Byatt wrote a notorious anti-HP article, that alas drowned any interesting point she had to make in a near-trademark flow of appalling snobbery basted in ignorance. Oh dear, can you tell that I just don't like the woman and really ought to shut up.

I never actually read the article, but I did hear a lot about it and it made me rather sad since I generally like Byatt's writing. Although much of what bothers you about Frederica bothers me as well. She did seem terribly Sueish, in the sense that the narrative bent around her and things just didn't follow logical steps when they concerned her. I hadn't realised she'd written several Frederica-centric books...