I think it's yet another manifestation of JK Rowling's own life becoming The Way Things Are in her books.
I never realized this was going on until I read Dan Hemmens's review of DH and got to the part where he rants about the portrayal of death in the book, and suggests that the flaws in that portrayal relate to Rowling's attempts to deal with her own experiences with loss. I think he and you are probably right, which makes me sympathetic to her, but does not make the flaws any less severe.
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Date: 2008-03-09 10:40 pm (UTC)I think it's yet another manifestation of JK Rowling's own life becoming The Way Things Are in her books.
I never realized this was going on until I read Dan Hemmens's review of DH and got to the part where he rants about the portrayal of death in the book, and suggests that the flaws in that portrayal relate to Rowling's attempts to deal with her own experiences with loss. I think he and you are probably right, which makes me sympathetic to her, but does not make the flaws any less severe.