MrCoffee
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Tue Oct-09-07 04:32 PM
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Meet the newest Harry Potter fan |
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it's me. i resisted reading the Harry Potter books for a long time, because i thought that something that popular couldn't be any good (Titanic, the DaVinci Code, Stephen King)...
boy was i wrong. J.K. Rowling can write one captivating tale.
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jpgray
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Tue Oct-09-07 04:33 PM
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1. I'm guessing it must be kind of like Watership Down in that way. Could something so silly be good? |
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In some cases, yeah. It can. Still haven't read any Potter, though.
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Tue Oct-09-07 04:39 PM
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2. the books are actually better than you would think |
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it ain't Proust or Marquez, but she's an excellent plotter.
She's left me totally surprised by her plot twists quite a few times, and that's usually hard to do.
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MrCoffee
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Tue Oct-09-07 04:47 PM
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3. the first one wasn't all *that* silly... |
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it's solid fantasy writing, and an astonishingly good premise. it has it's funny bits, sure, but there's a tautness to her storytelling that's really captivating.
i can see why it was (and is) so popular. shame on me for scoffing.
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Tue Oct-09-07 05:00 PM
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I've enjoyed them all, and didn't expect to.
I don't think she's a great writer, but she's a good storyteller.
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MrCoffee
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Tue Oct-09-07 05:04 PM
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5. MrsCoffee and i were talking about good writers v. good storytellers |
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there's something to be said for being able to maintain a good story through 300 pages. and her writing has it's moments.
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