Rowling's writing style

Pursuant to an attempt to revisit the Harry Potter books, I have come to the conclusion that JK Rowling is a very good plot writer. Her plots clip along at a good pace for the amount of action, the action is engaging, and it is described charmingly.

Her characterization, on the other hand, is atrocious. She consistently fails to provide any motivation at all, believable or otherwise, for major turns in the action, and the way the characters interact with each other on an interpersonal level is invariably jerky and cardboard.

I can but conclude that she would be an ideal writer for Star Wars novels. She and Lucas share nearly all their writerly aesthetics.

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