Poor unloved CoS!

[juli17 at aol.com]

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Carol wrote:

CoS  is, after all, a crucial book, the one in which we discover that
Harry  acquired at least one power, Parseltongue, from Voldemort, and
in which  we're introduced, though we don't know it, to the first
Horcrux. (Is that  another reason? A lot of people hate the whole
Horcrux  idea.)



Julie:
I agree that CoS is a crucial book, and for me that is even more true. I  
didn't
start reading HP until after GoF had come out, and both my niece and my  
sister
pestered me to read the series. I read PS/SS and enjoyed it, though once I  
put
it down I wasn't deeply compelled to read the rest of the series. I figured  
I'd get to
it sooner or later, and I did get to CoS about two months later. It was CoS  
that
hooked me completely into HP ("Hey, maybe this IS more than just a  pleasant
series of children's books!"). I immediately read POA and then GOF,  immensely
enjoying each, and by the time I finished eagerly anticipating the release  
of OotP
(due in about two months time at that point).
 
So definitely CoS has fond associations for me (it certainly wasn't one  of 
my least 
favorites). I think reading those first four books in relatively quick  
succession, as each
built on the previous book and deepened the overall saga in both plot and  
character
in a very linear way, was such a rich experience that the more scattershot  
plotting
of OotP came as a bit of a letdown (at least for a Ravenclaw type such as  
myself!).
And why GOF remains my favorite book. 
 
Julie 
 



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