Comments on: Observations from Reading the Harry Potter Series http://www.kevindhendricks.com/2008/07/25/observations-from-reading-the-harry-potter-series/ Writer, editor, web geek. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:01:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin D. Hendricks http://www.kevindhendricks.com/2008/07/25/observations-from-reading-the-harry-potter-series/comment-page-1/#comment-3015 Kevin D. Hendricks Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:50:13 +0000 http://www.kevindhendricks.com/?p=2485#comment-3015 I agree Dave. Starting with Goblet of Fire I think Rowling's editors stopped editing. That's about when her page count exploded and I think her publisher decided she was too brilliant to require editing, which is kind of stupid. Who else gets away with a 700 page kids' book? I think part of the reason book 7 feels so random is because she doesn't have the same convention of the school year to mark the passage of time. And Harry, Ron and Hermione in a tent for six months is a little tedious. I agree Dave. Starting with Goblet of Fire I think Rowling’s editors stopped editing. That’s about when her page count exploded and I think her publisher decided she was too brilliant to require editing, which is kind of stupid. Who else gets away with a 700 page kids’ book?

I think part of the reason book 7 feels so random is because she doesn’t have the same convention of the school year to mark the passage of time. And Harry, Ron and Hermione in a tent for six months is a little tedious.

]]> By: dave http://www.kevindhendricks.com/2008/07/25/observations-from-reading-the-harry-potter-series/comment-page-1/#comment-3007 dave Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:34:13 +0000 http://www.kevindhendricks.com/?p=2485#comment-3007 Hey Kevin, I've heard the last book is being split into two movies. The movies don't really do much for me, though. I'm not a Potter hater - I agree with most of your positive thoughts on the series - but I was disappointed with the last two books. I think the 6th book suffered from being not much more than set up for the final book (I didn't think the exposition was disguised very well) and the 7th suffered greatly from bloatedness and a general lack of editing. I remember thinking as I read it that there were 100 pages that could have been removed and the book wouldn't have lost anything except some doorstop functionality. I wondered if either the book was rushed out the door (which would explain the rather high occurrence of typos in the hardcover) and/or nobody had the guts to edit Rowling's final Potter story. Hey Kevin,

I’ve heard the last book is being split into two movies. The movies don’t really do much for me, though.

I’m not a Potter hater – I agree with most of your positive thoughts on the series – but I was disappointed with the last two books. I think the 6th book suffered from being not much more than set up for the final book (I didn’t think the exposition was disguised very well) and the 7th suffered greatly from bloatedness and a general lack of editing. I remember thinking as I read it that there were 100 pages that could have been removed and the book wouldn’t have lost anything except some doorstop functionality. I wondered if either the book was rushed out the door (which would explain the rather high occurrence of typos in the hardcover) and/or nobody had the guts to edit Rowling’s final Potter story.

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