Toddson, if you want to give it another shot, keep going. The first book is not the bestest ever; it mainly introduces you to the world. The third book is where most people got truly hooked, I think.
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Jul 19, 2007 9:39:55 am PDT #3286 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hil R. - Jul 19, 2007 9:43:03 am PDT #3287 of 28197
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah. The first book was a well-written kids book. The second was kind of eh -- set up a lot of stuff that would be important later, but not so great on its own. The third is where it starts really getting interesting, and then the fifth is where it definitely stops being just kids books.
Polter-Cow - Jul 19, 2007 9:53:08 am PDT #3288 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The second was kind of eh -- set up a lot of stuff that would be important later, but not so great on its own.
I think the second book is underrated. When I reread it, I really appreciated it for getting so much darker than the first book, so quickly. You don't really notice it when you go through the first time, but once you see where the story ends up, you see that Rowling never intended this to be one big happy romp. There's real danger. And she's got spicy brains.
Connie Neil - Jul 19, 2007 10:15:01 am PDT #3289 of 28197
brillig
I wonder if Rowling ever sits in her castle and goes, "Yes, I *do* know how to write, thank you very much!"
A person I was talking to on LJ compared the wait to the times when people would be anxiously awaiting the release of the latest Dickens novel installment.
Liese S. - Jul 19, 2007 10:16:23 am PDT #3290 of 28197
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hee, totally. Although that was probably more like arc-based episodic television.
Kevin - Jul 19, 2007 10:18:58 am PDT #3291 of 28197
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
ASDAs have the latest Potter for £5. Which is a quarter of the RRP.
Kathy A - Jul 19, 2007 10:27:28 am PDT #3292 of 28197
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was just looking at an HP fanfic site, and they've had to announce that they're shutting off new memberships to the discussion forum until after the weekend because some people are so bound and determined to spread spoilers that they're putting plot spoilers into their new thread names.
le nubian - Jul 19, 2007 10:39:02 am PDT #3293 of 28197
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
that's shitty.
Dana - Jul 19, 2007 10:42:51 am PDT #3294 of 28197
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
People are creating new LJ names the same way. I would not want to be a moderator of anything HP-related right now.
lisah - Jul 19, 2007 10:45:05 am PDT #3295 of 28197
Punishingly Intricate
People are creating new LJ names the same way. I would not want to be a moderator of anything HP-related right now
Why do people have to be like that??? Oh, right, because humans suck a lot of the time. also, blow.