Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
even though I thought Rowling, a competent writer, did a really poor job with the Harry/Ginny romance.

I don't know, I think sometimes we mix up "good writer" with "good story teller".

George Lucas is a fantastic story teller. Rowling is a fantastic story teller, but I don't consider her that good of a writer (though not bad either). But there are also certian aspects of her stories that just never come out right. The Romance sections are definitely one of those sections. A middle aged woman writing a story about a teenage boy is a little off. Middle aged women never experienced nor ever will experience what it is like to be a teenage boy. Rowling did her best, but things like the Romances (especially Harry and Cho) and disagreements between Harry and Ron (going for months without talking to each other, what guys do that??) just didn't quite seem right.