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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 5568303" data-attributes="member: 46713">What do you mean by 'unedited'?I also think your definition of 'monstrosity' is different from mine. I don't mind books with a thousand pages as long as they aren't tiresome to read.She also managed to finish her books pretty much on schedule, no matter the page count. Considering the enormous fan-pressure and everyone's extremely high expectations I consider her book series a small miracle.Fan-pressure seems to be one of Martin's main problems, judging from what I've read.You may not like the style or the story, but what Rowling achieved in writing the books must be acknowledged as a significant achievement.I'm always skeptical about hyped books, particularly in the fantasy genre, but the Harry Potter books are really excellent.About the only thing I didn't like about them was the extremely exaggerated portrayal of the his adoptive parent's family. That gave me too much of a bad faery tale vibe, ala Cinderella. But I guess, for kids that's a fun part of the books.</blockquote>