| Mr Khan said: See, i always favored the first two books, Chamber of Secrets being tied for my personal favorite with Goblet of Fire. It was numbers 3 and 6 that were the weakest links, with 1, 5, and 7 all serving necessary roles It could very well be my general distaste for angst, which i've seen reflected in the other direction by some film critics who felt the later films were better *because* they were angstier and more darkly toned. |
Normally, if something has loads of angst in it, I'm going to HATE IT. I absolutely despise non-action, angsty characters. They're actually my most hated film/tv/literature trope. I mean, I REALLY hate it.
But in the case of Harry Potter, it was well-balanced and completely made sense. Harry would be an angsty character. In that situation, who wouldn't? He's a teenage boy with dead parents and half the world against him. On the other hand, Rowling never lets it get out of hand and never lets Harry lull in 200 pages of moping (though she comes close in Order of the Phoenix). Any introspection Rowling put into the character was done in small enough doses where I found it not only tolerable, but actually a more realistic and well-rounded take on how a teenager would deal with such a horrific situation.
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