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I'm the poster that referred to Rowling's prose as sturdy. Not as a "comical" observation but as a compliment. Rowling's writing reminds me of a good piece of Shaker furniture. I suspect part of the reason that her writing is so popular is that she's able to paint concrete pictures of the world she describes and the action that goes on in it. Contrast this with, say, Oscar Wilde in The Portrait of Dorian Gray (no particular reason for bringing that up other than I re-read it recently). Everybody is constantly "flinging" themselves into chairs so often, I'm surprised the characters aren't all bruised.
By they way, I'm not anonymous; you are. I wish you had the guts to show us what 30 years of critical experience can do.
