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[pez]

Wow, the flooding across Britain is very dramatic.

I feel very left out, not being a HP fan. I've read the first three books and they didn't appeal to me - in fact I can hardly remember the events in those books. Perhaps I read them when I wasn't feeling too good and that ruined things...

I stand on top of making bread and butter pudding.

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[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

I'm not a hp fan either, but I'll probably end up reading hp7 by the end of this summer.
*pets* don't feel left out! Us nonhpfen can stand and watch as hpfen flail and make fools of themselves!

[seraphim-grace.livejournal.com]

its the spelling that does me
she can't spell
she puts words like doorsrs
and borther
and Hargid
shakes fist

i could forgive her if she could spell

but Artemis Fowl is better
I will read it, but only out of the same dread fascination with which i finish most things i start

[fic-faery.livejournal.com]

Normally any mistakes like that are because of poor editing by her editors. We all make typos and spelling mistakes.

But I didn't really feel any typos if there were any detracted from the story.

And if we're talking about typing and grammar mistakes pick up any major newspaper. They're flooded with them.

[seraphim-grace.livejournal.com]

have you read the new one yet?
in lily potter's letter she refers to a mysterious Garry, not once but twice
I genuinely thought he had a twin

and then there's word misuse
I can't think of an example off hand but trust me, I'll find one
Confunding, everyone is confunded in this one, apart from a few lucky souls who are confounded

she uses words that are similar and wrong, like an example NOT in the book slotting coins into his coiffure, or warming himself by the brassiere

the publishing company spend a fortune on printing, they go through it highlight any mistakes and fix them, then they send the version to the author who does the same, this is the last chance to change anything, then they put it through as a mock galley and one last check then the galleys and it's printed.
with a newspaper they're sent out as is because they don't have the time to do the necessary checks, the Grauniad is one of my favourite papers and it's full of mistakes, even in their crossword, but it's only meant to last one day, this book is meant to last a lifetime, the least they could do is run a quick eye over it.
Tolkien paid his son to do it for him, 2p a word for the lord of the rings, perhaps Miss Rowling could have done the same.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Those sound more like typos to me and I tend to blame the editor. Especially when it's known that she handwrites her manuscripts.

You make typos too; unless if the "its" in your comment wasn't a typo but a mistake.

[seraphim-grace.livejournal.com]

typos happen
we all know it
she has a really sloppy editor

but I have read the new one now, my housemate brought it in last night and i read it
at several points she calls him Garry
I spent a good five minutes thinking he had an evil twin

well, then she should fire her typist,
all books have mistakes that get through
but it's the volume that bothers me, and in most cases it's nothing a good quick spell check wouldn't solve, it's pretty much at least one a page, especially in the later books.

[xiu]

*LATTTEEEEE but catching up on shit? 8D*

*points up to girl's comment about "Garry"*

I'm thinking maybe it's just the British editors who suck, because it ain't in my copy, nor are ... well, anything she said. *snort*

(Also sort of wonder what this "Miss" business is, considering Rowling's married...)

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

That's probably it...

(No idea, dude. I switch off whenever she comes on telly or anything.)

[fic-faery.livejournal.com]

I can see how some people wouldn't like HP. There are definitely elements in her style and story that wouldn't appeal to everyone. Though I find most themes she writes about are universal, but hey, people say that about the bible and some people just aren't in to that right?

But if you're ever feeling daring perhaps giving them another read one day to see if it was really the book or your mood that made you really dislike them?

[thirdshade.livejournal.com]

The books aren't particularly remarkable. The story and characters are predictable, following all the clichés of the genre, and her writing gets worst with each book (it really looks like the first few were heavily edited by professionals, and the latest were barely edited at all, so all her style flaws flash out in big red letters).

Those who like it, like it, but I honestly wouldn't say you're missing out on a lot.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

the latest were barely edited at all, so all her style flaws flash out in big red letters

....Sounds like Anne Rice. O_O

[thirdshade.livejournal.com]

Pretty much, down to her attitude towards her own writing, and claims that the readers are interrogating the text from the wrong perspective if they fail to blind-guess things she didn't really write.

I mean, I can't take a writer who represents shouting through CAPSLOCK OF DOOM AND LOTS OF EXCLAMATION MARKS IN THE MIDDLE OF DIALOGUE LIKE THIS!!! seriously when she's waxing lyrical about the merits of her contribution to the history of literature.

[giving-ground.livejournal.com]

*looks at the news for the UK* O_o;;; Fucking hell. That's rather impressive. Any time it wants to stop, you know, it should really feel free...

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Central London is criminally sunny today. It makes me feel bad.