Rowling veers towards crime

I read that J K Rowling is penning down her new detective novel. The news got me excited and I can’t wait to lay my hands on her new book. I know it’s going to be a long wait, but I’m sure those who have read and cherished Harry Potter know how to wait patiently.

There’s no denying the fact that Rowling is a great story-teller. She breathed life into Harry Potter and made him a household name. It won’t be easy for her to save herself from the critic’s acid tongue, especially after giving the world a marvel such as the Potter series.

But I am sure Rowling won’t disappoint her fans. Her style of writing is simple, lively and she spares her readers heavy-weight English words that require a dictionary interpretation.

However, if we want to enjoy Rowling as a writer, we’ll have to let go of her image as the creator of Harry Potter. We’ll have to learn to appreciate her writing irrespective of her previous work. I know it won’t be easy for fans to distance Harry’s character from Rowling’s writing abilities. But we must learn to appreciate a work on its own merit if we want to enjoy good, popular literature.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed.