Thomas Laszlo
Sage
I grew up with the books too. And I liked them then. But at the same time I never could get that into it. And it's a little frightening to me, as a writer, that people can get that into something. Because I tell you, if I got JKR famous and people asked obscure world building questions my answers would tend to be along the lines of "Dear reader what do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhino? An elephino. (Hell if I know.)"
The other problem I have with it is that she gets an inordinate amount of praise. Again, I am not saying she is a bad writer, I am saying that she just isn't a ground breaking writer. And I am willing to be that the horcrux thing for voldemort did not really enter into JKR's mind until book 5 or 6 and she retconned at least HP and the diary being horcruxes when she realized how cool that would be, but that is just me.
I agree, not ground breaking. I think it was the intricate story with which she painted the series. The world building along with the depth of Characters was astounding. I read all seven in fourth grade and I have loved them dearly. I haven't even watched all the movies yet and it's been six years! The books were fabulous and the new script play thingy was almost disappointing to me:/ I enjoy the long form Novel, 500+ page style she always used XD
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