by thestral » Wednesday 20 July 2005 11:39:45am
i don't think HBP was too short, i thought it was just the right length. because, what was so good about HBP was that it was constantly moving forwards, even if there wasn't a big fight, it had it's own momentum that was constant throughout.
however i thought both GoF and OotP lacked this because they were too long. they stagnated and dragged and they weren't as good. it made them seem not badly written, but not as succintly written. this stagnant quality made GoF and OotP a bit hard to read cos you felt like you were reading filler the whole time until you got to a short burst of action, then you'd read more filler stuff, until more action... and so on.
so no i don't think HBP was too short, it was just a perfect length and it was much better written than the previous 2. in my opinion the best ones in the series have been PoA and HBP cos they've been succinct in the writing style. also JK said that those were the ones that she enjoyed writing the most and felt most relaxed writing. so it fits in with my theory, that in GoF and OotP she had a tough spot of writer's block and you can see that in the books.