I know I've spent a good number of years poo-pooing fans of the Harry Potter books for no good reason. I've always enjoyed the movies, and never been afraid to say so, but seven books? Come on. Who has got time to read seven books, let alone when they're supposed to be for children?
How wrong I was.
I am halfway through the sixth book, and am finding it very hard to deal with the fact that it will one day end. I have never been so captivated by a story. I come home from work, I make dinner whilst reading, eat whilst reading, and then retire to bed and read until midnight. Lame? Perhaps. But when a story can have that kind of power over you, it has to be magic.
My apologies to everyone who I may have taunted during my non-Harry-Potter-loving days.
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The best comment I've heard about J.K. Rowling comes from Stephen King: "She's never met an adverb she didn't like."
Once you have that planted in your head, the adverbs -- and there *are* a lot of them -- just stick out. Kinda ruins the writing (and one's enjoyment thereof).
Apparently it didn't for Stephen King himself though?
That's true -- King counts himself as a fan.
(He's often made the point that he's into pure story, though; he'll wade through any quality of writing if he thinks the plot has merit. He also uses this explanation as a description of his own writing, which I think sells him short.)
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