Why ?

[Zippy]

Can't say I've ever been to a stoning...

You're a woman aren't you?

[DodgyAgent]

A similar situation exists at "Chez Dodgy" . Our own "dark Lord" is referred to as "er indoors"

[NotAllThere]

Sorry if this has been done before, but I havent been online so much lately

Why did all those supposedly well educated people in the Harry Potter books refuse to say Voldemorts name?
Sounds like superstition to me

Because JK Rowling is crap author who's books are fully of glaring inconsistencies that she's too stupid to see or possibly too lazy to fix.

[vetran]

Because JK Rowling is crap author who's books are fully of glaring inconsistencies that she's too stupid to see or possibly too lazy to fix.

she earns more than you ?

[MyUserName]

she would not bother going to the effort of picking up what you earn in a year?

FTFY

[NotAllThere]

she earns more than you ?

Many authors do. It isn't a measure of quality.

Her use of language is predictable and cliche ridden.
There's no sense of place
Plot devices are obvious and arbitrary
Inconsistencies abound
Characterisation is weak and (again) inconsistent

The films are worse, taking the most obvious plotline and removing the very few redeemable features.

Her books might have been ok if she'd had a decent editor. In ten years time, they'll be rightly consigned to the dustbin of history and forgotten.

[mudskipper]

So, to sum up, a sort of Jeffrey Archer in drag?

Though I did enjoy the one book of his that I read.

I enjoyed HP1 and HP2. HP3 got tedious, and I gave up half way through 4. The kids loved them though, and it got them reading which has got to be a good thing.

[BrilloPad]

Its because it is written for 11 year olds. They find it interesting.

When your mental reaches that of an 11yo you will find it interesting too.

Personally, being a bloke, I prefer to go through life with a primary school mentality. The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys etcetc.

[SueEllen]

Its because it is written for 11 year olds. They find it interesting.

When your mental reaches that of an 11yo you will find it interesting too.

Personally, being a bloke, I prefer to go through life with a primary school mentality. The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys etcetc.

I find it tedious.

Though toys are fun.

[Bacchus]

I enjoyed HP1 and HP2. HP3 got tedious, and I gave up half way through 4. The kids loved them though, and it got them reading which has got to be a good thing.

^This

Actually mine kicked off with Lemony Snicket which is a thousand times better than HP, but was somewhat overshadowed by it