The Tales of Beedle the Bard

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Kind of odd.. have got the full OST but not seen the movie but actually the soundtracks alone is more than motivation enough

 

Then obviuosly that and every other thing makes her a good writer... come on Arroryn cut her some slack here

 

JK does have a fairly basic writing style, but some people don't want to be challenged.

Some of her content is quite clever. I read a book once which looked at the mythology and background to some of the names she uses and creatures she describes. It made interesting reading.

Her books are just simply tools to conjour up basic feelings within us, which is probably why they are popular, especially younger readers.

We all remember our schooldays (with the possible exception to some of our *more mature* members).
Kids like eating - how many banquets and slap up suppers are in Harry Potter?
Don't we all wish we could do magic?
There is always a bit of excitement followed by a happy ending.
There are always 'safe places'.
A lot of emphasis is put on friendship and teamwork.

It's psychologically fairly basic.


But, IMHO, His Dark Materials is better...

 

Gotta love you for this...you ; so to all folks this basically sums it all up for JK...

 

Funnily enough I picked up Lady Friday by Nix the other day.

Qs

 

Please do it! Make it so!

I was going to hijack this a little more but I managed to refrain :P

*Edit* - I'll do it.

 

There's nothing wrong with a basic writing style. Sometimes authors get "too fancy" and the reader finds themselves working harder to understand what's going on, taking away from the enjoyment of reading. The best type of writing is where the reader is totally enthralled in the story and not registering the "effort" it takes to read.

 

Like reading an MS Press book then! About as enthralling as eating wallpaper.

Great books but I wish to feck that the authors would cheer up a bit!!

 

Have to say I enjoyed reading the Harry Potter series, was some damn good chewing gum for the brain!

The series of books that I have enjoyed the most, which took an amazing 34 years from start to finish is the Dark Tower by Stephen King.

Absoltuely amazing, you can find the offical site here

 

Those issues may have more to do with the requirements of the editors at Microsoft Press than the authors writing the books. The publisher can dictate the tone and style of the book to a very high degree. All of the authors of their books probably have really great senses of humor in real life.