[orionsixwings]

Very good observations y'all! And I thought I was the odd one. I think most of the Harry Potter books have a shaky storyline. The 6th one, half-blood prince, also had its moments of glory, but the Ginny-is-a-bombshell storyline just didn't seem right. It was too fanficky. I mean, since when was Ginny a major babe in Hogwarts? Sure she had the Weasley blood, and she has red hair, but she never stood out. I would have preferred if Harry fell for Luna instead. And Ginny acting all haughty and feisty was deeply annoying.

Rowling is clearly not the best writer out there, but her fame will benefit the better writers who have been struggling to get their work noticed and loved by the reading public--which, thanks to Harry Potter, has now ballooned.