Comments on: Hello, Potter… http://blog.archenemy.org/2005/07/14/hello-potter/ rum, bloggery & the lash Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:05:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: dff http://blog.archenemy.org/2005/07/14/hello-potter/comment-page-1/#comment-276 dff Thu, 21 Jul 2005 01:21:11 +0000 http://blog.archenemy.org/?p=345#comment-276 My feeling about TDVC was that I was just barely willing enough to put up with the terrible writing, plotting and characters to find up what little conspiratorial tidbits of fringy pseudo-fact would pop up next. I'd call it a light read, to damn it with the proverbial faint praise. OTOH, I think the HP books are fairly well written and plotted, with fairly good characters, all of which works to create a certain ambiance which I like enough to keep me reading even though on the whole the enterprise seems somewhat lacking in sophistication... they seem almost like badly-written books for adults instead of well written books for kids, if you know what I mean. As if Rowling was shooting for better but missed. Regardless, I like 'em. Worth the hype? I dunno. Probably not. My feeling about TDVC was that I was just barely willing enough to put up with the terrible writing, plotting and characters to find up what little conspiratorial tidbits of fringy pseudo-fact would pop up next. I’d call it a light read, to damn it with the proverbial faint praise.

OTOH, I think the HP books are fairly well written and plotted, with fairly good characters, all of which works to create a certain ambiance which I like enough to keep me reading even though on the whole the enterprise seems somewhat lacking in sophistication… they seem almost like badly-written books for adults instead of well written books for kids, if you know what I mean. As if Rowling was shooting for better but missed. Regardless, I like ‘em. Worth the hype? I dunno. Probably not.

]]> By: Lee http://blog.archenemy.org/2005/07/14/hello-potter/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Lee Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:36:24 +0000 http://blog.archenemy.org/?p=345#comment-275 Have you even cracked the cover on either? Granted, both are fiction but I find the two of different caliber. Have you even cracked the cover on either? Granted, both are fiction but I find the two of different caliber.

]]> By: TJIC http://blog.archenemy.org/2005/07/14/hello-potter/comment-page-1/#comment-274 TJIC Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:55:30 +0000 http://blog.archenemy.org/?p=345#comment-274 It's interesting to see that things with similar crap content rise to about the same level. It’s interesting to see that things with similar crap content rise to about the same level.

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