http://rachelbateman.com/2010/02/six-quick-ones/ mommy*writer*editor*wife Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:27:31 -0700 hourly 1 http://rachelbateman.com/2010/02/six-quick-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Rachel Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:26:15 +0000 http://rachelbateman.com/?p=1135#comment-192 I agree about Harry. JK Rowling did such a good job of making him a normal teenager. It frustrated me SO much, but he was so real. I love more than anything when I find a really tangible character like that in a novel that is so highly fantastical. I agree about Harry. JK Rowling did such a good job of making him a normal teenager. It frustrated me SO much, but he was so real. I love more than anything when I find a really tangible character like that in a novel that is so highly fantastical.

]]> http://rachelbateman.com/2010/02/six-quick-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-191 I like pizza. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:50:31 +0000 http://rachelbateman.com/?p=1135#comment-191 Oddly enough, my current favorite character (it changes, as I'm sure is the case with all reading humans) is Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling made such a real person out of him, despite his surroundings. I wanted to spend most of each book bashing his head against a wall because he acted and thought exactly like I would have at those ages, and it infuriated me in such an exquisite way! Heroes are supposed to be smart and exceptional, not idiotic and hormone-driven, and yet he was, and so I loved him because I hated him. Awesome. Oddly enough, my current favorite character (it changes, as I’m sure is the case with all reading humans) is Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling made such a real person out of him, despite his surroundings. I wanted to spend most of each book bashing his head against a wall because he acted and thought exactly like I would have at those ages, and it infuriated me in such an exquisite way! Heroes are supposed to be smart and exceptional, not idiotic and hormone-driven, and yet he was, and so I loved him because I hated him. Awesome.

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