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August 12, 2005
Harry Potter and the Run On Novel
When the most recent Harry Potter novel was released, Dawnise and I realized that neither of us had actually ever gotten around to reading the previous one; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
After finishing my last book, I decided to give it a whirl. "Couldn't take me more than a few days of ferry reading," I thought.
I was wrong.
The bloody book was nearly 900 pages, and more damningly, the story dragged as none of the previous books had. It felt like the narrative was all over the place - there were whole subplots that could have been eliminated right up to the moment Rowling scrambled to pull it all together at the end.
I walked away from it feeling that her editor needed to be more of a hard-ass and say "no" more often.
I had planned to pick up the most recent one straight away, but I think I'll take a breather.
Posted by dberger at August 12, 2005 5:43 PM
Comments
I agree that it needed to be edited more heavily.
Much was repeated and I actually found myself bored with it.
I liked Half-Blood Prince much better.
Posted by: Amanda at August 12, 2005 8:06 PM