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The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
This thread is a focused discussion group. Please see the first post below for the current topic and upcoming book discussions. While natter will inevitably happen, we encourage you to treat this like a virtual book club and try to keep your posts in that spirit.
By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
***SPOILER ALERT***
Vortex - Aug 08, 2007 12:44:22 pm PDT #2373 of 3301
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Hil R. - Aug 08, 2007 6:57:21 pm PDT #2374 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Odd thing I've noticed -- I don't recall ever noticing one any of the characters reading fiction, or reading anything other than for research or class, except for the ocassional Quidditch book. Seems like the sort of thing that Neville or Luna would do, curl up by the fireplace with a book, or Ginny, at least in the first few books, seems like the type of kid who'd get involved in a story and you'd have to drag her away from it, but I can't remember any scenes like that.
Vortex - Aug 08, 2007 7:24:35 pm PDT #2375 of 3301
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
well, there was that whole thing with a diary . . .
DebetEsse - Aug 08, 2007 7:27:22 pm PDT #2376 of 3301
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Nonfiction!
sumi - Aug 08, 2007 8:27:37 pm PDT #2377 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
And yet there are special wizarding fairy tales. You'd think that there would be wizarding kids adventure stories.
Sue - Aug 09, 2007 3:18:47 am PDT #2378 of 3301
hip deep in pie
Okay, reading DH a second time has made me decide to read them all again. So far I've got the Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets done. Chamber of Secrets is a lot weaker than I remember.
victor infante - Aug 09, 2007 4:02:33 am PDT #2379 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Chamber of Secrets is a lot weaker than I remember.
Yeah. The first two books are fun and all, but the series doesn't take of until PofA.
DCJensen - Aug 09, 2007 4:26:21 am PDT #2380 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
JKR's growth as a writer is evident as you read them in rapid succession.
There is also some truth to the concept of sophomore slump, but she got past it.
victor infante - Aug 09, 2007 4:35:05 am PDT #2381 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I don't even know if it was a sophomore slump so much as an illustration of the difference a good editor makes. By her own admission, GoF and especially OotP were barely edited, whereas the editors were able to take a stronger hand in HBP and DH, which are by and large stronger books.
Sue - Aug 09, 2007 4:44:24 am PDT #2382 of 3301
hip deep in pie
Part of the weakness of CoS is that there's a lot of exposition and recapping of what went on in PS, and it get really irritating. Philosopher's Stone gets a bye because all its exposition was world building. I really like how the later books pretty much assume the reader has been along for the ride and jump into the action.
Also, I found that Rowling seemed to be writing for an audience that was growing up. The first two books really feel like kiddie lit. I'm going to start Azkaban tonight, and I wonder what it will read like. I remember not liking it much when I read it, but we'll see how it goes in retrospect.