridge and what 
she did to some characters? If that's the case than I can't really 
console you, she's pretty much in the whole book (but like I said, 
she's definitely a reason why I love the book so much). But she is 
also getting a comeuppance and it gets pretty funny, when the otehrs 
strike back. If it is whiny Harry you can't abide, he's in the whole 
book as well (though a bit less in the later chapters). But I must 
say that I got quite fond of him as well, but only during my second 
reading of the book.