[the_old_crowd] Is He Dead Jim?

[heidi tandy]

--- Neil Ward <neilward at ...> wrote:

>  The truth of the matter is that I was
> rather underwhelmed by the
> book and haven't managed (or wanted) to get my teeth
> into a second reading.
> I decided to put off posting any OoP thoughts until
> I'd read the book again.
> Catherine assures me that it's much better on second
> reading, so I'm looking
> forward to it now.

I've actually decided not to reread it - I'm listening
to the Jim Dale tapes instead - and I'm finding myself
enjoying it. I have to say, I think one of the reasons
I didn't love it as much as I thought was because I
was so bloody tired while reading it. Jon was barely 3
weeks old, and I realise now that while I thought I
felt fine, I had definitely not recovered and I really
missed a LOT while I was reading. All of chapter 15,
for example. 

But listening to the tapes is forcing me to go through
the story more slowly than I would, were I reading.
And I'm making all sorts of nifty connections and
theories, including my Cool Thestral Theory, which I
posted about on FA last week - basically, I think we
now know how Hagrid got to the Hut on the Rock...


heidi