> Then why read 'em? For me, a good story cannot carry a poorly written > book....that's why i can always read Stephen King. Even when his story is > weak, his writing is always good.
indeed. Why read them? i dunno. It's a strange thing. I slogged through the first 3 of the HP books. Didn't care for the style, the prose, etc. and i was not impressed at Rowling's skills for pilfering other, better writer's ideas. I decided to give up on them. I read the end of Half Blood Prince and in discussing the book with people who _had_ read the whole thing found that I had read the most interesting bit. My son (who just turned 13) loves the books. FWIW this article's take on spoilers is pretty close to how I feel about it too: http://www.businessweek.com/careers/content/jul2007/ca20070718_121031.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| CF 8 â Scorpio beta now available, easily build great internet experiences â Try it now on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238720 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
