[HPforGrownups] Epilogue (was Re: Ron and Parseltongue)

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 183317

> bboyminn:
<snip>
> So, in the final book, I think she fixed her eyes on the
> goal line, and plowed straight toward it. No time for
> any diversions that didn't serve the plot. She did try to
> tie up loose ends, but again, any loose ends that didn't
> serve the immediate plot got lost. Which is why 'Good
> Slytherin', House Unity, and many others were not completely
> resolved.
>
> Just a few thoughts.
>
> Steve/bboyminn

Shelley:
Yes, I agree with this analysis, and that it way I think this last book 
suffers so. She is looking for a Harry-resolution, not really a full series 
resolution. I just think it would have been so much better if she had, after 
she had finished writing DH, set it down, and reread her entire series 
straight through, catching all that needed to be wrapped up, and then looked 
for ways to add a paragraph here, and extra line there, to tidy up the last 
book.

I know it's speculation, but I wonder if she will ever re-write the series, 
correcting all the annoying school always starts on a Monday (never mind 
that on a calendar it's impossible for her Monday's and dates to line up), 
the full moon inconsistency, room placements and other mistakes of the 
series. I wonder if she really considers the work to be "in stone" and never 
to be changed or adjusted again. I would love to read the series again that 
has small adjustments to it to make the series flow as one unit, instead of 
as separate concentrated bursts of inspiration.

Shelley