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This describe a process used by J.K. Rowling to write the 5th HP book. Am I the only one to think this is also the worse book in the series ?

semperfaux 12y ago
Personally, I found all of them to be similar quality-wise (though obviously varying in the tone in which they were written, as they catered to a more and more mature audience) until the final book, which -- and this is a point of view not many of my friends shared -- I found both appropriate and head and shoulders above the others in terms of both depth and character development.
icebraining 12y ago
Well, I've never read the 6th and 7th, precisely because I lost interest after reading the 5th, which I found confusing and unengaging. That said, I was relatively older when I read the fifth book, so my tastes may have changed in between.
- snowwrestler 12y ago
  If you liked the earlier books, I'd give it another try. I also thought the 5th book was the worst, but 6 and 7 are my favorites of the whole series.
bookwormAT 12y ago
Everything text is great if you listen to Stephen Frey reading it to you. But I personally think the "Goblin of Fire" (the 4th?) is the worst.
- semperfaux 12y ago
  I have to wonder whether you either read some odd sort of knockoff of Goblet of Fire or whether you just weren't paying attention... ;)
  - lmm 12y ago
    Who knows what the mysterious "Stephen Frey" is capable of?
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not_a_test_user 12y ago
I remember there was more than a couple of years between the 4th and the 5th book's release. More than enough time for the general audience to grow out a bit of the books. Personally, I hate the last book but all of the others are just fine.
pmelendez 12y ago
> This describe a process used by J.K. Rowling to write the 5th HP book. Am I the only one to think this is also the worse book in the series ? There are opinions. It was actually my second favourite in the series
logan5 12y ago
I wouldn't describe it as the worst but I'd say it is not gripping. Half Blood Prince and the Deathly Hallows are gripping. Remember, the 5th book was also a very dense book because JK Rowling wanted to fill in a lot of information that hadn't been given in the preceding books. So, in terms of how it keeps you excited, it failed but the book packs a lot of other useful information which were referenced in the books that follow.
tjradcliffe 12y ago
It could have been, but it was also the cultural event of the year... and it was a book. I grew up in an era when "bestsellers" were written by the likes of Harold Robbins, so to see a genuinely massive popular attachment to books of the (variable but always good) quality of the HP series was a wonderful thing.

semperfaux 12y ago

Personally, I found all of them to be similar quality-wise (though obviously varying in the tone in which they were written, as they catered to a more and more mature audience) until the final book, which -- and this is a point of view not many of my friends shared -- I found both appropriate and head and shoulders above the others in terms of both depth and character development.

icebraining 12y ago

Well, I've never read the 6th and 7th, precisely because I lost interest after reading the 5th, which I found confusing and unengaging. That said, I was relatively older when I read the fifth book, so my tastes may have changed in between.

snowwrestler 12y ago
If you liked the earlier books, I'd give it another try. I also thought the 5th book was the worst, but 6 and 7 are my favorites of the whole series.

bookwormAT 12y ago

Everything text is great if you listen to Stephen Frey reading it to you. But I personally think the "Goblin of Fire" (the 4th?) is the worst.

semperfaux 12y ago
I have to wonder whether you either read some odd sort of knockoff of Goblet of Fire or whether you just weren't paying attention... ;)
- lmm 12y ago
  Who knows what the mysterious "Stephen Frey" is capable of?
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not_a_test_user 12y ago

I remember there was more than a couple of years between the 4th and the 5th book's release. More than enough time for the general audience to grow out a bit of the books. Personally, I hate the last book but all of the others are just fine.

pmelendez 12y ago

> This describe a process used by J.K. Rowling to write the 5th HP book. Am I the only one to think this is also the worse book in the series ? There are opinions. It was actually my second favourite in the series

logan5 12y ago

I wouldn't describe it as the worst but I'd say it is not gripping. Half Blood Prince and the Deathly Hallows are gripping. Remember, the 5th book was also a very dense book because JK Rowling wanted to fill in a lot of information that hadn't been given in the preceding books. So, in terms of how it keeps you excited, it failed but the book packs a lot of other useful information which were referenced in the books that follow.

tjradcliffe 12y ago

It could have been, but it was also the cultural event of the year... and it was a book. I grew up in an era when "bestsellers" were written by the likes of Harold Robbins, so to see a genuinely massive popular attachment to books of the (variable but always good) quality of the HP series was a wonderful thing.