[HPforGrownups] Re: Hmmm. What's your favorite *now*?

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 183083

Magpie:
Me neither. I don't know who said that line that you quoted as me,
but it wasn't me.:-)
I made the opposite point. We know from the beginning of the book
that Harry *isn't* ordinary, so there's no point in ever pretending
he is. He's not even mediocre at the Dursleys, he's living in this
exaggerated world where he's the worst thing ever. That's why I find
all the business with the letters frustrating, because maybe Harry is
confused and excited by them, but I'm two steps ahead of him.

Lynda:
Yikes! That's happened to me before as well. As for reading about mediocre
people--I do the same, I guess, but as you say, something happens to make
them rise above their mediocrity. I read a book recently, in fact, written
by an author local to my area about a kid who seems, at first to be somewhat
mediocre, but then, as the circumstances unfold, he (and a friend) are
simply out of their own place in the universe. I started it, nearly put it
aside, but then it picked up as the book progressed and at the end, although
its nowhere near the best book I've read, neither is it the worst.

Lynda


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