Hmmm. I guess I should clarify about Rowlings. Her writing style is, how to put this? More "literary" than Collins? By that I mean - her use of vocabularly, language, and grammatical structure. In short - technique. (Some of my readers are "pickier" about these things than others.) Collins use of language is far less sophisticated and therefore less likely to impress many of the people (including many professional writers and critics), who fell for Harry Potter or Ronald Dahl. (I'm reviewing this for people on my flist who loved Rowlings and Harry Potter. So taking as objective a stance as possible)
Plot structure? Too early to tell.
Characters? So far, Rowling's characters are more developed and stand out more. But that may change. She also has less "stock" characters. This is in part due to the pov - third person distant.
Voice? Rowlings is less passive. We spend far less time explaining what is happening, and more in the thick of things. Collins spends far too much explaining each thing.
I think you may be reacting to Rowlings in much the same way I'm reacting to Whedon but for different reasons, which I completely understand. ;-)
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Date: 2010-12-21 10:01 pm (UTC)Plot structure? Too early to tell.
Characters? So far, Rowling's characters are more developed and stand out more. But that may change. She also has less "stock" characters. This is in part due to the pov - third person distant.
Voice? Rowlings is less passive. We spend far less time explaining what is happening, and more in the thick of things.
Collins spends far too much explaining each thing.
I think you may be reacting to Rowlings in much the same way I'm reacting to Whedon but for different reasons, which I completely understand. ;-)