I'm not a huge HP fan (read the books once each, scattered across several years), but I can say as a 20-something who was massively into fantasy and sci-fi growing up I'd say she was okay.
The story about a regular person discovering they're the "chosen one" and they must fight the biggest baddy ever is one that has been told over and over (because there really only a few basic stories when you think about it, it's just thing extra bits that make a difference). She leaned heavily on the authors who came before her and it was... okay.
Where she managed to shine was in the fact that she filled a void in the market that had been empty for several decades. The books I was reading in the late 80's (Chronicles on Narnia, A Wrinkle in Time, Asimov's kids books, Lord of the Rings) were written 20-40 years earlier.
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Date: 2016-12-02 07:27 pm (UTC)The story about a regular person discovering they're the "chosen one" and they must fight the biggest baddy ever is one that has been told over and over (because there really only a few basic stories when you think about it, it's just thing extra bits that make a difference). She leaned heavily on the authors who came before her and it was... okay.
Where she managed to shine was in the fact that she filled a void in the market that had been empty for several decades. The books I was reading in the late 80's (Chronicles on Narnia, A Wrinkle in Time, Asimov's kids books, Lord of the Rings) were written 20-40 years earlier.