Dumbledore and Secrecy

[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 159187

> 
> Alla:
> 
> During the course of this thread ( or threads about Dumbledore, but 
> feels as one longest thread - I think this one is our longest non-
> stop character slapping threads to date. <snip>

> I begin to 
> understand fully what Renee had been saying in the past, that 
> sometimes the strings which JKR moves to move the characters are 
> sometimes too visible.( Sorry, Renee if I misstated you).
> 

Renee:

No, you didn't. :) I don't recall the exact wording, but I recognise
the sentiment. It's still there, though I'm more inclined now to
ascribe it to the fact that I'm perhaps looking too closely. 

I doubt - and others have made similar statements - that any book
would be able to withstand the amount of scrutiny, analysing and
dissecting to which the HP books are subjected, not only on this list
but also elsewhere. And as far as I'm concerned, the books are
threatening to collapse under it. 

Occasionally, some analysis or other increases my appreciation for the
HP series, but the occasions when the opposite is true, are becoming
more and more frequent. There seem to be more and more instances where
plot and characterisation do not harmonise, or where both have been
wrenched into the narrow channel of JKR's advance planning.

That doesn't mean I'm not looking forward to the last book - it's just
that an almost morbid expectation to see a train run out of the rails
has added itself to my desire to enjoy myself and satisfy my
curiosity. Makes me yearn back to the naive anticipation with which I
read the first five books... But it's too late now - I've become
addicted to reading all those analyses.

Renée