Did "Deathly Hallows" feel like it was ghost written?

[the smiling weirwood]

Originally Posted by Teresa Edgerton

Either that, or she's been subtly molding her reader's expectations from the beginning so that their desires would ultimately fall in perfectly with what she had planned to write all along.

That would imply that she is a brilliant psychologist and unparalleled social engineer and far too powerful for us to allow to roam about. No doubt she is even now concocting plans for world domination.

[Lith]

I think she was bringing readers towards certain conclusions from the beginning- it isn't necessarily brilliant, heading toward a conclusion you've been pointing at for like 10 years, and lo and behold, it comes out close to what many expected or speculated. One of the downsides of knowing where you're going with a story- the likelihood others will know where you're going with it as well. And then there's the epilogue, which just felt like another book, the product of another writer. My theory is that it is just the work of an inexperienced JKR, whose writing and thinking more closely resembles that of her fans, and it really should have been excised from the book entirely.

Didn't feel like it was ghost-written otherwise, only tighter (mostly), either because she just wanted to get it done, or was trying really hard to finish in the promised 7 books.

[paranoid marvin]

I doubt that the author had a vision of a 5th book , never mind any more , when she wrote the first novel. there is ceratinly a difference in quality of writing from the first to the last , and it appears as though the author has grown up with many of her readers.

Personally , I think that the last novel was designed to tie up ALL of the loose ends , and make the possibility of any further stories based on loose threads virtually impossible

Unless I am mistaken the last book was written with the intention of finishing Harry Potter once and for all , satisfying her audience , and do her best to keep any clamouring for an 8th instalment to a minimum

[sffhound]

Originally Posted by paranoid marvin

Unless I am mistaken the last book was written with the intention of finishing Harry Potter once and for all , satisfying her audience , and do her best to keep any clamouring for an 8th instalment to a minimum

That's an interesting thought. As many others I went "WTF!?" over the epilogue, but it kind of makes sense (even if it still doesn't make it good) if that was Rowling trying to shut the fans up *laugh*

[Grimward]

As far as an 8th installment goes (and let me first be clear that I'm NOT pushing for this), never say "never". Even death isn't foolproof where this is concerned...

*Cough*Christopher Tolkien*Cough*John Gregory Betancourt*Cough*

Not implying that either of the two situations above were contrary to the original author's (Tolkien and Zelazny, respectively, in the cases above)/estate's wishes, and I would imagine that a well-written will and an estate managed by loyal inheritors would slow such continuations down considerably...

Not to wander too far from the thread (he says as he continues wandering)), but ckovacs would likely know whether Betancourt published his prequels with the Zelazny estate's blessing or not.....

[Majimaune]

Originally Posted by Grimward

*Cough*Christopher Tolkien*Cough*John Gregory Betancourt*Cough*

I'll just add another one here will I?

*Cough*Douglas Adams*Cough*

[Cayal]

Sounds like we need some cough medicine in here.

[chiz]

JKR did give alot of forshadowing and if you guys went on HP forums like the Leaky cauldron you would see the thousands and thousands of obsessed people that reread the series over 10 times carefully studing it and posting predictions. And you can get a feel for the authors style and the charaters and perdict things in the books and what the characters might do in the book. Fanfic authors probably put that in their fanfics.

Aaand Rofls the smilling weirwood and Cayal are funny