Harry Potter and the Moodswings of Doom

[the_gneech]

About halfway through HP and the Order of the Phoenix. I'm not going to post spoilers here, at least not until I've finished the thing (and then they'll be behind a cut tag). I will say that if you liked Goblet of Fire, you'll like OotP because it's more of the same, more of the same, more of the same.

I personally preferred Prisoner of Azkaban, which was the last of the semi-self-contained "an adventure at Hogwarts" type stories, and also the beginning of Harry Potter Is In a Big, Fat Fantasy. I'm still reading it for the same reason I could force myself to read through to the end of Lord of the Rings -- i.e., I wanted to see how the characters ended up. But I'm not enjoying it the way I did the first three books.

-The Gneech

Edit: I do think it's worth mentioning that I am impressed by Mme. Rowling's ability to spin such a large yarn and keep all the threads from unraveling. She does a very good job of having created a deep, multilayered story and setting, which gets revealed layer-by-layer like an onion. She's not just slapping this thing together as she goes, she's sat down and worked it out -- and I admire that.

Comments

[hantamouse.livejournal.com]

deep, multilayered story and setting

Meep! Thats the easy part. Prose is hard.

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

True!

I think she's done an excellent job! :)

(But, I still think she could make good use an editor.
The compactness of the early adventures helped.)

Anyway, Professor Lupin is back! Yay! :)

(Bounces off humming about Dennis Moore and Lupins)

[the-lizard-rat.livejournal.com]

Yeah. When Dumbledore mentioned to retrieve "the old crowd"... can't wait to read it. Can't find a copy around here yet, but I'll keep my eyes peeled.

Makes me wish I had my high school computer and its 400 page story I wrote on it.

Lizard Rat out.
Writing Fiction in His Head in Renesselaer