Monday, April 23, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

There is so much hype about the release of the 7th and final book in the Harry Potter series. Just 88 days more for the release and there are numerous fan versions available online and offline. I read one of the verions and I must admit that it is really good. However, there is too much emphasis on the romace between Ginny and Harry. Even HBP wasn't entirely for kids, the original audience of JRK. However, a valid argument would be to say that Harry Potter is getting old and so will his audience. JKR can no longer write assuming that Harry is 11!

Coming back to the fan versions, what if JKR does not come up with a book that is as good as this one? Is that possible? Is it possible that she has exhausted her imagination? I feel that Order of the Phoenix was not as good as Goblet of Fire, Half-blood Prince though was better than OotP, was not as good as the previous four.

There is also a growing concern that JRK is writing more for the movie than for the book.
The awe and wonder that was an integral part of her first four books seem to be missing in the last two. Can we hope that the final one will be the best? Can we place that high a burden on her. In the first three books, she never had this huge burden of pleasing the readers. With the growing popularity of the characters, it looks like her responsibility has become multi-fold.

All that we can do now is to wait for the book and see how she ends the story. (Can she really end the story? Harry will always be alive and living in my heart)

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