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[vaneramos]

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[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

how nice to hear your voice! i get the HBP next, after gerry and ted finish it (they're reading it concurrently). we'll see if i ever make it to chapter 7. that sounds like a funny scene. :)

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

I was rather taken by that line from "Half Blood Prince" too; it had already come up on the knitting email group to which I belong, so I knew to look for it.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I finished HBP at the cottage. Have you had a chance at it yet?

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

How did you like the book?

"half blood prince"

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

I did rather like it, but given that one of the things that attracted me to the first book in the series was its light-heartedness, not as much as I might have. I understand perfectly why Rowling is changing the characters and her own writing style perfectly; I just don't like them quite as much.

"Half Blood Prince" is definitely better edited than "order of the phoenix", and much darker.

Re: "half blood prince"

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

The darker writing appeals to my own tastes more, but I didn't find this one as engaging as the previous two. My main criticism is that the characters are so one-dimensional and predictable. I'm more impressed with literature that's character-driven rather than plot-driven, and Rowling's series is definitely plot-driven. But she knows how to weave a tale, and this is good, entertaining summer reading.

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

two confessions: first thing i did, before anyone else touched it, was go to the page where the biggest secrets were revealed (the awful spoiler i saw the night before it came out showed the page, scanned and unavoidable!); and now it sits on my booktable, untouched. when i told the guys that i'd read it next, they all laughed. well, one of these years... (i do regret that i don't enjoy books-in-hand any more.)

Re: "half blood prince"

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

Oh, they're definitely not Great Literature by any means; I'd be willing to bet that circulation drops precipitously after the last book is written and the last movie goes to DVD. As a librarian, I'm delighted while it lasts. These books have gotten more kids whining about reading than anything I remember for years.

Re: "half blood prince"

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, but they are eminently readable and not very challenging. I would compare J.K. Rowling to Agatha Christie, and predict the books will remain popular.

Re: "half blood prince"

[queenmomcat.livejournal.com]

I do so hope you're right.