Less than 1000 posts in a month - why now?

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 180161

> CJ - 
> snip
> "Who knows? For myself, I think some of the flaws of the final book 
have 
> dampened my enthusiasm for the series (much the same way as I 
stopped 
> watching the first Matrix movie because the second and third were 
such 
> disasters)."

 
Bob:
> The flaws of the final book?  Is everyone here so perfect that we 
can throw stones like that?  May I see your seven volume 
masterpiece?  I don't know of a work out there that does not have 
some little error, such as items being used that had not been 
invented yet, people showing up in background, red herrings that go 
no where. So what?

Magpie:
Oh, now, that's just silly. Why is it throwing stones for somebody to 
say you know, they found the seventh book so flawed it dampened their 
enthusiasm. You don't have to have written anything to have an 
opinion about a book or to describe perceived flaws--and even be 
correct about them. Flaws don't have to ruin a book, it's true. 
Personally it wasn't the flaws alone that dampened my enthusiasm, it 
was the feeling that the author didn't have anything enlightening to 
say in the end. Is that asking alot? Definitely. Is it asking too 
much? I don't think so. As Betsy said, for a book to sustain 
discussions (which include criticism) there has to be something there 
people enjoy discussing. My problems of the book have nothing to do 
with little things like which Potter was killed first--that's exactly 
the kind of thing I can easily ignore or even not notice.

If I didn't care enough to discuss the flaws I wouldn't be on a 
discussion list.

Bob: 
> Also keep in mind, she had a ton of time to get the first one out, 
and even the second.  Since then things got a little pressured, WE 
could not wait, WE had to have it sooner, WE forced the work to be 
published MAYBE before it was ready.

Magpie:
LOL! As a member of the audience I bear no responsibility at all for 
her work schedule. I could have waited for years, personally, wasn't 
chomping at the bit for anything. If she needed more time I'd have 
been glad to give it to her. But as just a member of the public I had 
no say on it one way or the other. I didn't write up her contract. 
(And she took more time with OotP when she needed it anyway.) 

But for the reasons I didn't like the book, I don't think more time 
would have made a difference, because it was more the whole story 
conceived, not an inability to write that story. I just can't believe 
you just suggested that any flaw in the book is due to people like me 
bullying poor JKR into writing her book too fast and letting it go 
before she was ready. 

-m