JKR's writing style (was Re: Changes I would make)

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va32h:
In the course of normal events (normal by HP standards anyway), characters don't scoff and smirk and hiss and mumble their way through every conversation.  When one speaks in an ordinary tone of voice, that's "he sad/she said". 

I find that if I read a story that uses a lot of alternatives to "said", I start to think "okay, this author is trying too hard to use variants of 'said'" and it starts sounding fake. 

I would quibble with JKR in that she tends to use the word "mutter" when characters are casting spells, and I don't think that word gives off the right connotation.  Muttering is something one does when ones 
is insulting a person and doesn't want them to hear, IMO. <snip>


Jules:
I think that some readers and critics are forgetting that JKR is from a different culture.  How her characters express themselves by muttering, murmuring, hissing and whatnot are reflective of the manner in which she is accustomed to speaking combined with the spin she put into it for Potterverse.? I have noticed the use of adverbs and have accepted it as her style.  If I read a different author I get a different flavor that directly is related to the culture the author is from and the culture that he/she wishes to imbue in the story.