I also will never understand why she thought the book was acceptable. My guess is exactly opposite from yours. I think out of time restraints she agreed to over editing by Cheryl Klein who even ended up doing a great deal of re-writing. I don't think Klein thought the book as written and planned by JKR would have been accepted by the 12-14 yr old reader. Up to Deathly Hallows I always thought she was writing for readers who aged 1 yr. per book. SS/PS 12yrs.,COS 13yrs.,POA 14yrs.,GOF 15yrs.,OOTP 16yr.,HBP 17yrs. I therefore thought DH was going to be written for 18year olds. Instead it was nothing but Juvenile trash. I wonder if the origninal unedited manuscript of JKR's books will ever be released. I really do want to know who to blame for this piece of crap.