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post Jul 28 2007, 10:21 AM
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So, what did you think?

I saw most of it coming, but I thought that she handled it far better than I had expected her to. The stuff with Snape was handled especially well, and the last few chapters were very strong. The middle of the book seemed to drag quite a lot, but I guess that was necessary to allow the end to build more convincingly and with a greater sense of pace.

I heard that she had ghost-writers help her get it right, but that might just be jealous industry gossip, but for the first time there was a sentence in there that I thought was superbly crafted. It seems odd that one would appear after seven books...

What did you think?


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post Aug 7 2007, 12:42 PM
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QUOTE (Mata @ Aug 6 2007, 07:12 PM) *
You mean you didn't? We're all magical on this forum!

Radaga (nice to see you on here again, BTW), Rowling hasn't really negated the copycat reputation, she's just shifted it over onto copying The Da Vinci Code. I mean, all that nonsense about markings on grave stones and such like. Dan Brown copied The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, then Rowling copied Brown. Ho hum.



Never left, actually, just lurked a bit.

Anyway, yes, now that you mention, itīs a whole new world of copycatying that unfolds. laugh.gif

And the ghost writer bit does sound somehow feasible.

IZZY: you havenīt got your letter? oh, my, somehow I must have forgotten it inside my drawer. I will send an owl ASAP.


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- Mata   Deathly Hallows - WITH SPOILERS!   Jul 28 2007, 10:21 AM
- - trunks_girl26   I'd have to say I loved the humanization of bo...   Jul 28 2007, 03:16 PM
- - {Gothic Angel}   I predicted a lot of the surprises well in advance...   Jul 28 2007, 04:22 PM
- - gothictheysay   I liked, and I agree that it did drag in the middl...   Jul 28 2007, 04:50 PM
- - Novander   I really enjoyed all of the book except the epilog...   Jul 28 2007, 07:21 PM
- - The Lorax   QUOTE (gothictheysay @ Jul 28 2007, 09:50...   Jul 29 2007, 12:46 AM
- - pgrmdave   I liked the book but I have a feeling that the mov...   Jul 29 2007, 05:03 AM
|- - Sir_Psycho_Sexy   QUOTE (pgrmdave @ Jul 29 2007, 06:03 AM) ...   Aug 1 2007, 01:10 AM
- - Mata   Personally I can't wait to see how they blow s...   Jul 29 2007, 02:06 PM
- - {Gothic Angel}   QUOTE (The Lorax @ Jul 29 2007, 01:46 AM)...   Jul 29 2007, 03:22 PM
- - Mata   Yep, Harry was definitely slow to catch on about h...   Jul 29 2007, 05:23 PM
- - gothictheysay   Yeah, it did get weird there, Mata. A little too m...   Jul 29 2007, 09:17 PM
- - Mattskimo   ZOMG SNAPE KILLS TEH DUMBLEDORES I liked how the ...   Jul 30 2007, 12:44 AM
- - CheeseMoose   I was quite disappointed with the book overall, al...   Jul 30 2007, 01:02 PM
- - PsychWardMike   Overall, I enjoyed the book quite thoroughly. My ...   Jul 31 2007, 12:17 AM
- - {Gothic Angel}   Just a thought that occurred to me today - is it p...   Jul 31 2007, 09:12 PM
- - Mata   Could, be. Yes, I do identify with Luna more so th...   Jul 31 2007, 10:30 PM
- - I_am_the_best   I was pleasantly surprised with the book. I love h...   Aug 3 2007, 10:55 PM
- - Radaga   It was a good book, the best in some aspects, and ...   Aug 6 2007, 07:57 PM
- - Izzy   Before I actually started reading the book, I was ...   Aug 6 2007, 08:06 PM
- - Mata   You mean you didn't? We're all magical on ...   Aug 6 2007, 10:12 PM
- - voices_in_my_head   Izzy, I started reading them when I was about like...   Aug 7 2007, 01:27 AM
- - craziness   ok i still dont understand ONE THING: WHY THE HELL...   Aug 7 2007, 04:27 AM
- - Radaga   QUOTE (Mata @ Aug 6 2007, 07:12 PM) You m...   Aug 7 2007, 12:42 PM
|- - Izzy   QUOTE (Radaga @ Aug 7 2007, 07:42 AM) IZZ...   Aug 13 2007, 02:56 PM
|- - Radaga   QUOTE (Izzy @ Aug 13 2007, 11:56 AM) QUOT...   Aug 13 2007, 07:01 PM
- - michael1384   QUOTE (Mata @ Jul 29 2007, 03:06 PM) Pers...   Aug 25 2007, 05:24 PM
- - IrishGuy   I've just now literally put down the book. And...   Sep 3 2007, 10:38 PM
- - Mata   Ron Weasley: The Ginger Avenger. That's the sp...   Sep 4 2007, 12:05 AM
|- - Sir_Psycho_Sexy   QUOTE (Mata @ Sep 4 2007, 01:05 AM) Ron W...   Sep 4 2007, 05:56 AM
- - Mata   He hit him over the head, then attempted to feed t...   Sep 4 2007, 09:43 PM


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