I've Succumbed
Jan. 23rd, 2007 10:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloI've decided to join the human race and read the Harry Potter books. If I get my skates on I could be up to speed by the time she releases the final instalment.
I'm halfway through Philosopher's Stone. It's very readable. The style and storytelling are sometimes clumsy- but you're swept along by the stream of invention. Clever things come along at the rate of about two a page. Even though I've seen the films, she's got me wanting to know what happens next.
I miss Alan Rickman. The written Snape is just a mean old man with a hooky nose; nothing sexy about him at all.
I'm halfway through Philosopher's Stone. It's very readable. The style and storytelling are sometimes clumsy- but you're swept along by the stream of invention. Clever things come along at the rate of about two a page. Even though I've seen the films, she's got me wanting to know what happens next.
I miss Alan Rickman. The written Snape is just a mean old man with a hooky nose; nothing sexy about him at all.
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Date: 2007-01-23 02:06 pm (UTC)The first book feels a lot like a first effort. It's the work of someone who's brimming over with ideas, but whose craft is still a bit shaky.