Groan
J.K. Rowling is such a hack it makes my stomach hurt.
“I can’t say I will never write another book about that world, just because I think: ‘What do I know, in 10 years’ time I might want to return to it.’ But I think it is unlikely.”
Even if she does write another book, it is unclear whether some of the main characters, including Harry, would play a part. Rowling said some characters will die in the last book, but wouldn’t say if the boy wizard is among them: “It’s not a bloodbath, but it’s more than two,” she said.
The death in book four was powerful and poignant and gut wrenching because it was surprising, but made sense given the sequence of events. Every death in each book since then has just been sensationalism and for her to cavalierly tease at the number of corpses in book seven shows just how little regard she has for the series anymore. Vomitous.
And yes, before you ask I am going to get Book seven. And I’ll probably even read it while driving. But I won’t be ‘appy about it.
July 9th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Every death in each book since then has just been sensationalism and for her to cavalierly tease at the number of corpses in book seven shows just how little regard she has for the series anymore. Vomitous.
If you’re an author and talking about your book gets it free publicity (along with keeping your fans talking about your story until they get their hands on the book), why would you keep your mouth shut about it?
The only reason that Dumbledore’s death might be “sensationalism” is because it hasn’t been fully explained and we don’t know the rest of the story yet.
July 9th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
I’m pulling for a minor character bloodbath, myself. Some kind of massive cataclysm that takes out at least one lesser Weasley, a half-dozen or so miscellaneous Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws, Draco’s girlfriend, and Professor Trelawney, just because of the irony of the divination teacher failing to divine that she should have ducked.