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I'll give you that.... Jeordam Send a noteboard - 07/04/2010 06:11:27 PM
With the first book, she was a new author, but it was also, quite obviously, a book for kids.

6 books later, it's what? About 15 years of writing experience? Add to that, more mature themes.


Maybe she originally wrote the series for kids, and then when it got all popular, she changed her target reader to be older? And then she just got better as well (until the introduction of something so fundamental as the Horcrux having no lead up), and maybe the epilogue (still undecided about that).

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Harry Potter (the entire series) Jeordam - 06/04/2010 11:00:07 PM 1894 Views
Re: Harry Potter (the entire series) QueenOfAndor - 06/04/2010 11:29:49 PM 1175 Views
Really? Jeordam - 07/04/2010 05:41:46 PM 1227 Views
I honestly think it's a combination of the two beetnemesis - 07/04/2010 05:55:18 PM 1104 Views
I'll give you that.... Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:11:27 PM 1136 Views
It does seem logical that the series gets more teenager-oriented as Harry grows older. Legolas - 07/04/2010 06:47:57 PM 1126 Views
Yeah, I believe she's explicitly said she did that on purpose beetnemesis - 10/04/2010 08:24:47 PM 1045 Views
Um...you forgot a book. aria - 06/04/2010 11:37:27 PM 1165 Views
My bad...much thanks for reminding me. Jeordam - 07/04/2010 05:43:53 PM 1115 Views
Re: Harry Potter (the entire series) DomA - 07/04/2010 12:26:22 AM 1445 Views
I get where you're coming from Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:19:13 PM 1236 Views
That's kind of the point though... fionwe1987 - 07/04/2010 08:44:26 PM 1163 Views
This is how I see it too DomA - 08/04/2010 12:43:03 AM 1287 Views
just a comment about your rich=bad LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 02:05:32 AM 1247 Views
Re: just a comment about your rich=bad DomA - 08/04/2010 05:58:13 PM 1241 Views
it was a bit black and white... LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 08:48:05 PM 1057 Views
I agree with many of your points. Legolas - 07/04/2010 12:44:31 AM 1345 Views
I have to dispute the concept of going "too far." Ghavrel - 07/04/2010 06:32:47 AM 1108 Views
Hm, I don't know. Legolas - 07/04/2010 11:08:12 AM 1164 Views
This is a lot like the argument I'm having with Joel on the CMB concerning original sin. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 07:21:39 AM 1079 Views
Where is this debate? I'd like to read it. Jeordam - 08/04/2010 05:18:38 PM 1747 Views
I should have put "debate" in quotes. It's about four sentences long. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 10:32:43 PM 1062 Views
I agree entirely about Snape *NM* Camilla - 07/04/2010 11:50:00 AM 536 Views
More conversation on Snape. Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:01:37 PM 1392 Views
His death wasn't very spectacular, but he did play an essential role... Legolas - 07/04/2010 06:45:58 PM 1268 Views
Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Aemon - 07/04/2010 07:13:55 AM 1446 Views
Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:09:20 PM 1282 Views
The movies are even worse about this. beetnemesis - 07/04/2010 06:15:35 PM 1166 Views
Hmmm.... Jeordam - 07/04/2010 06:21:40 PM 1140 Views
Oh, that's definitely why they did it beetnemesis - 09/04/2010 06:44:50 AM 1474 Views
how many high school relationships... LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 02:13:48 AM 1131 Views
Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen. Ghavrel - 08/04/2010 07:24:31 AM 1116 Views
Re: Death doesn't actually happen in slow-motion fit for the cinema screen. Camilla - 08/04/2010 03:27:09 PM 1142 Views
Re: Brief comments on Magic, Dumbledore, and The Epilogue. Camilla - 08/04/2010 03:25:38 PM 1250 Views
Harry Potter and Star Wars have two radically different approaches to this beetnemesis - 07/04/2010 06:13:25 PM 1360 Views
When my son asked for his own set of Harry Potter books, Beqi - 07/04/2010 10:26:37 PM 1192 Views
This is assuming of course... Jeordam - 07/04/2010 11:00:15 PM 1238 Views
yes, that's where parenting gets "complicated" LadyLorraine - 08/04/2010 02:16:06 AM 1146 Views
You are taking this a bit extreme I feel. Beqi - 08/04/2010 08:51:34 AM 1088 Views
I agree. *NM* RugbyPlayingAshaman - 08/04/2010 06:11:06 PM 489 Views
Re: This is assuming of course... Camilla - 08/04/2010 03:30:33 PM 1297 Views
I am the same way with a few books. Beqi - 08/04/2010 08:05:04 PM 1129 Views
I was most irritated by the ironic names Tom - 08/04/2010 05:38:59 AM 1252 Views
Re: I was most irritated by the ironic names TaskmasterJack - 08/04/2010 10:07:40 PM 1678 Views
Sheriff Lobo wasn't a werewolf, either, and Bear wasn't a bear. Tom - 09/04/2010 12:47:48 AM 1097 Views
Exactly - it's not as obvious if you're a kid, then it seems clever and it's fun to decode. Legolas - 09/04/2010 01:04:11 AM 1208 Views
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