[HPforGrownups] Re: Less than 1000 posts in a month - why now?

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 180186

> 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?  ......


Shelley now:

Well, Bob, I happened to agree with CJ. This person was posting the answer 
to a question: "Why so few posts?" And the answer was "because this book 
dampened my enthusiasm for the series. " To which I fully agree, because I 
feel the same way. It's not a question of what this list is for, it's a 
question of temperature of the room. With other books, there was red hot 
enthusiasm for the books when they were released. In part, that was due to 
there being other books in the future, so we had implications to discuss are 
predictions to make, but I don't think that is all of the reason for the 
lull in activity now. I think, in part, that for some people (such as 
myself) this book was the worst in the series, and that has killed our 
willingness to invest the time and the energy it takes to discuss it.

And, if that didn't, then rants like yours only add to the idea that only 
"positive" things can be discussed about the series, and would further help 
to kill off any discussions we would have about how the book disappointed 
us. I disagree with you that a "discussion" list can't be a criticism list 
at the same time, for no one author in fully perfect, and every author will 
have things that the most adoring fans might criticize (book too short, book 
too long, book flew by too fast and was over in a flash, and so forth.)