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[easilydistra]

okay, so she does set some stuff up books in advance (for example, we just indirectly referenced the room of requirement in book 4)--but i'm still kind of feeling a divide between books 1-3 and the rest of the series, both in tone and number of set-ups. it seems like there's not that much from the first couple books that carries through, other than

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[unrequited_life]

I felt she shifted her tone after the first 3, also. I thought it was indicative of her attempt to write things that would play better on screen, seeing as that's about when the movie deal went through.

[easilydistra]

true true, i hadn't thought of that. of course, look where it got quidditch =/
i wonder if it had to do also with the time she was writing them--they were out once a year, and then once she hit 4 was when the multi-year gaps started. maybe that's why there's more woven into the last few books--because she took more time to work on them.

tangentially, i suppose i should watch deathly hallows sometime; i never got around to it and i heard it's pretty good.

[feather_of_maat]

Now, I haven't read the books in a while, but I vaguely recall a reference to the room of requirement in book one by Dumbledore (him wandering around for a bathroom and stumbling upon a room with chamber pots). Or is that book 4

[easilydistra]

it's book 4; he talks about it at dinner at the triwizard ball.

on reread, i think i actually prefer the last half of the series. the first 3 books are discovery, yes, but it's one of those series that could go on forever, yknow? one adventure every year, boom boom boom.
the last half is actually a SERIES: it has overarching plot threads (kinda), some plot elements woven through, and a Final Quest in sight (we didn't know about the horcruxes, but there was always Defeat Voldemort, and it was only kinda in the background of the first 3 but really picked up steam after 4).
i didn't really get the event-event-event feeling from the books, definitely from the movies, but maybe that's because i've only ever read them in series.

and i hadn't heard about the prime minister scene! innnnnnteresting. i do recall her saying there was a scene in the 7 that was supposed to be in 1 didn't mention which. the more you know...