Blue Skies

Just finished “Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows”.  It was pretty much what I expected it to be all along.

I like the books, but I’m critical of them, too.  Y’see, Rowling’s a great idea person.  There’s no denying that the series is chock-full of wonderful ideas and creations.  But the problem is that she’s not a very good writer.  Looking back over the seven books, I can see — unintentional or intentional, I don’t know — a formula to the book’s goings-on.  Even with the last book, the same things happens in the end.  There’s no subtlety, no grace, no careful handling of words that really makes the story stand out as something amazing.

Good, but not amazing.  Maybe the kids who have read these books, now grown, will keep reading, and seek out those books that are truly moving and beautiful.