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[rushthatspeaks]

Finished new Harry Potter book.

Dad, you didn't like the end of the last one-- you probably shouldn't even bother starting this one, then; you'll outright hate it.

I liked it the best of the lot, but then, I am sick and twisted in some ways, and J.K. Rowling, it turns out, is nearly as sick and twisted as I am. Astonishing how much the fandom got right...

The movie of this one should be a trip and a half. Look, a Harry Potter movie rated R.

And I am willing to grant that the prose did not completely suck as badly as it previously has. Still, why couldn't the whole fame-and-fortune thing have happened to Diana Wynne Jones?

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Astonishing how much the fandom got right...

[earis.livejournal.com]

Isn't she twisted? As soon as Harry went into detention with Umbridge I was squirming in my seat in the same way as when I read BDSM fics. These books are really not children's books anymore.
Furthermore, one of the biggest cliches in harry/snape fics is that Harry needs private lessons from Snape in order to defeat Voldemort.
The thing about JK is that she isn't the best writer, but for some reason she entralls me emotionally. It's a rare writer who forces me to read an entire book in one sitting. Now that I'm past the age where I want to devour the book instantly, I like to savour the world it's letting me glimpse. But she holds hostage my emotions, especially as I connect with Harry more than any other character, and I have to finish the book in order to know that everything is going to be okay.
We should get together soon.