So, Rowling Is Writing a New Book [series?]...
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It will probably sell reasonably well, but I don't know about explosive sales. As has already been mentioned, Book Six and Seven weren't as well received, so that might inhibit sales.
If it is a mystery book, it could be a fresh start, since I don't think that Harry Potter really had much mystery involved in it.
If it is a mystery book, it could be a fresh start, since I don't think that Harry Potter really had much mystery involved in it.
I agree with this statement entirely. I liked Book Six, and the only flaw imo with Book 7 was the epilogue, although I kind of understand why JK Rowling put it in there. Other than the epilogue though, I found the Harry Potter series to be generally good and I would pick up anything JK Rowling wrote just to see what she could do with something other than wizards.
I started reading the series when I was young, but then I realised it was basically a higschool fic with magic, and then I started to get really bored due to setting limitations, which happens when I read most popularised fiction sadly.
its why I read fanfiction.
The setting is not limited to what will make money, and anything at all can happen.
its why I read fanfiction.
The setting is not limited to what will make money, and anything at all can happen.
Book 6 kill any interest I had for reading any more HP books. The romance in the book seem out of place and came out of nowhere.
First Harry being instantly in love of Ginny seem so fast and out of the blue that I thought it was a love potion. There where talks about love potion in the beginning of the book and Ginny was such a background character it didn't make much sense to me. My thought were that Ginny was desperate to get Harry, so she got a love potion in him. Nope turn out it was true love after all. :huh.:
First Harry being instantly in love of Ginny seem so fast and out of the blue that I thought it was a love potion. There where talks about love potion in the beginning of the book and Ginny was such a background character it didn't make much sense to me. My thought were that Ginny was desperate to get Harry, so she got a love potion in him. Nope turn out it was true love after all. :huh.:
You guys made it all the way to Book 6?
Book 4 was the last one I read and the last one that appealed to me.
For years, I never understood why I couldn't get into the fifth book and I've only now just realized why.
I loved the individual adventure in each Harry Potter book but I didn't really care about the overarching plot. When Voldemort came back and it started building up to Harry fighting him in Book 7, the series lost its appeal for me. It wasn't a series of adventures anymore, it was about a prophecy and destined battle. It became way too focused, way too predictable, and way too generic.
People wouldn't shut up about trying to guess who died in each new book. The fact that someone had to die at the end of every book after Book 4 seemed stupid to me, even when I was 14, waiting for the fifth book to come out.
I didn't get too far in Book 5, but from what I've read from it and the movie, it's essentially Harry Potter and the Shitty Angst Year.
Really, I wouldn't have minded if Voldemort stayed dead and the series focused on Harry and his friends getting involved in more mysteries based on the things that Voldemort left behind (his diary, his followers, etc).
I doubt anyone in the world agrees with me though.
Book 4 was the last one I read and the last one that appealed to me.
For years, I never understood why I couldn't get into the fifth book and I've only now just realized why.
I loved the individual adventure in each Harry Potter book but I didn't really care about the overarching plot. When Voldemort came back and it started building up to Harry fighting him in Book 7, the series lost its appeal for me. It wasn't a series of adventures anymore, it was about a prophecy and destined battle. It became way too focused, way too predictable, and way too generic.
People wouldn't shut up about trying to guess who died in each new book. The fact that someone had to die at the end of every book after Book 4 seemed stupid to me, even when I was 14, waiting for the fifth book to come out.
I didn't get too far in Book 5, but from what I've read from it and the movie, it's essentially Harry Potter and the Shitty Angst Year.
Really, I wouldn't have minded if Voldemort stayed dead and the series focused on Harry and his friends getting involved in more mysteries based on the things that Voldemort left behind (his diary, his followers, etc).
I doubt anyone in the world agrees with me though.
This just in: Harry Potter fans can't stop bitching, and are still having penis-measuring contests over how early they started hating the series years after the last book came out.
We don't know what she's writing. We don't know when it will come out. We don't know what it's about. We don't even know the target audience.
Shut. The fuck. Up.
We don't know what she's writing. We don't know when it will come out. We don't know what it's about. We don't even know the target audience.
Shut. The fuck. Up.