Re: Voice and POV in JK's writingcelestlynFebruary 15 2013, 01:37:41 UTC
Too bad about the editor. I wonder if it's horribly intimidating to be JKR's editor.
I sort of cringed a little at some of those amusing 'boners and boyhood sexual fantasizing'. I'm sure she meant it to be jarring and a complete change of characterization, but it doesn't seem exactly free-flowing. I've read enough mature HP stories (yes, it is bound to happen, as there are half a million HP stories on ff.net alone) by some excellent writers to know that even stories meant to have that shock value can be written smoothly and in a way that feels completely in character. But then perhaps that was all part of her establishing a 'character' for her teens. That and establish that she was writing adult literature and that she realizes that teens do tend to focus on sexuality, which was mostly ignored in HP, being YA literature.
The book just hasn't grabbed me to the point where I'm riveted and feeling like I can't wait to see what's going to happen next. In fact, much of what I've already read has been forgotten and I'm having trouble keeping the characters straight. I really do want to read this new book of hers. It's just proving less engaging that I would hope for. (That and I'm caught up reading another HP gen-fic that was just completed today. 'Far Beyond a Promise Kept' by oliver.snape, if anyone is interested.)
I sort of cringed a little at some of those amusing 'boners and boyhood sexual fantasizing'. I'm sure she meant it to be jarring and a complete change of characterization, but it doesn't seem exactly free-flowing. I've read enough mature HP stories (yes, it is bound to happen, as there are half a million HP stories on ff.net alone) by some excellent writers to know that even stories meant to have that shock value can be written smoothly and in a way that feels completely in character. But then perhaps that was all part of her establishing a 'character' for her teens. That and establish that she was writing adult literature and that she realizes that teens do tend to focus on sexuality, which was mostly ignored in HP, being YA literature.
The book just hasn't grabbed me to the point where I'm riveted and feeling like I can't wait to see what's going to happen next. In fact, much of what I've already read has been forgotten and I'm having trouble keeping the characters straight. I really do want to read this new book of hers. It's just proving less engaging that I would hope for. (That and I'm caught up reading another HP gen-fic that was just completed today. 'Far Beyond a Promise Kept' by oliver.snape, if anyone is interested.)
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