Oh, no, Ms. Rowling never EVER makes mistakes!

[conuly]

They stopped replying :(

So now I'm linking here. It's old, but still confusing. How can you honestly say that somebody doesn't make mistakes? Even if you mean this in the very specialized sense of "she doesn't make mistakes when writing her HP novels", you're still bound to be wrong. She's human. Really. And Harry Potter isn't gold. I like the books, sure, but they're as mistake-prone as anything else out there.

So, anybody care to list mistakes or near-mistakes in Harry Potter? Even trivial things like "I didn't like how she wrote this character" or "she makes the books too damn long" count, though not as much as "she misspelled a word" or "she has a continuity error".

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[wetcircuitry.livejournal.com]

A good site to browse if you have the time is the Harry Potter Lexicon (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/index-2.html). They do a good job of cataloging known mistakes in the novels, amongst other things.

[conuly]

*hugs*

It's my new best friend.

[wetcircuitry.livejournal.com]

Glad I could help! That site is just wonderful.

Erorrs are listed under "Fantastical Facts," I believe, in case you haven't already figured that out. :)

[conuly]

Ah, thanks. I was browsing.